Who uses felling wedges in the tree?

Henry111 · Apr 30, 2009

I just use ropes 90% of the time. BUTTTTTT! since my crew is me and my wife, and shes about 110lbs thats if shes has logger boots on LOL!! We do use them for pulling trees fiddle blocks combined. I have saw a climber use a wedge aloft before and it worked pretty
well for him, but ive never tried it. hell, maybe Im missing out on somthing. GREAT SUBJECT! :cheers:

And Ive been in those winds where a wedge could MAKE IT OR BREAK IT, so I think its worth hanging one on my saddle just in case.

talloak · Apr 30, 2009

ive used them for flushing big stumps but its been awhile since ive used them on the ground for a notch and drop. Dang HENRY111 thats 1 big helper you got there but i heard shes 1 HELL OF A CLIMBER.LOL

Mapleman · Apr 30, 2009

It's pretty amazing how a three-dollar 4-inch wedge can save your bacon. I don't use it much on the east coast, but working up in northern cal I would carry it up with me anytime I was taking down big wood. I might need it only 10 percent of the time. I figured the weight of a plastic wedge more than justified me carrying it for those "just in case scenarios."

I've also used my hand snips in the kerf so large chunks don't bind my saw. Best to inform the ground crew though, because once the chunk leaves, they can fly after it.

Lanyards was brought up in this thread...I don't use a saw lanyard when I climb unless I'm chunking a trunk down. I clip my saws into a ladder snap horizontally for take downs. If I'm pruning a thick tree, I let the saw lay vertically.

pdqdl · May 1, 2009

Hardly ever.

Never while climbing, not that I do much climbing anymore. I always try to keep them around, but mostly just for lifting big chunks off the saw kerf.

TreeClimber57 · May 3, 2009

I don't usually use them when climbing, but have a couple of times. If anything is ever not 120% certain, then out come the other tools (ie: wedges).

1I'dJak · May 3, 2009

Definitely when I'm forestry climbing and I'm flopping over 60'+ tops...we're supposed to carry three plus a 2.5lb axe....also good for chunking down the stem... for what one of those little wedges weighs, well worth it... just drill a hole through the back of it horizontally and put a loop of string through it and you're all good...