sawing a snipe

[forestryworks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2uVPp6mg74

at 6:18 this guy puts a snipe in the face of a doug fir...
for those that are still wondering what a snipe is, maybe this will help you out

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[Rookie1]

And I thought snipe was a bird.

 

[forestryworks]

And I thought snipe was a bird.

lol, good ol' snipe hunting... i actually had some female cousins that were 17 and thought snipe hunting was a real deal... they were from the city and it took them awhile to come back out of the woods

 

[Rookie1]

HaHa Nice video. Its cool in black and white.

 

[Jacob J.]

If you watch it in high quality you'll see why Super 8 is desirable.

 

[Nuzzy]

Awesome vid!

 

[ShoerFast]

Very enjoyable vid!

It also shows why wrap handles are nice on slopes, but he did not always turn the saw to use it.

 

[forestryworks]

i liked the faller's shirt, too... i know a good friend of mine that would be tickled to death to get one of those for christmas

 

[Burvol]

Maybe I'm wrong, but in my crowd that's called a "kicker" or a "slipper" cut. A snipe is a small angled piece out of the top that will aid with no-barberchairing and pulling woood in the case of a shallower face from top to bottom on a low stump. Things differ from region to region, but that is a kicker, not a snipe here.

 

[Gologit]

Maybe I'm wrong, but in my crowd that's called a "kicker" or a "slipper" cut. A snipe is a small angled piece out of the top that will aid with no-barberchairing and pulling woood in the case of a shallower face from top to bottom on a low stump. Things differ from region to region, but that is a kicker, not a snipe here.

I think you're right. There's a lot of difference in the terminology as you go from place to place. We had a yarder and crew down here from Washington a couple of years ago and we spent the first week finding a common language. We finally just said "There's the wood...get it". And they did.

LOL...I told a new log truck driver the other day to put a on G-string before he left the landing...I think he thought I was some kind of pervert. We finally settled on calling it a strip chain...but he still has his doubts.

 

[Burvol]

Rip it off the stump quick down hill, leave hooked up as long as possible with a step (raised back cut) and the sap sawn a bit when throwing trees uphill. This aids in saving the timber out.

 

[Tree Sling'r]

Call that a snipe down here, use it a lot to get the butts of the trees to hit first to save wood when the tree is up above a swell in the ground or a road bank. Use it frequently on the coast in the redwoods.

 

[Burvol]

Slinger, so what do you guys call cutting an angle on stumps in your strip and putting the wedge up on them or some big limbs to save the wood from breaking (slabbing the sides out or breaking) and kicking into lead? Never really was sure what that is called. I like watching the debris fly when they go into lead.

 

[056kid]

i would call that a third face. The abrupt angle created by this face is what seperates the wood. A snipe would commit flat with the butt log, a good one anyway.

 

[056kid]

Did you guys see the end!! "FFF@@@CCCCC&&K" "he must have had her sit back in him"!! funny stuff.

 

[skinnykid02]

I now know why but, why cut a "snipe"? why not cut a notch that is wider instead of cutting a notch and then cutting again.

I really have no idea why the pros do it, I am trying to learn.

 

[2dogs]

I now know why but, why cut a "snipe"? why not cut a notch that is wider instead of cutting a notch and then cutting again.

I really have no idea why the pros do it, I am trying to learn.

Read Sling'r's post.

 

[gavin]

I now know why but, why cut a "snipe"? why not cut a notch that is wider instead of cutting a notch and then cutting again.

I really have no idea why the pros do it, I am trying to learn.

as slinger said its to make the butt hit first. usually use it when falling in steep ground or uphill. helps the tree settle.

here in b.c. we call it a swanson undercut, and you can do it two ways (as you said): a humbolt with a snipe, or a very "open" humbolt (1:1 depth to opening). does the same thing, but doing the humbolt with the snipe takes less cutting.

 

[hammerlogging]

(coming not from humbolt lands) it seems like it has to pop it off from the hinge sooner witht the more closed notch, and yet prompt the butt to slide off the stump more readily, for the butt first falling, to save wood. It would stay stuck to the hinge through the whole fall with an open face.

 

[Metals406]

Up in these parts, we call a 'snipe', the uneven wood that's left on the butt log from facing and back-cut.

Regional logging slang is confusing!