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[Treeman14]

I just got the July issue and wanted to congratulate Daniel Murphy on an excellent and informative article. It was well written, clear, and concise. Very good work, Dan.

I originally questioned the logic of including two felling articles in the same month, but after reading both I realized they weren't competetive, but rather the Marshall article actually complemented yours.

Again, great job and I look forward to seeing more of your work in future issues.



edit. Ooops, just noticed MB already started a thread on this. sorry. Maybe JPS can move this for me. :angel:

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hahaha!

It's all good.

 

[OutOnaLimb]

Holy Hingewood Batman!!!! I read that article and thought that is something Murph would be big on. Little did I know that you were the one who wrote it. Job well done Dude!!! I actually learned a lot from that article, and I was preaching it the day after I read it to my Junior Climber. Good on ya man!!! Hey Dan, if I mail you my issue will ya autograph it for me?????

Kenn
:Monkey:

 

[murphy4trees]

Thanks all,
The reason I wrote the article is because this technique works so well... Lots of regulars here remember the Dent on Hinging thread, that spidy started... We hit that ball around the yard for a good while, so many are familiar with the technique..
I'd like to hear from anyone that has just tried it sionce reading the article for feedback...

When I was in Ca recently I only used it on one cut, taking a big top limb out of a hung oak... The limb was leaning hard right and needed to go left to clear the good tree... Wouldn't have worked without the tapered hinge... Made points with the father in law...

 

[jkrueger]

Thanks, great article, I just got my copy. More!

Jack

 

[John Stewart]

Hey
I got to start getting that magazine and I dont know what thread you are talking about that spidey started?
Maybe it was before I started or maybe I dropped the ball on this one!
Little info?
Sounds great though Murph!
I will try to get a copy!
Later
John

 

[OutOnaLimb]

I actally put your preaching into action the day after I read it on a little 30ft aspen that was leaning towards the house. GOOD STUFF, Kudos to ya bud.

Kenn

 

[arboromega]

it was very good but i do have a question of jargon... the cover reads greater falling accuracy and i always thought it was "felling" as in..."i felled this tree..." are both terms correct?

 

[glens]

"falling" is incorrect usage.&nbsp; In terms of trees, it's what happens in a passive sense when a tree becomes no longer vertical.&nbsp; "felling" is <i>causing</i> it to happen to the tree.

I haven't seen the article and likely won't until it hits the incomplete PDF online version.

Glen

 

[arboromega]

yeah thanks glen. i thought it was felling as i had never heard or read the term "falling" in the context of tree removal.

 

[wiley_p]

Falling is the correct term, you dont work as a timber feller, its faller, After the tree is on the ground one could say, "I dropped the alder across the fell and buck." Timber Fellers Handbook" no I don't think so. maybe some confusion between proper grammer and jargon.

 

[a_lopa]

tree faller,the machine that falls is a feller,maybe with a limber

 

[MasterBlaster]

We should ask that guy who's winning on Jeopardy. :alien:

 

[murphy4trees]

Good idea MB...
And no disrespect but whatever you call it down under doesn't count up here..

And I always thought it was felling too, and only changed that after starting the article and brushing up on Dent... Who should know better about the term... a logger or an arbo.... Dent's book is called professional timber falling... And he uses the term falling throughout the book...

The technical editor of TCI had never even heard the term "gunning" used before... Just to show you how much we arbos DON'T KNOW...

So thanks for setting us straight Wiley...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Down under?

Up here???

 

[a_lopa]

why dont we just call it tree cutting ive had to get used to these wierd terms like ''notch''...''dump''...''vt''...etc etc falling is falling period.anyway i know what your all on about.i like to put doubt in peoples minds if i know there not too confident falling

 

[glens]

10,000 Frenchmen can't be wrong?

To cause something to fall is to fell it.&nbsp; I know; it's confusing, but it's been that way for centuries.

Dent might know a thing or two about making timber fall, but his mastery of the English language isn't, as anybody who thumbs through his book can readily see.&nbsp; It's almost painful to read.

Glen

 

[a_lopa]

glen,i just used my microsoft dictionary it has tree falling as correct term

 

[glens]

What do you expect?&nbsp; They're from the Pacific northwest.&nbsp; I could stick my head out the door here and get plenty of local diverse word usage.&nbsp; When in Rome, do as the Romans, I guess.

I can only hope that others here will be able to understand me when I use the age-old verb "fell" to describe making a tree fall; usually in conjunction with a felling cut.

Glen

 

[glens]

I was going to say (jokingly) of those from the Pacific northwest that they also call softwood "timber" (around here, timber is hardwood), and decided to look it up just for kicks.&nbsp; Note the description:

<font face="fixed">&nbsp;&nbsp; From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


&nbsp;&nbsp; Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer,
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dan. t["o]mmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L.
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; domus a house, Gr. ? house, ? to build, Skr. dama a house.
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [root]62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.</font>