soft dutchmen

[forestryworks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbN1sKN7IlI

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[Cedarkerf]

Some interesting videos like his little ax trick

 

[treemandan]

Impressive. of course I don't drop to much without a rope in it and would never try that. I do recomend you get a better saw though; 2 pulls to start it?

 

[WesternSaw]

Man that was Awesome! How long have you been falling trees? There is something about watching people who know how to do their jobs well whatever that job might be.
Lawrence
P.S. I have never fell a tree in my life,but one day!

 

[ddhlakebound]

Wow! Very Impressive. I had to watch that like 5 times before I could even begin to wrap my mind around it.

Would really like to see it from a couple angles, to know whether the soft side is incrementally stepped, or vertically lined up. A crown shot as it lays into the weight and starts to turn would be very cool also. I guess what I'm sayin is, fly me out, and I'll be glad to run the camera for a week for free. :greenchainsaw:

I kept thinkin while you were working the backcut that it was goin straight for the lean, or gonna pinch and hang up, but it turned the corner and kept on comin sweet as can be.

Mad skills!

 

[forestryworks]

that ain't me for anyone who thinks so.

 

[RRSsawshop]

Wow! Very Impressive. I had to watch that like 5 times before I could even begin to wrap my mind around it.

Would really like to see it from a couple angles, to know whether the soft side is incrementally stepped, or vertically lined up. A crown shot as it lays into the weight and starts to turn would be very cool also. I guess what I'm sayin is, fly me out, and I'll be glad to run the camera for a week for free. :greenchainsaw:

I kept thinkin while you were working the backcut that it was goin straight for the lean, or gonna pinch and hang up, but it turned the corner and kept on comin sweet as can be.

Mad skills!

:agree2: Looks like most of the hinge is all the way on the right of the stump and the 3 kerfs in the face were from the center to the left!!! When the backcut was made he cut most of the hinge on the left (camera view) that started the twist,the kerfs on the face compress under weight and swing it more..IMO :monkey: Pretty sweet!!

 

[ShoerFast]

Fantastic!

It sure humbles me to see what can be done!

Keep them coming!

+1 repped!

 

[fmaglin]

that ain't me for anyone who thinks so.

Hey Forestryworks, thanks for a great thread! You must be in the East Texas Piney woods area? Lived in Abilene a while and sure didn't see many trees out there!

 

[forestryworks]

Hey Forestryworks, thanks for a great thread! You must be in the East Texas Piney woods area? Lived in Abilene a while and sure didn't see many trees out there!

i'm in north central.

abilene ain't much.

 

[056kid]

Saw that a week or so ago.

fun stuff there.

 

[slowp]

For some reason, I think I detect an Oregon Accent. Must do research.

 

[John464]

Im trying to figure out why this works. the multiple slices adjust direction of fall without snapping the hinge, they bump the wood but since thinly sliced allow it to give, this allows hinge to remain in tact before realease. Is that what is going on there?

 

[oldirty]

almost as if he was cutting in some steps towards the face. awesome vid.

 

[RRSsawshop]

Wow! Very Impressive. I had to watch that like 5 times before I could even begin to wrap my mind around it.

Would really like to see it from a couple angles, to know whether the soft side is incrementally stepped, or vertically lined up. A crown shot as it lays into the weight and starts to turn would be very cool also. I guess what I'm sayin is, fly me out, and I'll be glad to run the camera for a week for free. :greenchainsaw:

I kept thinkin while you were working the backcut that it was goin straight for the lean, or gonna pinch and hang up, but it turned the corner and kept on comin sweet as can be.

Mad skills!

Also an Ultra soft Dutchman on youtube that shows the stump better!!

 

[RRSsawshop]

Well I tried the soft duchman yesterday and it works!!

 

[Kiwilogger]

Wow.

Lucky it was only a little tree, almost no hinge, backcut the same height as the felling notch, pretty bad cutting in my book.

Personally, I can't understand why a "standard" dutchman wouldn't have worked equally as well to turn that tree, with under half the time taken as using the technique shown.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't see the benefit in putting all those cuts in on the dutch cut side.

 

[056kid]

Wow.

Lucky it was only a little tree, almost no hinge, backcut the same height as the felling notch, pretty bad cutting in my book.

Personally, I can't understand why a "standard" dutchman wouldn't have worked equally as well to turn that tree, with under half the time taken as using the technique shown.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't see the benefit in putting all those cuts in on the dutch cut side.

How big do the trees grow over there in New Zeland??:monkey:

 

[Gologit]

Wow.

Lucky it was only a little tree, almost no hinge, backcut the same height as the felling notch, pretty bad cutting in my book.

Personally, I can't understand why a "standard" dutchman wouldn't have worked equally as well to turn that tree, with under half the time taken as using the technique shown.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't see the benefit in putting all those cuts in on the dutch cut side.

Hey, it works, and that's the test. There's no "one-size-fits-all" in falling and sometimes it doesn't hurt to try out something new. Even us old dogs can learn a trick or two.
We've been falling snags lately and I've tried a couple of variations of that cut...just for fun. Sometimes it works real well but I've found that it works better in wood that's solid...some of those snags are stove pipes.

 

[RRSsawshop]

Hey, it works, and that's the test. There's no "one-size-fits-all" in falling and sometimes it doesn't hurt to try out something new. Even us old dogs can learn a trick or two.
We've been falling snags lately and I've tried a couple of variations of that cut...just for fun. Sometimes it works real well but I've found that it works better in wood that's solid...some of those snags are stove pipes.

Yea, it works great!!I used it on a hedge row tree to lay it on the ground flat instead of the limbs holding it up(all limbs faced field)nice tree to try it on. Turned about 90 degrees on the stump wich is what I was shooting. No more pulling trees over to limb along hedge rows for me!!