We still have some talented fallers around here.
Our Valley's Got Talent
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1270d
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Nice shot!
Good stuff.
TREE KILLER
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Wow thats some talent !
Cool! I do not have the confidence (or the insurance) to try to drop that tree through that opening even though I could hit it one out of every five tries. Maybe. I had a D-fir about that size decide to take a stroll instead of head where I wanted it to last Tuesday. My Humboldt was off and I could not trim it properly plus I cut through a part of the hinge. It actually fell into a better lie but that was just an accident.
treeslayer2003
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lol, my wife just showed me this on her face book................pretty good. its funny, i could make that shot all day in the woods but i wouldn't dare try it were he did.
2dogs, we all have that happen.............its loggin.............some days it seems i can't miss a cut, other days im a FNG again.
y'all see that that hydraulic folding log trailer?
2dogs, we all have that happen.............its loggin.............some days it seems i can't miss a cut, other days im a FNG again.
y'all see that that hydraulic folding log trailer?
This video was posted somewhere else with a question of who would try it. So far only one hand has raised. Not me of course, but our good friend RandyMac. Ron
That was a good shot. I read about that somewhere else and they said they made a pretty good bed for it so when it landed it wouldn't jump or fish tail. Darn good work all the way around.
And Ron...add my name to RandyMac's. I think I'd just about have to try it. And never mind 2dogs' modesty...I've worked with him a little and I've seen the gleam in his eye when there was a tough one to do. I know he would have tried this one.
And Ron...add my name to RandyMac's. I think I'd just about have to try it. And never mind 2dogs' modesty...I've worked with him a little and I've seen the gleam in his eye when there was a tough one to do. I know he would have tried this one.
treeslayer2003
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dam, you boys ain't lost any nerve with age..............i just don't like messin around houses..............lawsuits ya know
The facebook version I saw was edited. It also had some local talent with an old guy singing and playing banjo. It also thanks my insurance agent for inspiration--he's one of the best fallers around these parts when it comes to difficult trees. Oh, and my neighbor is up there with them too.
As I posted somewhere else, I would hand Randy a wedge if he ask. Bob, I would do the same for you. Ron
I don't know whether I'd try that one or not. It's a clean shot but there's two buildings to hit. I've never chanced more than one at a time. That's about half the space either side as the narrowest lay I've ever done. Five bucks says that this one took a bit of thinking to commit to.
KenJax Tree
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I bet they watched Daniel Murphy's precision falling youtube videos before doing that one.
I bet they watched Daniel Murphy's precision falling youtube videos before doing that one.
Can you imagine Murphy swaggering up to those guys and starting to give them tips on how to do their job? Or give them a critique on the job they just did? Man, I'd like to have the results of that on tape.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Remember when he compared himself to Jerry Beranek?
I'd try it... probably fail but that ok I've got insurance... Knowing my luck it would bounce and flatten that shed, but the house would be ok.
I would have a similar reaction to success as this fellow...
I would have a similar reaction to success as this fellow...
He what???!!! What the hell was he thinking? Murphy has some decent basic, very very basic, skills but for him to compare himself to Beranek is just ridiculous. Murph glorifies and over analyzes things that aren't really very complicated. Beranek is the real deal.
Murphy, on the best day he ever had, couldn't carry Beranek's saw.
Edit. Sorry about the language...I cut it out.
Murphy does talk a good talk.
Samlock
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Had it been a straight tree, with an even limb weight, zero wind, a clear landing zone... I'd probably do it. IF the owner is a sensible guy, ok with the idea of possible rebuilding, but wants the job done cheap. I would rig it though, just to see a bit movement before letting it go.
I'm sure the guy wasn't acting a bit in the end thanking heaven on his knees.
I'm sure the guy wasn't acting a bit in the end thanking heaven on his knees.
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