The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

[HuskStihl]

twochains down..... I was kinda in a fight for my life last night while posting my last couple messages....couldn't even tell could ya?!

I have had asthma since 9 years old. Lost my health insurance...they didn't cover my lungs anyway. Been off my meds for 2 months suffering it out waking up choking around 1 or 2 am every single night. Yesterday evening something pushed it over the edge like a boat anchor and 300ft chain thrown over a bluff. I fought and lost. Wife rushed me to the ER and I had to get treatments and a shot...I probably cost me half of my weeks earnings for the family. My wife won't even talk to me she is so upset. The ER doctor was even upset at me thinking I could just get off asthma meds when I am a Level 3 asthma patient. I am more healthy than 98% of anybody you know, I have learned how to breathe and my activity level is threw the roof. Nights are what get me. My sinuses drain into my lungs and give the affect of breathing through jelly! It can get pretty scarey when you oxygen levels start dropping and your lips and face start getting numb. I have to get up and cough out the phlem for and try to relax , this is every night scenario for me. Ever seen me on here late late at night...thats why.

I already knew my situation but the Doctor set down and explained further. The problem for me isn't the asthma because with the proper meds Advair 250/50, my asthma is more then well under control. The problem is that I have to purchase all my Advair "out of country" ie. Canada, New Zealand, India. If my family Doctor won't right me a script w/o coming in...then it throws off the balance of waiting a couple weeks for the meds to clear Customs entering the States. And I don't go to hospitals very damn often. So, I decided to be "tough guy" and fight it, just drop the asthma meds and save some money for a bit. I unfortunately lost the battle, and that doesn't happen for me very often. WOW I am an idiot! What seemed righteous and logical ended up with me loosing alot of money last night ...

All well now pip pip cherrio! :censored:

Clint, you need to always keep 20mg prednisone tablets at home. Hopefully your doctor will prescribe them. When the #### starts to hit the fan, they can keep you out of the ER. They are not a daily use medication, but twice a day for 3-4 days no more than 3-4 times a year is fine. They're also dirt cheap. You should also invest in a home nebulizer. They are usually pretty cheap, and the good news, you can get generic albuterol for them (generic inhalers don't really exist anymore). Pulmicort also went generic, but it may be some time before available. If you had a bottle of prednisone and a nebulizer with some albuterol (total cost less than 100 bucks, you'd likely never need the ER again, assuming you can usually stay on the advair.
Good luck,
jon

 

[bustedup]

Clint, you need to always keep 20mg prednisone tablets at home. Hopefully your doctor will prescribe them. When the #### starts to hit the fan, they can keep you out of the ER. They are not a daily use medication, but twice a day for 3-4 days no more than 3-4 times a year is fine. They're also dirt cheap. You should also invest in a home nebulizer. They are usually pretty cheap, and the good news, you can get generic albuterol for them (generic inhalers don't really exist anymore). Pulmicort also went generic, but it may be some time before available. If you had a bottle of prednisone and a nebulizer with some albuterol (total cost less than 100 bucks, you'd likely never need the ER again, assuming you can usually stay on the advair.
Good luck,
jon

great post Jon........now Clint you listen to this .......your not indestructable young man and you can't do your dream job without ya health


Think to the future and take care of ya self

 

[HuskStihl]

I use an 8# n cut the handle to 24". I never on a knee tho, squat normally so I can git away if I need to. the heavy driver works well with the heavy tops n shorter stems I get into. by the way I've tried a lot of wedges, k&h and stihl seem to take a beating well.

Jon in regards to wedges ya are aware that ifn ya need a wee bit more lift that ya can stack em .....prolly you are and know of the diff tapers etc

I love those 10" triple tapers. they will lift.

I picked up a 12" hardhead on TB's advice, and it drives really well. Problem is it will chew through your handle if you have bad aim. I'm gonna trim the 6lb sledge to about 24" and try driving wedges with it.
I usually keep a spare bar with a sharp chain taped in it for quick changes if dull or pinched

 

[bustedup]

I picked up a 12" hardhead on TB's advice, and it drives really well. Problem is it will chew through your handle if you have bad aim. I'm gonna trim the 6lb sledge to about 24" and try driving wedges with it.
I usually keep a spare bar with a sharp chain taped in it for quick changes if dull or pinched

Bro ......ya need to get a few wedges of diff sizes.


If your having to really beat the crap outta wedges to get the stick over then (ok it does happen) I'd suggest there something else not quite right. For example size of hinge wood, if faced properly, if ya got a step really tightly wedged in and if ya back cut sloping.


Ya have to be careful driving wedges that you don't drive it straight thru the hinge.


Wedges are a great tool and can help ya out and redistribute weight, help commit a stick to the face (thereby the lay) but don't rely on them as the sole way to get a stick over ....... reading the stick, lean, weight distribution, limb distribution, proper saw skill, face, hinge and back cut ......in essence good stump technique are more important

 

[HuskStihl]

Bro ......ya need to get a few wedges of diff sizes.


If your having to really beat the crap outta wedges to get the stick over then (ok it does happen) I'd suggest there something else not quite right. For example size of hinge wood, if faced properly, if ya got a step really tightly wedged in and if ya back cut sloping.


Ya have to be careful driving wedges that you don't drive it straight thru the hinge.


Wedges are a great tool and can help ya out and redistribute weight, help commit a stick to the face (thereby the lay) but don't rely on them as the sole way to get a stick over ....... reading the stick, lean, weight distribution, limb distribution, proper saw skill, face, hinge and back cut ......in essence good stump technique are more important

I've got three 8" one 10" and two 12". Don't get me wrong, I really don't like beating wedges. The last tree I did was backleaning from it's intended lay, and I am not good enough to swing a tree 180 degrees. The DBH was 24" and I lifted it using both 12" wedges. It was fun watching the top move. 100 foot tree, lifted an inch and a half at the stump, probably moved the top six feet or so with the wedges. I generally only use them on trees that might or definitely will sit back. Usually I just put in a face (maybe fance, maybe not. With my skill I'm not sure if it matters) make a backcut and hope what I did worked. I do have a big oak snag the last hurricane blew the top off of to fall, and that will definitely be a wedge paradise

 

[bustedup]

when you say snag do ya mean dead???

 

[treeslayer2003]

I think he means a stob.

 

[roberte]

Gonna make some potato wedges later....

 

[mdavlee]

I made a couple stumps today in the front yard. Here's the video from the smaller one. I didn't think about a video of the first one until it was too late. Oh well don't laugh at me too hard. opcorn:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PfAjdSmOo5A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[twochains]

Ain't nobody gonna laugh at you here! If they do...

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[treeslayer2003]

you done ok, more hinge than i'd like to see but since you cutting a yard tree that don't matter.
good job!

 

[twochains]

I wish I had a saw that sounded that good! Hopefully you will be getting one of mine pretty soon! Good job mdavlee! Thanks for sharing! Don't be a stranger. :msp_thumbup:

 

[HuskStihl]

when you say snag do ya mean dead???

I think he means a stob.

It's a red oak, maybe 35-40 dbh. About 30 ft high. After the top blew off it suckered and tried to survive, but died last year when it got really dry. I call things without a top snags, but that appears to be incorrect.

 

[roberte]

It's a red oak, maybe 35-40 dbh. About 30 ft high. After the top blew off it suckered and tried to survive, but died last year when it got really dry. I call things without a top snags, but that appears to be incorrect.

In my world a snag generic, w upith or without top, dead standing or dead f:censored: up

 

[HuskStihl]

I made a couple stumps today in the front yard. Here's the video from the smaller one. I didn't think about a video of the first one until it was too late. Oh well don't laugh at me too hard. opcorn:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PfAjdSmOo5A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

You've seen my stuff. The only time I laughed at someone else with a saw was during Bobs fast motion bar pinching video! I usually look like I am just about to have a panic attack, so I was jealous of how orderly and prepared you looked. Also you can match cuts, which i find impossible! Ida made a bigger face (using 7 different cuts and about 15 minutes!), started the backcut (unintentionally sloping), put in one wedge, and cut until it went. That's assuming it wasn't back-leaning, which I didn't think it was by how gently you were pounding the wedges. I agree that 372? sounded ill-tempered, and we would enjoy it if you debased yourself hanging around here

 

[HuskStihl]

I made a couple stumps today in the front yard. Here's the video from the smaller one. I didn't think about a video of the first one until it was too late. Oh well don't laugh at me too hard. opcorn:

Oh another thing, and my wife frequently tells me it's not always about me, but until Bob creates my Falling 101 forum, I really benefit from the thought process which goes into falling if you have the time to analyze what you did.

Thx,jon

 

[jrcat]

Wonder if he'll get grits lol

no...ok let me rephrase that...HELL no

I like to be watchin when he takes the first bite.

No you wouldn't....lol


Im back home. Left Auburn at 8:45 pm and rolled into Lakewood NY at 1 pm today. then crashed for a few hours. Way to much to catch up on here I see. I got some pics and will post them up later.

 

[twochains]

Glad you made it home safe! Yeh, catch up and tell us of yer travels. Post some pics! opcorn: LOL!

 

[mdavlee]

Oh another thing, and my wife frequently tells me it's not always about me, but until Bob creates my Falling 101 forum, I really benefit from the thought process which goes into falling if you have the time to analyze what you did.

Thx,jon

The top was leaning 3-4' back. Elm is tough and stringy and I didn't need quite as much hinge but being 30' from my house I didn't want to cut through it. The 372 has some work done to it and has out cut a few stock 90 cc saws. I wish I had picked a better chain. It pissed me off that it was so grabby. Full skip square that cut pretty good but in that hard elm it was too grabby. The sycamore beside it was a lot softer and the chain wasn't grabby in it. It went smoother than that one did and I wish I had took video of it also.

 

[bustedup]

I made a couple stumps today in the front yard. Here's the video from the smaller one. I didn't think about a video of the first one until it was too late. Oh well don't laugh at me too hard. opcorn:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PfAjdSmOo5A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

good job no rushing job done ........cool bro