snagfalling video

[forestryworks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w42utI0AnJU

give me hell people

 

[treejunkie13]

what were those orange thingys on ur legs?oke:

 

[forestryworks]

what were those orange thingys on ur legs?oke:

chaps... it's the last time i'm wearing them, too.

switching to inside-the-pants chaps

 

[treejunkie13]

IMO... most dangerous tool in the brush...chaps:censored:

 

[Zackman1801]

not to be too picky but why such high stumps. idk im just a neat freak and cant stand leaving high stumps if they are more than a foot off the ground i trim them down.

 

[forestryworks]

not to be too picky but why such high stumps. idk im just a neat freak and cant stand leaving high stumps if they are more than a foot off the ground i trim them down.

the place is gonna get dozed later - all brush and snags (that don't get cut) will go... it's what the landowner wanted

 

[treejunkie13]

not to be too picky but why such high stumps. idk im just a neat freak and cant stand leaving high stumps if they are more than a foot off the ground i trim them down.

I didn't want 2 go there.

hey Red Green kicks butt!

 

[treejunkie13]

the place is gonna get dozed later - all brush and snags (that don't get cut) will go... it's what the landowner wanted

now that is a good darn reason 4 high stumps.

 

[char]

Cut your nearside holding wood off?

Hard to tell from a video. Nice job though.

 

[forestryworks]

Cut your nearside holding wood off?

Hard to tell from a video. Nice job though.

not that i remember

i'll look at the stump tomorrow

 

[hammerlogging]

It gets me to thinking, since it may not be the best time for you to hit the road and mnake it big as a faller, but you want to get into more hard core and better paying work, try the swamps of west Texas/Louisianna. there's timber too big for their fellerbunchers, and even the choppers head down there some to harvest so you could jump on with their cutters. I have some friends that cut for the choppers in the swamps, sounds awful- but heck, hardcore experience, get your foot in the door. Remember, cut your tree to walk it to your next tree, their advice from stories.....Just an idea.

 

[hammerlogging]

I meant east texas.

 

[joesawer]

The pics of the stumps you showed earlier looked like a good final result.
I have no real gripes, just a few things I noticed.
When you make your face cut if you use the sights and find a reference point then while making the back cut, line up on the same reference point and advance the cut without rocking the saw, it is much easier to keep a pretty hinge.
When leveling the saw, hold the handle bar so that the balance will keep the short side of the bar level then push down on the pistol grip to raise the tip level. That way you are not trying to level the saw with your left elbow.
The video had no sound but your chain looked kind of grabby or oppressive for that hard of a tree.
The second snag hit something on its way down and pushed back a little, the rolled off the stump. There is nothing wrong with this as you exited away from the roll and the top did not break out. But be very aware of the danger of a snag breaking below the middle and falling back past and to side of the stump, when it hits another tree. It has very nearly been the end of me.
Thanks for posting the video. Remember I am an old grouch who is very hard to please.

 

[smokechase II]

On one knee

I don't understand why you did the first face on one knee.

Slower escape and possibility of chips/dust in the face/eyes.

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I've certainly done worse so I'll step away from the keyboard.

 

[forestryworks]

The pics of the stumps you showed earlier looked like a good final result.
I have no real gripes, just a few things I noticed.
When you make your face cut if you use the sights and find a reference point then while making the back cut, line up on the same reference point and advance the cut without rocking the saw, it is much easier to keep a pretty hinge.
When leveling the saw, hold the handle bar so that the balance will keep the short side of the bar level then push down on the pistol grip to raise the tip level. That way you are not trying to level the saw with your left elbow.
The video had no sound but your chain looked kind of grabby or oppressive for that hard of a tree.
The second snag hit something on its way down and pushed back a little, the rolled off the stump. There is nothing wrong with this as you exited away from the roll and the top did not break out. But be very aware of the danger of a snag breaking below the middle and falling back past and to side of the stump, when it hits another tree. It has very nearly been the end of me.
Thanks for posting the video. Remember I am an old grouch who is very hard to please.

thank you for the advice.

some of you guys stuff i actually write down and take it with me, and try and follow the advice or at least be aware of what ever was mentioned.

I don't understand why you did the first face on one knee.

Slower escape and possibility of chips/dust in the face/eyes.

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I've certainly done worse so I'll step away from the keyboard.

i normally do my faces on snags standing up

but with the wood going from punky to stout and back all the chain did was bind up when it hit the punky stuff, so i got on one knee to get better control

dog in and sweep didn't work too well on these... the bigger snags with better wood it does

i carry at least two chains - but the dirty bark (which i'll knock off if the snag and tops are sound - always lookin' up) ruins the chains quick, even round ground. thanks to hindsight, it's best to figure one chain for every 1-2 trees.

i've got two final snags left - hope to video them, and we'll see if i've improved or worsened.

i've also done worse, too - i'm still the newbie

 

[redprospector]

Dosen't look too bad. Nothing a little time & experience won't fix.
I cut one today on both knee's, but I'm old. You have no excuse.

Andy

 

[056kid]

practice makes perfect