Anybody got a springboard shoe they want to get rid of? Two of them would be great but one will work. Thanks.
Springboard shoe
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DavdH
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Found a biggun hanggin ou over a klif have you?
Metals made me two beautiful shoes a few months ago. I haven't sharpened or monted them yet but they are nice!
paccity
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springboards? what ya got lined up? :msp_sneaky:
Three ponderosa that went through a burn and now have bug rot right about where you'd want to put the cuts. The rot is deep enough that I don't want to cut under it because I figure it would fold. There's no real good escape path so I need to be able to lay it out right the first time.
I was thinking about boarding it above the rot but they're only about 36" dbh and I've never boarded anything that small. The old big trees were easy 'cause the size of the board hole was small in relation to the size of the tree. But these? I dunno.
Any of you guys ever use a springboard on anything that small?
There isn't room to get a Cat up next to it or I'd just do the old "board out from the ROPS" trick.
There's a backhoe on the site but the only place for it to set up is right where the tree is supposed to go. The hoe operator suggested putting me in the bucket, extending it out all the way, and then swinging me to safety at the last minute. I declined. His idea of last minute and safety might be different than mine.
Maybe a scaffold might work. It just looks so damn farmerish.
Rounder
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Not sure how high you have to get Bob, but a couple different height rounds might work.....kind of set them up like steps that you can hop right back down. Spring board sounds a little risky in something that small/rotten. I don't trust boring below/facing above those damn rotten pine. They do some funny ####.
Bet you've got a few more tricks than me though.
Bet you've got a few more tricks than me though.
RandyMac
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I hate when they sort of collapse and settle before they fall wherever.
I don't think I boarded anything smaller than 60".
I don't think I boarded anything smaller than 60".
Thanks, Sam. Sometimes there aren't enough tricks for what a guy needs to do. I like your idea of putting rounds down. It would sure beat having to scramble down from the board if things went sideways.
We've got a pretty good storm moving through tonight. Maybe the damn wind will blow them down.
I still wouldn't mind finding a couple of shoes though. Just in case, ya know.
forestryworks
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I'm no pro, but I boarded a pine that was a hair under three feet. Without the springboard I would have been cutting over my head on the safe side and standing in poison ivy.
Yup...on those trees there was some room for error when you cut your board hole. On these trees it would have to be a straight hole, and tight. No room to foot-hook the board and hop it around.
RandyMac
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If your storm is like our's, there is a fair chance you won't need to worry, we had gusts into the mid 50s and lots of rain, might set another record.
That would suit me just fine. I figure I'd have to double board to be high enough above the rot to get solid wood.
Call Atlas.
Just thinking outloud.
Just thinking outloud.
Atlas? As in det cord, shaped charges , neat stuff like that? Hmmmmmm.
Rounder
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I'll do a wind dance for ya. Never blows when you want it to and always blows when you're trying to tie in an ugly block.
That's what I was thinkin'. Kaboom!
RandyMac
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You know, the more I think about it the better I like that idea. I think I know who to call, too.
I have 'til Monday to get them out.
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Will they give you more stickers?
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