stairstep

[bullbuck]

hey i have noticed that when a faller cuts a huge redwood it seems that he puts a stairstep above his humboldt?well to me it looks as if the guys cuts dont match up on his humboldt? but there must be a reason for this?bust the hold wood clean i dunno?so anybody whose had a chance to fell one of these bad boys could enlighten me on the theory of the stairstep or maybe i just not seein it right...?if u got the info let me know

 

[stihlkicken]

top secret.

if we tell you,we would have to kill you. lmao.

 

[Metals406]

hey i have noticed that when a faller cuts a huge redwood it seems that he puts a stairstep above his humboldt?well to me it looks as if the guys cuts dont match up on his humboldt? but there must be a reason for this?bust the hold wood clean i dunno?so anybody whose had a chance to fell one of these bad boys could enlighten me on the theory of the stairstep or maybe i just not seein it right...?if u got the info let me know

Welcome to Arboristsite!

Can you draw a pic of what you are referring to? Are you talking about a top snipe?

There are two members here that live in Cloudcroft, both great guys. Romeo, and redprospector... Look up Red and send him a PM... Maybe he could show you some stuff in person?

 

[Cletuspsc]

Are you talking about a dutchman?

 

[funky sawman]

That would be called the step dutchman.

 

[bullbuck]

That would be called the step dutchman.

cool just wondering?one of my boys spent some time up in sandpoint area falling rightaway,said you got some tall trees up there!said some boys were takin bets on him bitin it they gave him two weeks.some dude w a tat that said "born to cut'

 

[RandyMac]

We called it a step or block cut.

Use mostly to controll how a tree falls and or to help in removal of material from the undercut on very large timber.

 

[bullbuck]

We called it a step or block cut.

Use mostly to controll how a tree falls and or to help in removal of material from the undercut on very large timber.

man looks like you cuttin some nice chunks up there!down in these parts if you catch a sound 4 footer at about 140'to the very top of the tree you doing good i have seen some railroad stumps here in excess of five foot but we just dont get the rain that you guys do,o well they get much bigger and we start bustin the loader anyways...

 

[funky sawman]

We called it a step or block cut.

Use mostly to controll how a tree falls and or to help in removal of material from the undercut on very large timber.

Looks like a 075 stihl and a 125 Mac in the background---two of my favorite saws. The step duchman was used to progressivily swing a large tree that has heavy side lean that needs to fall somtimes 90 degrees from the leaning angle into the lay.

 

[funky sawman]

I have my own ways to modify the falling direction of a tree. I sometimes use a rock or falling wedge on one side of the face cut to change the lead of the tree--I have even stuck wedges in a face of a falling tree because in wasn't falling into the lay perfectily CRAZY

 

[bullbuck]

Looks like a 075 stihl and a 125 Mac in the background---two of my favorite saws. The step duchman was used to progressivily swing a large tree that has heavy side lean that needs to fall somtimes 90 degrees from the leaning angle into the lay.

right on well thats the answer i was looking for 90 degrees a heluva pull!i cant even hardly get thirty degrees wo a dozer high rigging it,anyways thanks for info

 

[bullbuck]

I have my own ways to modify the falling direction of a tree. I sometimes use a rock or falling wedge on one side of the face cut to change the lead of the tree--I have even stuck wedges in a face of a falling tree because in wasn't falling into the lay perfectily CRAZY

im gonna have to check that #### out watch your fingers!haha

 

[funky sawman]

right on well thats the answer i was looking for 90 degrees a heluva pull!i cant even hardly get thirty degrees wo a dozer high rigging it,anyways thanks for info

I've never got one to lay 90 degrees from the lean without pushing it with a driver tree.

 

[bullbuck]

if we tell you,we would have to kill you. lmao.

i knew there would be restrictions on this information,could you refer me to the almighty stumpmaster the secret is safe with me!lol

 

[bullbuck]

I've never got one to lay 90 degrees from the lean without pushing it with a driver tree.

thats cool we get 3 33's down here in the tallest stuff ive heard you guys regularly fell 5 up there in larch and such ,totally different game up there...bet you had to hit that thing dead center to shove it that hard...?

 

[funky sawman]

I once tried driving a large white fir with a 14" dia larch tree--------The larch hit dead center but bounced off and almost went over backwards, Talk about pucker time.

 

[bullbuck]

I once tried driving a large white fir with a 14" dia larch tree--------The larch hit dead center but bounced off and almost went over backwards, Talk about pucker time.

happen more than once to me is crash a ninety foot plus white into another and have it bust in two then double back beyond where you were cutting by ten to fifteen feet scary...so you guys gotta deal with whites too!they cannot be trusted at all!

 

[funky sawman]

The white fir that grow up here are very tall and I call them stove pipes because they have little taper and scale out nicely. I have cutten white firs that have 3 33's and a 20 footer before the break!!!

 

[bullbuck]

The white fir that grow up here are very tall and I call them stove pipes because they have little taper and scale out nicely. I have cutten white firs that have 3 33's and a 20 footer before the break!!!

nice!two bellys and a head lean!i hav no fukn idea!sounds fun tho!

 

[bullbuck]

The white fir that grow up here are very tall and I call them stove pipes because they have little taper and scale out nicely. I have cutten white firs that have 3 33's and a 20 footer before the break!!!

well been logging for several years we used to produce over 3 million a year with two d6c and one timberjack 380a grapple,down to about one million now,thank clnton and his ####in nafta bull#### is the way i feel when canadians can ship it here cheaper than we can produce it here!and im 100 miles from mexico,funny enough thats where our logs go tell me thats not ####ed up!