Nor Cal & North SF Bay GTG (November 11-14, 2022)

[madhatte]

C'mon, folks, where's the pics? Some of us want to see what we missed!

 

[Gologit]

Well, the guy that took the most video...Eccentric...was still bucking rounds when I left. He said he'd be home tonight and would get the video up ASAP.

Quite a few other people took pictures and video. When they start posting them I'll un-sticky this and let everybody see what we were up to.

Broc Luno said that they plan on making this an annual event and it's the perfect place for it.

Oh, and don't let Eccentric get away with telling everybody he doesn't work on modern saws. He put a tune on my 660 that was way better than anything I've done.

 

[ckelp]

well i'm back home now i'd had to leve a little early than others did,
it could have not gone smoother met some neat people i learned a lot i wished i had more questions to ask some of the guys..

cookies!!!

you gotta love new full chisel .404

 

[singinwoodwackr]

sucks I couldn't make it at all this weekend

 

[ckelp]

sucks I couldn't make it at all this weekend

well first weekend in november next year...

 

[singinwoodwackr]

well first weekend in november next year...

will still depend on how crazy things are then but I'll know more by the end of this month when I get next year's draft schedule.
I could have attempted Sat but would only have been able to stay for an hr of so due to hwy29 traffic that time of day on a typical Sat.
I get home so late it takes me until 2 just to wind down getting up early is not fun this time of year

 

[2dogs]

When the vid of Gologit and me cutting down the fir is posted please take it with a grain of salt. I screwed up Gologit by not coordinating with him before we started. Then of course I'm deaf as a stump and I had earplugs in and Gologit's saw was running so I couldn't a dern word he was saying even though the crowd heard every word. At least Cody did because he told me I sucked afterward. And yep my backcut was way off level. At least Gologit's gunning cut was level.

Also for some of the newer cutters out there the area around the hinge wood was somewhat rotten, as expected, so the hinge broke on the off side. An area of wood about 10" by 8" just broke off as the nose of the bar was sweeping over. The rot combined with the lean broke it out. It really had no effect on the direction of the fall but had that tree been standing straight and if no wedge was set tight that may have pinched the bar or thrown the tree off the gun. A tree that bad looking and standing straight would have gotten a test bore.

 

[2dogs]

I had a great time, great folks, nice logs, excelent food, perfect weather, lots of saws, not much more any man in his right mind could ask for. Thanks to all that did the planning and setup, thanks to Bob for the cool bumper stickers, Thanks to Bill for letting me run your 090:msp and PM me about the other saw consider it sold, thanks to the cook, could someone PM me a email or address so I can send her a special thankyou note. I better lay off the thank you's starting to sound like I won a Emmy or something. But I would like to say I will help out all I can and do whatever needed for next years GTG. A Lets get the photos and videos up asap. one more THANKS AGAIN :msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin:

You are welcome. But next year I'll put the 5' bar on the 090. :msp_scared: It will also get either an Elastostart or a 460R loop handle like the 394 has. Dang artheritis doesn't let me grip the handle very well. I go in for a cortizone shot in my right ring finger this week or next that should help matters out too.

I sure did like that 359 and the chain that goes with it. Has the 024 caught its breath yet?

 

[Warped5]

C'mon, folks, where's the pics? Some of us want to see what we missed!

Rumor over here is that Aaron is waiting for the public library to open so he has a high-speed Internet connection to upload the videos. :jester:

 

[ckelp]

brucey (BrocLuno) took a crap load pics he should be up loading pics in an hour or two..
i wanna see the pics of my 1-61 pulling a 42" bar and almost buried in wood

 

[Bob95065]

I want to start off by saying thank you to all that planned, organized and worked to make this event a success. This is the first time I have ever gone to an event like this and it won't be the last. Believe me, I will be there next year. Robby won't stop talking about the fun he had.

Ian on a Southwest flight to the east coast as I type. Friday before I left for the GTZ I found out I had to travel for Orkney this week. I put the pictures I ok on my computer and I will Orkney on posting them this week. The upside to traveling is there is more free time after work than usual.

Thanks to all,

Bob Elliott

 

[ckelp]

sorry you have to fly southwest..:jester:
it good meeting you aswell

 

[slowp]

Cody and I had a great time! Cody questioned me about porting the entire ride home after he ran Gologit's Sling'red MS660. The food was great and of course I ate enough for two grown men. I liked the low key no ego attitude that everyone had. The GTG was very family friendly. Lots of nice saws and enough logs to make everyone happy.

Isn't that saw great? It responds to "tickling" and on the opposite end, will power on through stuff when needed. It has a nice burbling sound. The only thing that could make it better, would be some Hello Kitty stickers and bling.

 

[Gologit]

When the vid of Gologit and me cutting down the fir is posted please take it with a grain of salt. I screwed up Gologit by not coordinating with him before we started. Then of course I'm deaf as a stump and I had earplugs in and Gologit's saw was running so I couldn't a dern word he was saying even though the crowd heard every word. At least Cody did because he told me I sucked afterward. And yep my backcut was way off level. At least Gologit's gunning cut was level.

Also for some of the newer cutters out there the area around the hinge wood was somewhat rotten, as expected, so the hinge broke on the off side. An area of wood about 10" by 8" just broke off as the nose of the bar was sweeping over. The rot combined with the lean broke it out. It really had no effect on the direction of the fall but had that tree been standing straight and if no wedge was set tight that may have pinched the bar or thrown the tree off the gun. A tree that bad looking and standing straight would have gotten a test bore.

:hmm3grin2orange: Yup, it was definitely a case of "how many experienced timber fallers does it take to screw up one tree?"

We each had a different idea of what we wanted to do but we didn't get together on it until the saw was in the wood.

And...2dogs might be deafer than a stump but I'm deafer than 2 stumps. :msp_rolleyes:

And, in our own defense...that was the kind of tree that you just want to get on the ground without too much excitement and collateral damage.

I'll cut with 2dogs any time.


If it's alright with everybody I'll un-sticky this thread when the videos go up. A lot of people weren't aware of the GTG and putting it in the main forum will show what we were up to.

 

[hdbill]

It was the best time I have had in quite a while. I dont know why I missed the falling but it was worth it listening from below when it came down. I really hope someone did a video of my 024 cuttin but it would need to be shortened up, I dont know how long that cut took but it seemed like 10 minutes. Even some photos should stir up the short bar folks east of us. That 42" bar was also wrapped with a square ground chain. I might get to working on adapting that 42" bar on a Wildthing or top handle saw for next year. Im trying to think up something really off the wall. Mabey 2 Sthil 024s on a 50" double ended bar.

 

[RandyMac]

Team falling can be a challenge. I did quite a bit of that with my brother, it went pretty well until we were using two saws. I was finishing up the face-cut on a big Fir snag, when my Bro got too enthused with the back-cut, I just barely got the chip out as the tree was starting to fall. Yeah, we had words.

 

[Eccentric]

Thanks to all the folks who put in the time and effort to make this event happen. I had a great time even if my C70 was being recalcitrant and I had to bug out early. It was interesting to see the variety of saws. There were some really impressive machines, but I was especially taken by the 024 with the 42" bar - what a concept!

I'm looking forward to next year.

Running that C70 was a hoot. It's a real looker too. Thanks for letting me run it Charlie. I have some video of you running it. Here's the Acres profile for that grand old 116cc saw:

Model Profile: C70

Isn't that saw great? It responds to "tickling" and on the opposite end, will power on through stuff when needed. It has a nice burbling sound. The only thing that could make it better, would be some Hello Kitty stickers and bling.

We missed you at the GTG Ms P. I hope you can attend next year.

The pics and video footage I shot will hopefully be up tomorrow. Uploading from this camera is somewhat tricky for this non-computer savvy guy. I will also have to edit the video footage into short clips for posting. Bear with me please folks..............and hopefully Bruce and others will get more pics and video up soon too.

Thanks to all the many folks that helped out with this, and to all the attendees. It turned out better than we'd hoped for (as a 'first time' for all of us involved in planning/setting up the GTG). Glad to see that it will be a go for next year, with enthusiastic attendees. I really enjoyed meeting all of you.

 

[BrocLuno]

I ahve Pics, but ...

I know some about puters, but I don't know how to embed pics in a reply. I don't have an outside photo site and I'd rather have them here so folks can refer to them in the future. I've renamed the Pics so they may make a bit more sense ...

I also need to know what size is best for viewing w/o overloading the sever? Any help greatly appreciated

Will the moderator please fix my dyslexic title?

 

[Modifiedmark]

I'm starting to think this whole thread is a scam. No pictures, it didn't happen. :msp_biggrin:

 

[thomas1]

This girl wants pics!