The working man, and chainsaw thread!!!!!!!!!

[slowp]

My boy packs wedges, a spare chain, water, and other stuff when we do trail work. He becomes a Working Dog. I wish he could pack the saw.

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[NORMZILLA44]

Great picture Slowp. Awesome dog!

 

[cheeves]

Good stuff Neil, Matt, Aaron, and Brian. A few of our kid's, I love em very much! They cut with me 2.

Very intelligent eyes Norm. Very healthy too. I envy you. About time for another dog. But after we lost Buddy didn't want to go thru the pain of loss again. But that's life. Great thread and thanks for all the great pics everyone!!!

 

[bergman 501]

My cat (Black Cat) saw the buck first----saw her eyes dead focus on something ---I know most guy's like dogs, but this cat is almost like a dog----comes when i call her. oh-well something showed up on my work bench View attachment 210986-------where did this piece of s--t come from? Aaron??? ya right--------the party keeps on going and the party never ends----have a great xmas and new year---------------------there was a little brandy here, ran out of Crown --------------

 

[Eccentric]

Not from me my friend. It does remind me of my own EZ/EZ6 project however......

 

[Brian13]

Managed to get out and do a little climbing today with a 200t I just rebuilt. Wasnt very high, 15-18 ft. Had a few branches that were growing back towards the ground my dad wanted cut, so I figured it would be a good time to practice spikeless climbing. Didnt get any pics, my dad does not know how to operate my phone to take a pic. Really liked the 200t, really impressed with it so far and very glad I finally got one to build. Still having a hard time trusting that if I wrap a rope around another rope and then clip that rope to my harness, even though I can slide it up and down with no problems its going to hold me up in the tree. I have been using a distel hitch and it seems to work great, havnt had any problems yet, no binding or slipping. Just not comfortable with it yet, still lacking confidence which I hope will come with experience. Had a blast though, and cant wait to do it again.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Very intelligent eyes Norm. Very healthy too. I envy you. About time for another dog. But after we lost Buddy didn't want to go thru the pain of loss again. But that's life. Great thread and thanks for all the great pics everyone!!!

Thank's Bob! You waiting on another dog, and the loss thing. I totally understand. I have lost to many, it never heal's completely, but for the time they are here it's unbelievable the love, and joy they give. Kimble I was alway's a dog man until I met Jeanie, who was alway's a cat woman. I got two that I was really attached to, just before we met, and I move'd off the ranch, I was caretaking. Two little black cat's. Dinky, and Bub. I think a fox got dinky, and that hurt. Jeanie, and I move'd to Hopland, and Bub got hit by a car. That one hurt me, my dog's love'd him, and he my dog's. We have 3 inside, and three outside cat's now. As we speak little kitten, I call her Kitler is on the couch with me. Brian that's awesome, on the saw, and the climb. In time you will get there, I wish you were closer, my friend could work with ya, he is one of the best I ever met.

 

[Eccentric]

Thank you!! I appreciate that, seems like around here we get FU more than thanks.

You think you guys get the big FU a lot? Everybody here loves firefighters. They can drive around with their union stickers on the car and not worry about their ride getting trashed. Don't think I'll be trying that move anytime soon....:msp_ohmy:

 

[NORMZILLA44]

You think you guys get the big FU a lot? Everybody here loves firefighters. They can drive around with their union stickers on the car and not worry about their ride getting trashed. Don't think I'll be trying that move anytime soon....:msp_ohmy:

Hell no, we will just occupy! With muscle saw's!

 

[M-tooth]

Here's a few more for ya! The first is some firewood I got suckered into bucking for a very close friend (which I didn't mind at all since I got a free lunch out of the deal), The second is at a residence whose occupants were donating pine to the timbersports team I am a member of and the third picture I just threw in for conversations sake...It's a red oak growing flat against the ground for about 10 feet then turned at an almost exact 90degree angle and grew normally from there. It is located in Acadia National Park in Maine....extremely far off the beaten path.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Good pic's my friend. The red oak was interesting for sure. Neat actually, we get that around here with pepperwood's alot. California bay laurels. Redwood's sprout back up anywhere to, and grow funny at time's. Don't think I have seen a redwood grow at that angle though. A pepperwood I have.

 

[M-tooth]

Good pic's my friend. The red oak was interesting for sure. Neat actually, we get that around here with pepperwood's alot. California bay laurels. Redwood's sprout back up anywhere to, and grow funny at time's. Don't think I have seen a redwood grow at that angle though. A pepperwood I have.

Yea it was one of the most usual trees I have ever seen, hard to imagine how that happened and it survived. Here's another one - White pine - At another location in Acadia NP. View attachment 211056 - seeing these things makes the days of hiking miles with 60 lbs. of gear and a saw cutting fire breaks just a little more interesting.

 

[turtle561]

if that were white oak a shipwright would saw a bow stem or some knees out of it. highly prized in the old days.

 

[Marc]

Did some work for a friend yesterday. He's on a 1 acre lot and most of the back is wooded. He wanted to let the some light in for a garden and his pool, since the back of the house is the south side. Took down one dead read oak, about 20" DBH, two live white oak probably 18" DBH, a sugar maple about 20" DBH and a big ol' red oak about 30" DBH.

Saws are a 290 and a 372.

Up in the first white oak. Had to piece the canopy down or it would've hung up. Trees had grown in thick back there.

Evaluating the situation. Always get a new perspective of things once you're up there, don't you.

Enjoying my work.

The sugar maple down across the two white oak stems.

The big 'un. Red oak still standing. Nice, nice trunk. Pretty uncomplicated canopy.

More to come...

 

[Marc]

Doing a bypass in the big oak. Belt slippage on the bypass, little awkward. Need a lighter saw. Or at least power to weight

Gettin' up in there pretty good.

The big one faced up. Had a pretty tough side lean to the left as you look at it in this picture. I climbed it to take all the heavy limbs off the left side.

Still more...

 

[Marc]

And now for some stumps, for your viewing pleasure... the two white oaks.

Maple.

Red oak.

Red oak log. I think it's veneer quality. Hopefully that little imperfection in the middle is only at the butt. Don't worry, it isn't firewood. We'll probably get 2 10's, an 8 and a 6. We gotta talk to the guy that'll be milling it though, first.

Thanks for looking

 

[NORMZILLA44]

M-tooth I agree without hiking around, you would miss out on alot of beautiful site's. I have found many beautiful tree's, waterfall's, creek's etc, running my dog's. Turtle how you doin man? Have not forgotten the handle, been hectic. Soon my friend. Marc I really enjoye'd the pic's, good work on the climbing, yeah without a top handle it can be interesting. One of our friend's, and climber's is dealing with the same thing. Next job we will buy him a top handle. Nice falling pic's too.

 

[Marc]

Just a few more random pictures:

Up in one of the white oaks. Got some good sway when those tops came down. Was only maybe 12" dia up there.

 

[cheeves]

Thank's Bob! You waiting on another dog, and the loss thing. I totally understand. I have lost to many, it never heal's completely, but for the time they are here it's unbelievable the love, and joy they give. Kimble I was alway's a dog man until I met Jeanie, who was alway's a cat woman. I got two that I was really attached to, just before we met, and I move'd off the ranch, I was caretaking. Two little black cat's. Dinky, and Bub. I think a fox got dinky, and that hurt. Jeanie, and I move'd to Hopland, and Bub got hit by a car. That one hurt me, my dog's love'd him, and he my dog's. We have 3 inside, and three outside cat's now. As we speak little kitten, I call her Kitler is on the couch with me. Brian that's awesome, on the saw, and the climb. In time you will get there, I wish you were closer, my friend could work with ya, he is one of the best I ever met.

Yeh have the cats now. Had 9 for awhile but now down to just Whitey and Monty. Whitey we've had for about 12 years. Was homeless for four years. Finally came in one brutally cold day in Jan. Been a fabulous cat. Just a great cat. Monty is the only son left from a big orange tabby cat that was wild out here for 15 years. He finally came in the house when he was hit by a car (when they resurfaced the road out front.) The day he came around the top of the couch and laid down on my shoulder i'll never forget. I fed him for years in the dog house and when there was blizzards used to put a bath mat up over the door and he'd stay right in there. Looked like a little lion. Incredible animal. He disappeared 2 years ago 23 Dec. Still miss him. Damn coyotes. The others just were either run over or gone probably from coyotes. We're near town but in back of here there's woods for miles. Hiways a mile a way( road to the Cape Rt. 3). So that's it with the animals (domestic) but feed tons of birds, racoons. possums, and a family of skunks, that help to keep the coyotes away. Some times i"ll go out at night hunting them but with all the cover they really have the advantage. Anyway love the animals. Grew up with them in the 50's and 60's and wouldn't live without them. Later my friend. Stay well and safe. Bob

 

[turtle561]

nice cutting marc, great photos.my cousins' name is marc after my grandfather marcellus. norm, good on the handle when you get to it. i read about your acorn caper hereabouts, glad you got things freed up. plumbing is not my favorite thing. always happens when you least need it.