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

[singinwoodwackr]

That was a very good example of mis-matched cuts. I missed my gunning cut by 3". I missed my lay by a few feet too. At least I made it hit the ground. It is now firewood for next season.

at least your face cut was better than mine

 

[RandyMac]

at least your face cut was better than mine

it had the desired result.

 

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[video=youtube_share;0mGNdr4cE0A]http://youtu.be/0mGNdr4cE0A[/video]

 

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This one should have been posted before the prior one. The attack on the mess begins.

[video=youtube_share;jdg9MoIxxbU]http://youtu.be/jdg9MoIxxbU[/video]

 

[Trx250r180]

[video=youtube_share;AAiJ8TPzE8s]http://youtu.be/AAiJ8TPzE8s[/video]

you missed the truck :msp_wink:

 

[Trx250r180]

[video=youtube_share;0mGNdr4cE0A]http://youtu.be/0mGNdr4cE0A[/video]

looks like the top was hung up in other trees ,did you have equipment to pull on it with to get rest of way down ?

 

[2dogs]

This was a blowdown and was still anchored by the root plate. Gologit cut it free and then took a few lengths off the bottom so we could pull the tree out with a pickup truck.

 

[Gologit]

looks like the top was hung up in other trees ,did you have equipment to pull on it with to get rest of way down ?

Yup. We crippled it up the best we could and then hooked it to 2dogs' Dodge. There were some deadfall and we cut those out so the butt would have a skid path. There were three trees all hung together and they came out of there pretty good. Noisy, too. RandyMac would have liked it.

2dogs is a pretty good rigger...for an old guy. :msp_biggrin:

 

[Trx250r180]

Yup. We crippled it up the best we could and then hooked it to 2dogs' Dodge. There were some deadfall and we cut those out so the butt would have a skid path. There were three trees all hung together and they came out of there pretty good. Noisy, too. RandyMac would have liked it.

2dogs is a pretty good rigger...for an old guy. :msp_biggrin:

i took one down real similar to that one couple weeks ago ,wind blew a fir and uprooted it ,the top was wedged in 3 other trees ,it slid off the stump and stuck in the ground just like this one did ,a choker ,a chain and a backhoe bucket ,was able to pull on the bottom till it fell between the trees ,(and my stupid move of the day , i got my bar stuck on my back cut ,went to grab another saw and wedges to cut myself out ,filled up the gas and oil ,had my first flip cap experience hiking back in the woods ,oil down my back rh shoulder and back of right pantleg ,of course you dont feel the oil soak through till the saw is all out )

 

[roberte]

,filled up the gas and oil ,had my first flip cap experience hiking back in the woods ,oil down my back rh shoulder and back of right pantleg ,of course you dont feel the oil soak through till the saw is all out )

I hear that, now i flip the saw over a couple of times, on the ground, before slinging the saw over my shoulder. I guess now the only plus is that i have a couple of dedicated saw sweatshirts

 

[PasoRoblesJimmy]

2dogs is a pretty good rigger...for an old guy. :msp_biggrin:

My dad operated massively huge cranes to load and unload U.S. Navy ships at N.A.S. Alameda for many years. Can't do it without good riggers.

Good to see good deeds being done at a GTG.

 

[thomas1]

This one should have been posted before the prior one. The attack on the mess begins.

[video=youtube_share;jdg9MoIxxbU]http://youtu.be/jdg9MoIxxbU[/video]

Your beginnings look like my endings.

 

[madhatte]

My dad operated massively huge cranes to load and unload U.S. Navy ships at N.A.S. Alameda for many years. Can't do it without good riggers.

An UNREP looks EXACTLY like cable logging, carriage and all!

 

[Eccentric]

you missed the truck :msp_wink:

That's an optical illusion. The truck isn't actually behind the tree (as in it wouldn't get squashed if the tree fell towards the back cut). It's much further up the road than it looks there...

 

[2dogs]

Thinking of finding the other video.

Hey she said she was 18 and it was OK with her mother. Her name was Courtney something.

 

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[video=youtube_share;adIXCJtJsvc]http://youtu.be/adIXCJtJsvc[/video]The yarding process begins. Now, I must go for a badly needed walk. I won't pack a saw this time.

 

[thomas1]

[video=youtube_share;adIXCJtJsvc]http://youtu.be/adIXCJtJsvc[/video]The yarding process begins. Now, I must go for a badly needed walk. I won't pack a saw this time.

Was Bob starting the Macarena at the end?

 

[Gologit]

Was Bob starting the Macarena at the end?

Nope. Those were secret logger hand signals meaning the ####ing thing hung up on a ####ing deadfall and now we'll ####ing stop for a minute while I get a ####ing saw and cut the ####er out.

Macarena? Isn't that some kind of cookie with too much coconut on it?

 

[Trx250r180]

much different than randymacs hand signals :msp_wink:

 

[Blazin]

[video=youtube_share;0mGNdr4cE0A]http://youtu.be/0mGNdr4cE0A[/video]

I was waiting for that shoulder buster to get you :msp_scared:, take the side load off first Mr. moderator :msp_razz: You did good at any rate