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just be a little more fluid in your saw handling.

let the saw do the work.

learn to backbar also.

otherwise good job.

oh and you need a hardhat.
 
Seen a lot worse, forest has good advice. At least you put it out there, prepared to take it, good for you WV.
 
LOL. Dude you gotta get a tripod. That shakey camera make me carsick.

BTW the big hazard of that job was above your head. Look up while you are cutting. Ya sure those rakers are only .033?
 
LOL. Dude you gotta get a tripod. That shakey camera make me carsick.

BTW the big hazard of that job was above your head. Look up while you are cutting. Ya sure those rakers are only .033?

it was on a tripod on the ground i get a rush from falling trees like that
 
You got to get some PPE!!! Cant stress it enough at least a hard hat,I have been smashed over the head plenty of times. Would not be here with out any of that sissy PPE!!! Keep trying.
 
Sit in a feller-buncher all day and it takes all of the fun out of it! The only fun you get is when you get a top that lands on the machine and scares the crap out of you.
 
Ok hard hat, safety glasses,chaps you are a beginner so safety everything forget rakers get ppe! Your notch could have been a little wider but I did see you at least clean it out some so good for you there. On the backcut make kerfs 2" above the seat of your notch so you can line up for the cut. Do not stand at the base and watch it fall; back away in your escape route and look for anything being thrown your direction as many times limbs are thrown back at the stump area. All in all you lived and it did go where you wanted it to go just be ready for?
 
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Were you comfortable cutting at that height Chris? Seemed like it was a bit high for you. And yeah, learn to bakcut and not wrestle the saw so much. I would have sworn you were running a 440 or 460 as much as you fought that saw!
Your notch came out nice, and you created a nice hinge! But even done perfect I've had those Oak "pecker poles" twist on me as they came down. It's due to the tops twisting around fighting for sunlight.
 
Well i see that your still up to the "i dident cut them trees there , thoes stumps look like ####", it would be believeable if you dident cut identical ones in your videos!


And quit calling regular trees snags...





ps: have you been doing any heli logging lately??
 
Well i see that your still up to the "i dident cut them trees there , thoes stumps look like ####", it would be believeable if you dident cut identical ones in your videos!


And quit calling regular trees snags...





ps: have you been doing any heli logging lately??

056, have you completely forgotten your roots? Ain't jeans and a 027 the right stuff?

WV, you're all right. As far as the PPE, yeah, start with a helmet, go from there. Clothes aren't going to make you a fast or good cutter, but seriously, look sharp, feel sharp- see what the BC dudes are wearing? PPE, and quality stuff that makes you able to worker better, and faster. I'd say your drags were a little low. Tell yoursel;f "I am the future", now what does that mean? Professional... clean saw handling, athletics, ....step it up a notch. If you're mentally there, your a$$ will follow.
 
The way you fought that saw and how it bogged down in the cut made me a little afraid for you. I am not dissin you, just sayin.
 
Other than the obvious about the ppe ( a hardhat being the absolute minimum - especially with visible rot )

1) not putting the tree in front down and putting a much heavier tree down on top of it amongst high-stumps (fatalities)

2) sloping notch ( ditto )

3) not having a clear plan of exit ( ditto )

4) Felling onto high-stumps ( ditto, and wasteful too)

5)Getting over excited ( most likely ditto, but who knows-you can't ask )

6) It doesn't look like you have someone nearby to help you out if something goes wrong. This is good practice at all times, and is critical when you are unsure of what you are doing (ditto )


There's a few other ditto's in there but I decided to be generous.

Congratulations, you have three lives left!

Seriously though, I hope this video was done for instructional purposes only. If so-kudos to you. If not- best go do some reading so you can make a safer video.
 
just be a little more fluid in your saw handling.

let the saw do the work.

learn to backbar also.

otherwise good job.

oh and you need a hardhat.

No need to back bar that tree IMO, besides that is a tiny ass saw to back bar with. Especially if your cutting 40" tall stumps.
 
Yea you really gotta get your self a hard hat and some chaps. I got wacked about a year ago and the hard hat saved my life. It dosent take much of a limb to do a lotta dammage to you especially when its commin down from 60feet in the air. those rakers seem darn low too, deffinatly low for cuttin hard wood, you shouldent have to fight that saw so much or well really at all.
 

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