Logging Tropical Hardwood

[SunriseAtSea]

Has anybody had experience falling and bucking tropical hardwood?
( [ eg. African Moabi (Chlorophora excelsa) or Iroko (Milicia excelsa) )
I would like to know what type of types of power-saw chain faller's use.
( eg. Tooth type, pitch, brands)
Husky's, 3120, 2100, 394, & 266 :greenchainsaw:

 

[SunriseAtSea]

Here are a few pictures.

I plan to return to tropical Africa next year and work with some loggers. Timber cutters over there do things in fashion that seem wrong to me. For example, in this photograph of an Iroko tree stump you can see a plug of torn holding wood in the center of the tree stump. I had watched them struggle all day cutting these root collar like fins. They did not use a undercut or wedges on this tree. They just kept cutting at these octopus like tree's trunk until the tree toppled over in an unpredictable manner. I have no experience in this type of wood. I never paid attention to what kind of saw chain they were using, or how often they filed. These people are poor and I can't imagine them using expensive carbide tipped chain.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I'd like to know where they learned to cut trees, looks like a blind man cut it by the looks of the stump, although I think a blind man would do a better job. :monkey:

 

[SunriseAtSea]

These people have know where to learn logging.

It is all about the big man with the money, they do not care how the loggers get it down and out.

As I said in my last post, these people are poor, and have no education. These loggers work with an old 090 (I think?) with no muffler, six foot bar, and I think it was 404 chain. They use straight 30w oil for there mix, they have no hearing protection and are already half deaf in there mid twenties.

They make big bucks buy African standards about 10 bucks a day. They sleep on the ground right in the jungle with no tent. Most people wear flip-flops or rotten sandals, however these loggers were wearing socks or are just bear footed. (...weird because it is hard to purchase socks in that part of Africa) I brought may own ear plugs. These guys had never seen ear plugs and I gave them some. They never heard of an Alaska Mill, and were cutting planks by eye. The timber owner hires younger boys to pack the wood ( heavy wood) out on their heads for a couple bucks a day.

In these pictures, wedging with a pointed stick and a half log cant falling. Look at there feet.

 

[hammerlogging]

I sent you a private message. hard core dudes there.

 

[Curlycherry1]

I've bought bloodwood and ebony that was cut with chainsaws and they do a darn good job. One of the big suppliers that I have bought from has photos lining their office of those guys freehanding the cuts and they are straight as arrows. They also have pictures of 15-20 guys carrying giant slabs of Bubinga out of the woods where they had to carry the stuff for miles. They do what they have to because that is all they have to live off of.