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Missing a few boys tonite
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GASoline71
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Keep yer chin up Andy... Remember, if'n ya need anything... I'm just over an hour away. Can be there quick. 
Gary
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fishhuntcutwood
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Man, this is crazy. We didn't have anything like this! I did get my Christmas tree today though. I was going to go get one tomorrow (I've got a spot) but I found a top out of a fir in my backyard. I'm going to "recycle" it, cones and all. It looks like crap, but it's kinda neat to have a Christmas tree that was 130' up this time last week. Hey, I'm single, so no one is gonna give me any :censored: about having a weird lookin' tree!
I can be there too Andy. Just gimme a day or two heads-up so I can work with my schedule. I'm not all cushy and retired like Gary is! 
I can be there too Andy. Just gimme a day or two heads-up so I can work with my schedule. I'm not all cushy and retired like Gary is!
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
fishhuntcutwood said:I'm not all cushy and retired like Gary is!
Hey! I still got a J-O-B! HAHAHAHAHA!
Gary
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GASoline71 said:Hey! I still got a J-O-B! HAHAHAHAHA!
Gary
Aw, I know you do bro. I'm just busting your civilian balls!
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
fishhuntcutwood said:Aw, I know you do bro. I'm just busting your civilian balls!
I know ya are... :rockn: :rockn: :rockn:
Gary
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
GASoline71 said:Keep yer chin up Andy... Remember, if'n ya need anything... I'm just over an hour away. Can be there quick.
Gary
Could you call Jeff and have him load a couple of 50 gal drums of gas into his chopper. Just drop them in the lake by my dock. I'll fake the 911 call:monkey:
fishhuntcutwood said:Man, this is crazy. We didn't have anything like this! I did get my Christmas tree today though. I was going to go get one tomorrow (I've got a spot) but I found a top out of a fir in my backyard. I'm going to "recycle" it, cones and all. It looks like crap, but it's kinda neat to have a Christmas tree that was 130' up this time last week. Hey, I'm single, so no one is gonna give me any :censored: about having a weird lookin' tree!
I can be there too Andy. Just gimme a day or two heads-up so I can work with my schedule. I'm not all cushy and retired like Gary is!
I sstill have the top of the co-dominant stem that peeled off my huge blue spruce in the last windstorm it was almost 1/2 the tree. It is all decorated up on the patio and still has its needles after almost a month.
It really hurts to see the pictures of beutiful old growth saw logs being blocked for firewood. I haven't seen Ponderosa like that since I was a pup back in the 40s. Spokane has them all over the city at 100' plus and 24" up dbh.
Harry K
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Time to replant the stumps - part 1
Armed with my 361 and 066... time to nip off those trees and replant the stumps.
It's realy hard to see which way the tree or stump will move, and caution is a necessity...
I had four objectives.
- Don't get hurt
- Don't wreck the bars with bad pinching.
- Don't let the trees barberpole - I want to mill them...
- Get the two big root balls back in in their holes.
Hmmmm....
First the small tree on top.
I was going to side cut both sides first, bottom cut for about 20% of the way up, then plunge from the top. Well.... didn't quite work out, the damn tree split on the bottom (needed more up-cut), I went back in. The the saw got stuck... kind of trickey as the load shifted both sideways and then up a lot.. Out with the 066..
Side cut
Bottom
Free
Hey RB_TREE - you said firs wouldn't do this!!!:jester:
Jambed - damn, I thought that tree had stopped moving up...
Out of there!
Now the big tree. 28 bar should do it.. sure...
part 2 continues...
Armed with my 361 and 066... time to nip off those trees and replant the stumps.
It's realy hard to see which way the tree or stump will move, and caution is a necessity...
I had four objectives.
- Don't get hurt
- Don't wreck the bars with bad pinching.
- Don't let the trees barberpole - I want to mill them...
- Get the two big root balls back in in their holes.
Hmmmm....
First the small tree on top.
I was going to side cut both sides first, bottom cut for about 20% of the way up, then plunge from the top. Well.... didn't quite work out, the damn tree split on the bottom (needed more up-cut), I went back in. The the saw got stuck... kind of trickey as the load shifted both sideways and then up a lot.. Out with the 066..
Side cut
Bottom
Free
Hey RB_TREE - you said firs wouldn't do this!!!:jester:
Jambed - damn, I thought that tree had stopped moving up...
Out of there!
Now the big tree. 28 bar should do it.. sure...
part 2 continues...
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Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
part two...
O.K. This next log is real nice... No way I want to mess this on up (no cracks or splits), and it's the most dangerous.... Incredible pressure on the log both from the log itself being canter-levered and from the root ball.
I scribed a couple of lines all the way around with the 361, side cut both line on both side about 8 inches in, and bottom cut up on both lines about the same. Then chunked out some of the pieces with the 066. The plan was to get rid of the sides and then plunge cut from the top where I had a good escape path (to the left of the first picure)... Sure... Everything was looking good, just a slight trim on the back side, and bang - the tree was gone in 1/10 of a second... Only moved about 1 foot towards me but threw me into the edge of the tree behind. Didn't even see it coming.. Oh well.. A bruise or two.
Chunked out - the cracks are stopped by the outboard cuts.
Backside trimming cut - this is when it blew.
The photographer was a bit excited in the last two photos..
part three continues...
O.K. This next log is real nice... No way I want to mess this on up (no cracks or splits), and it's the most dangerous.... Incredible pressure on the log both from the log itself being canter-levered and from the root ball.
I scribed a couple of lines all the way around with the 361, side cut both line on both side about 8 inches in, and bottom cut up on both lines about the same. Then chunked out some of the pieces with the 066. The plan was to get rid of the sides and then plunge cut from the top where I had a good escape path (to the left of the first picure)... Sure... Everything was looking good, just a slight trim on the back side, and bang - the tree was gone in 1/10 of a second... Only moved about 1 foot towards me but threw me into the edge of the tree behind. Didn't even see it coming.. Oh well.. A bruise or two.
Chunked out - the cracks are stopped by the outboard cuts.
Backside trimming cut - this is when it blew.
The photographer was a bit excited in the last two photos..
part three continues...
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Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
part three
here's the aftermath...next time... I do less on top until the sides are right...
Damn... should have used the 32 inch bar!
Now for the cedar beneath the two firs...
Curly cut the rounds so they can be moved
Victory pose.. Time for beer...
here's the aftermath...next time... I do less on top until the sides are right...
Damn... should have used the 32 inch bar!
Now for the cedar beneath the two firs...
Curly cut the rounds so they can be moved
Victory pose.. Time for beer...
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SawTroll
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:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
Why the helmet, nothing should fall down on your head in that application......
...and hopefully, you didn't stand on the log below your cut, when you cut the larger tree......:jawdrop:
Why the helmet, nothing should fall down on your head in that application......
...and hopefully, you didn't stand on the log below your cut, when you cut the larger tree......:jawdrop:
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asb151
ArboristSite Guru
A good example to anyone here that still only has one saw (if there is anyone). You need to have at least two.
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
SawTroll said::hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
Why the helmet, nothing should fall down on your head in that application......
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Huh? What about the rain??? And wood has a bit of a habit of blowing upwards in this type of work.. I had some land 30 feet way..
Anyhow, hang on - part three and 4 are comming..
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Here's the top 100 feet of the larger fir... This is why I have so much tension lower down... never mind the root ball.
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Great pictures Andy, thanks for that.
Trigger-Time
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LAKE,
1st, glad to here your OK!
2nd, good pics
3rd, Crap, things can happen fast!
1st, glad to here your OK!
2nd, good pics
3rd, Crap, things can happen fast!
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Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Trigger-Time said:
yep.. That tree has about 120 feet above the pivot point, but trimming of the top would have possibly led it to stand up over 100 feet.. (that would be exciting, 'cos they tend to go right over..), so... dammed if you do, and if you don't...
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Trigger-Time
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Lake, this is off topic but your pics show how much
different your type of trees are there, than here in
the hard woods of MO. I think it is something we
forget here at AS when talking about the best limbing
saw or what is the best chain to use. I see that their
would be alto more bucking on trees like in your pics
than limbing. I sure would like to put a saw to some of
timber for a day or two, not that it would be any easier
just a lot different.
different your type of trees are there, than here in
the hard woods of MO. I think it is something we
forget here at AS when talking about the best limbing
saw or what is the best chain to use. I see that their
would be alto more bucking on trees like in your pics
than limbing. I sure would like to put a saw to some of
timber for a day or two, not that it would be any easier
just a lot different.
STIHL-KID
ArboristSite Operative
Hey Lake, what model of saw is that in the pictures? Real nice lookin' setup.
