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

[Denis Gionet]

Did chipping most of the day today at a lot clearing and the f%^king heat drove me insane. Over 40 Celsius today with humidity which translates to around 100F or so.I will try and get some pics up of a giant silver maple we are gonna be felling soon its over 5 foot dbh

Yeah, bad week for y'all down in Southern Ontario, high heat and humidity. Up here on Hwy 11 they were calling for 30 and humid, never got it, just the humid part.... it rained most of the day !

5 foot dbh -- translate ?

Have fun with felling the maple, I wish I could be there !!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Yeah, bad week for y'all down in Southern Ontario, high heat and humidity. Up here on Hwy 11 they were calling for 30 and humid, never got it, just the humid part.... it rained most of the day !

5 foot dbh -- translate ?

translated, 5 foot in diameter at breast high.
a very common term used to describe a tree`s width taken above where the butress from the roots often add a lot of diameter down lower on the stump.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Hello gang, sounds like we are all busy. Shane good deal dropping the power, be a big load off. Wire core flip line is a good plan, thats what we run. I have seen guys hit em with a saw, it can save your life for sure. Alex the heat can make it a bastard for sure. Good translation Jerry, heck 5 foot dbh is a good tree!

 

[John C]

Just wanted to say whats up to everyone...having rough week. Nothing real bad has happened, but seems like everything is going wrong that possibly can. Just one of those weeks i guess. One more day and its over...start fresh Monday. The nearly 100° heat up here in the Northeast isnt helping either....NHlocal, im sure you can relate. As always, STAY SAFE EVERYONE...

John

 

[John C]

Tomorrow boss promised a "small pruning job"....which usually turns into a ball buster day historically. Especially since we have been takin it easy the last few days. Anyway, sorry to double post, happy safe Friday everyone...

 

[CoffeeCan]

Here some pictures from last winter and a little video

First big tree i took down

[video=youtube;Je8N3qCm-FI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8N3qCm-FI[/video]

Its my friend laughing his but off in the end of the video because the Birch went down too..

(Taken with my phone)

 

[NHlocal]

Just wanted to say whats up to everyone...having rough week. Nothing real bad has happened, but seems like everything is going wrong that possibly can. Just one of those weeks i guess. One more day and its over...start fresh Monday. The nearly 100° heat up here in the Northeast isnt helping either....NHlocal, im sure you can relate. As always, STAY SAFE EVERYONE...

John

John C,
Ayuh, working in heat like this sure ain't my first choice. :angry2: After I get out of "work" today, I'm going to start "hauling out" the Oak I recently took down. Just have to bring more water to drink and expect to sweat a lot more.....:hmm3grin2orange:

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[NHlocal]

Here some pictures from last winter and a little video

First big tree i took down

[video=youtube;Je8N3qCm-FI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8N3qCm-FI[/video]

Its my friend laughing his but off in the end of the video because the Birch went down too..

(Taken with my phone)

CoffeeCan,
Well done, :msp_thumbup: and welcome to ArboristSite!
.....hey, that looks a lot like my saw.....
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[John C]

NH.....anothah hot one today. Can already feel it. Stay hydrated...my guys make fun of me because i drink like 3 bottles of water and 2 or 3 gatorades every day, but im not thirsty and am still goin strong at 3:30-4:00.

COFFEE....im not sure if weve met but im John. Nice pics of the Beech, and no worries. We all have casualties sometimes. Especially with big trees in the woods...key is its on the ground and everyone stays safe. Good job. I dont remember my first big tree like that but im sure it didnt go perfect.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE....STAY SAFE.....IM OFF TO WORK!!!

John

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Randy, and John I am the same way.We burn a lot of oak as well Randy. I drink water by the gallon. Especially on hot days. And when we are paving in the 100 degree and up weather, even more water. Yep I agree John Im the same, because heat or not I keep plugging along. Some people can't take it, but hydration as you guys know and say is key. John sorry you are having a rough week, I have had those oh to many times. Coffee can welcome to the group my friend. Stump looked pretty good, I could not play the video well, my player does not work the best. Have a good day gang:cool2: John I double post all the time.

 

[Denis Gionet]

I tell ya, I'd like to be out playing with the saw, but between work and the un-cooperative weatherman, it's hard to get in 5 minutes of outdoor activity this week. At least I managed to finish rebuilding the Jacuzzi pump for the campgrounds' pool heater last night, and made supper on the BBQ just before a torrential downpour started.

At least tonight and tomorrow are looking promising, I'm hoping to lay a few more planks on my round wood shed project and make it look a bit like, well, a shed ! Wanna put to rest all the doubts of the nay-sayers in the park ! Prolly run out of wood before getting the 2 8-foot walls done, meaning I get to go and mill up some more poplar ! Put some more hours on the little 435 clamshell while it's still on warranty ;-)

Have an awesome weekend y'all !

 

[Brian13]

Great pics guys!! Been hot here too. Not as bad as it could be though, have a tropical system over us and keeping it overcast most of the day with rain here and there. Still in the low 90s with high humidity, so I am soaked all day. Took down a large dead pine today. Wasnt able to get pics as it was happening, but I got one of the stump with the bosses 460 with a 36" bar. Got to use it to cut the stump, not a bad saw but I think I like my 044/046 better. Boss forgot his 200t at the shop for some reason and ended up using mine to knock a couple of limbs off before he dropped it. Got the adda-boy on the chain sharpness, he was impressed with how sharp the chain was. And said it was running good, was happy about that. Bought it with a broken crank and split the case myself replaced the crank and seals and new rings. So that felt pretty good. Unfortunately I didnt get to do the climbing or drop the tree myself, just a little limbing, cutting the stump, and a lot of clean up LOL. But I still have a whole lot of dues to pay yet, so its all good. All in all, it was a fun day.

 

[Alex D]

Here some pictures from last winter and a little video

First big tree i took down

[video=youtube;Je8N3qCm-FI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8N3qCm-FI[/video]

Its my friend laughing his but off in the end of the video because the Birch went down too..

(Taken with my phone)

Denis + Jerry I think this tree shows the buttress pretty good. As the bottom of it is substantially wider than say a foot or two up. Apart from throwing the size of the tree off cutting above the buttress would also make a tree easier to fall. Like for example this tree I would of felled it at waist height or so one thing its safer if something goes wrong you can get away quicker and just running the escape route you get further as you aren't as slouched or even kneeling, easier to pound wedges to if need be at least for me and two its above the tree's buttress. I remember reading in High Climbers and Timber Fallers that in the old days of logging old growth redwoods the fallers worked on springboards and platforms and would make the falling cut 30 feet up to get passed the buttress and also the bottom log would be to gnarly and couldn't float in water.

CoffeeCan welcome to the site and beautiful country you're from.

Randy, and John I am the same way.We burn a lot of oak as well Randy. I drink water by the gallon. Especially on hot days. And when we are paving in the 100 degree and up weather, even more water. Yep I agree John Im the same, because heat or not I keep plugging along. Some people can't take it, but hydration as you guys know and say is key. John sorry you are having a rough week, I have had those oh to many times. Coffee can welcome to the group my friend. Stump looked pretty good, I could not play the video well, my player does not work the best. Have a good day gang:cool2: John I double post all the time.

Yup Norm hydration is key and its also important at least with me to eat to get all the minerals and sodium thats lost through sweat. And I also keep a bag of chips with me on exceptionally hot days, that I will eat through the whole day to keep salt up.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Denis + Jerry I think this tree shows the buttress pretty good. As the bottom of it is substantially wider than say a foot or two up. Apart from throwing the size of the tree off cutting above the buttress would also make a tree easier to fall. Like for example this tree I would of felled it at waist height or so one thing its safer if something goes wrong you can get away quicker and just running the escape route you get further as you aren't as slouched or even kneeling, easier to pound wedges to if need be at least for me and two its above the tree's buttress. I remember reading in High Climbers and Timber Fallers that in the old days of logging old growth redwoods the fallers worked on springboards and platforms and would make the falling cut 30 feet up to get passed the buttress and also the bottom log would be to gnarly and couldn't float in water.

CoffeeCan welcome to the site and beautiful country you're from.



Yup Norm hydration is key and its also important at least with me to eat to get all the minerals and sodium thats lost through sweat. And I also keep a bag of chips with me on exceptionally hot days, that I will eat through the whole day to keep salt up.

I agree, classic buttresses on that beech. I fell trees like that a little higher up if they are not going for saw logs where every foot counts. Cutting them off higher up is much easier and somewhat safer as already mentioned. If the stump needs to be cut off low it can be done after the main trunk is down.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Hello gang, sounds like we are all busy. Shane good deal dropping the power, be a big load off. Wire core flip line is a good plan, thats what we run. I have seen guys hit em with a saw, it can save your life for sure. Alex the heat can make it a bastard for sure. Good translation Jerry, heck 5 foot dbh is a good tree!

I grew up hearing DBH measurements as I was surrounded by timber fellers and woods workers on all sides of my family. A 5 ft tree is a big tree over on this coast, I have only dropped 2 trees that size myself over here, they were hemlocks with the tops dieing out but still solid all the way through on the stump.

 

[NHlocal]

NH.....anothah hot one today. Can already feel it. Stay hydrated...my guys make fun of me because i drink like 3 bottles of water and 2 or 3 gatorades every day, but im not thirsty and am still goin strong at 3:30-4:00.

COFFEE....im not sure if weve met but im John. Nice pics of the Beech, and no worries. We all have casualties sometimes. Especially with big trees in the woods...key is its on the ground and everyone stays safe. Good job. I dont remember my first big tree like that but im sure it didnt go perfect.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE....STAY SAFE.....IM OFF TO WORK!!!

John

Ayuh,
.....a little warm for working outside today, after I got out of "work" I took my son over and we loaded up the pickup to just above the bed rail with all but the trunk of that Oak with the lightning strike. Finally got to sit down(after I took a shower)at 8:00. Looks like it will take two more full loads to finish it up. I'll have to at least split the pieces in half to move them and get them loaded, and I'm flying solo again tomorrow. Ayuh, a little warm to be doing work like that, but I'll take whatever I can get and I'm grateful for it 'cause I've been "behind the eight ball" since I started burning wood 5 years ago and it's sooooooo good to be putting up wood for two years from now! :biggrinbounce2: I'll be bringing plenty of water with me,:hmm3grin2orange: it is supposed to be a bit cooler tomorrow, we'll see. Have good weekend.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Alex D]

I grew up hearing DBH measurements as I was surrounded by timber fellers and woods workers on all sides of my family. A 5 ft tree is a big tree over on this coast, I have only dropped 2 trees that size myself over here, they were hemlocks with the tops dieing out but still solid all the way through on the stump.

Most of the big trees diameter wise here in southern Ontario are silver maples, willows, oak, and poplar. White pine and hemlock also grow large but they're much rarer than the former as I think they grow a lot slower. So a 5 foot hemlock is probably 200-300 + or so years old. Whereas a 5 foot willow or silver maple would probably be much younger and usually planted in an open field or next to a house etc... added sunshine, water no competition from other trees allows it to get huge and much faster than in a forest.

 

[Denis Gionet]

Any chance we can get a ring count on that big Silver Maple when you get it down, or a pic of a cookie, maybe we'll make a contest out of it... post a pic, and the one who gets the ring count right gets a large double-double !!!

Got the first side wall of the shed done last night, only 3 pieces left from what I had already cut.... gonna have the saw runnin' later to mill the 4 logs I cut last weekend, and I'll need at least 2 more trees worth to complete it. < sigh > More sawing :msp_tongue:

And the campground owner needs help this weekend to split the Oversize wood he's got, a bunch of 30+ inch pieces, around 2 feet to 30" long. I'll bring the X25, but it'll only be for show I think ! I might as well pitch in, it might be a paying job, and that wood is to heat the pool that the kids swim in, so everyone wins I guess !

 

[NHlocal]

.....a late end to a long day, still working overtime at the shop, 6am to 11am, come home and eat lunch, then load equipment. Had to split the rounds on the spot or I wouldn't have been able to move them, anywhere from 4 to as many as 12 pieces, the home owner was a huge help, used his lawn tractor with a cart to carry the wood up and out of his back yard to load into the truck. :msp_thumbup: He was carrying three times as much and making three trips to my one. :msp_w00t: Loaded up the first load in full sunshine, it was "only" about 84[SUP]o[/SUP], was drinking water like I was a fish, was sweating it out just as fast as I was drinking it I think. :hmm3grin2orange: Went back to get the second (and last) load and it started to rain, not a big deal, I needed a shower anyway, just makes the work REALLY messy. :bringit: Once again the not so glamorous side of tree work, I still love it. Sorry, I only took a few pics and I haven't loaded them onto the computer yet, hopefully tomorrow. Hope everyone had a safe Saturday.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Had to play catch up, LOL! Glad were all doing good. Yep I fall em that way too, Alex, and Jerry waist high. Parmeter gives me crap once in awhile he used to be a logger I never was. I understand why they do it, like Jerry said footage. Lucky what we do general tree work it is not needed. Though I have dropped redwoods for home mill's before. I know common practice now is low to the ground in the woods. Jerry sounds like we grew up around the same folks Denis good to see you around, and keeping busy. That jacuzzi must be appreciated in the cold weather. Never heard of heating a pool with wood, pretty cool Randy as always you are a one man band and a hard working one, glad all is going well. I understand on the being ahead for wood, sweet! I have never got that lucky yet LOL! Brian good stuff buddy and your paying your dues just fine in the trade Splitting the case and doing the job on a 200 took some doing Im sure, great work. Like the pic of your boss's saw. First thought the flag was on the saw as it is a flagship saw:msp_biggrin: Then realized flag must be in the grass! Spent the day at one of our hunting ranches, and wood cutting spots. Aaron=Eccentric met up with Parmeter and me, and we got to hang out and have some fun. Good day.