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

[twochains]

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Some pics of me using a soft dutchman to swing this pine into the lay. Tree was back leaned and leaning towards the right. Just figured I would take some pics of the stump...I am pretty fond of using this cut! Being as I have only seen pics of this cut so I hope I put it in right. Worked...so I guess that's the most important thing.

 

[ropensaddle]

Yup...and that's just a limb he's climbing. Wait 'til they see the pictures of the tree!


EDIT...Never mind. I just remembered...the tree was so big that the camera had a nervous breakdown just trying to take it all in. The pictures of the limb will have to do. Sorry kids.

I think I might need waders up in here I guess he was stripping the log so it would not destroy the forest cause no way that puppy is gonna hang up lol, once it starts its coming down.

 

[treeslayer2003]

cottonwood

wow, that's a big cottonwood. what few there are here jus small and no value really.

 

[treeslayer2003]

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Some pics of me using a soft dutchman to swing this pine into the lay. Tree was back leaned and leaning towards the right. Just figured I would take some pics of the stump...I am pretty fond of using this cut! Being as I have only seen pics of this cut so I hope I put it in right. Worked...so I guess that's the most important thing.

tc, good work as usual but I still don't see how the extra kerfs help. wouldn't that tree have done the same without um? not knockin ya man ya know that, jus don't quite get this cut.

 

[treeslayer2003]

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this what I did today. beautiful day

 

[twochains]

slayer- here is my theory on it. The cuts allow for compression which allows drop. The top kerfs will be cracked when the cut worked as it should...or that's what I am guessing. I probably could have got the swing just burning the henge toward the holding corner but I figure the extra kerfs just allow for a quicker reaction time into the notch..maybe....Hell I don't know...jsut something I seen on that vid. LOL! Honestly out of all the cool cuts I see on here...I won't ever even try them probably, I like the soft dutch though.

I just had a thought, the soft dutch increases my success rate on making some good swings, all the way up to 180*, and my odds weren't that great before...actually before I learned that cut...I would have just dumped it backwards and went on with it...oh well.

 

[twochains]

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this what I did today. beautiful day

Looks awesome!! Helps to have big nice timber huh?? How many logs on that load?

and no limbing! Holy crap that stuff looks fun! That's poplar right? Good length on it for sure!

 

[treeslayer2003]

if it works, go with it. prolly could see how it works better in person. nice lookin humbolt by the way.

 

[bustedup]

I think I might need waders up in here I guess he was stripping the log so it would not destroy the forest cause no way that puppy is gonna hang up lol, once it starts its coming down.

Eh waders lol.......if that stick hit water I'd suggest at worst a surf board at best Noah's Ark lol (praying might be in order to lol)

 

[treeslayer2003]

tc, there are 8 red oak and 1 small poplar on that load. yea they long oak. this block is winding down and I gonna miss it for sure.

 

[treeslayer2003]

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here a better pic of those trees. two different kinds red oaks there. last load was more impressive keep forgettin camera.

 

[twochains]

Looks great! Our timber is not near that nice here! For example, I cut a 3 1/2 to 4ft post oak today that only yielded (2) logs! The 2nd cut little end was just over 20 inches. The rest of the tree was top.

 

[treeslayer2003]

Looks great! Our timber is not near that nice here! For example, I cut a 3 1/2 to 4ft post oak today that only yielded (2) logs! The 2nd cut little end was just over 20 inches. The rest of the tree was top.

oh, I get that to. this timber is the exeption. i'll be in that stuff soon enuff. low ground water oaks are short n limby matt logs at best. can't be in high cotton all the time. hey if i'm workin i'm happy. wet ground stops us a lot here.

 

[twochains]

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here a better pic of those trees. two different kinds red oaks there. last load was more impressive keep forgettin camera.

That one in the middle looks like our water oak sorta. Wild how bark varies so much.

 

[jrcat]

I wonder if growing and ground conditions make the bark different ? The reds in my area have a much tighter bark on them .

 

[jrcat]

Hello TS and TC hows it goin tonight?

 

[ropensaddle]

Eh waders lol.......if that stick hit water I'd suggest at worst a surf board at best Noah's Ark lol (praying might be in order to lol)

haha down here in the south him calling that a limb means need waders cause ####'s getting deep :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[HuskStihl]

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here a better pic of those trees. two different kinds red oaks there. last load was more impressive keep forgettin camera.

That really looks great TS, beautiful looking timber. I hope u'r next tract winds up being as nice!

 

[treeslayer2003]

I wonder if growing and ground conditions make the bark different ? The reds in my area have a much tighter bark on them .

oh, there's a lot of different sub speices

 

[roberte]

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My pesky day job

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See how these timbers "fell" into place