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  1. 10-28-2011, 08:39 PM #31
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    Nice Sam, I like the rooster tail of chips flying in the one pic. Dead pine clearing? Or was it different species?100_0656.jpg101_0468.jpg
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  2. 10-29-2011, 05:00 PM #32
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    Trying to earn my medium tree stripes with the 660
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    The first tree

    The notch

    Back cut starting to open

    Done fell perfectly into the drainge area
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  3. 10-29-2011, 05:07 PM #33
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    This is the second tree. The strong wind kept me from dropping it perfectly into the drainage area but I got it pretty close for what I was working with. These two trees are the largest I have ever dropped. So it was kind of a big day for me. These were the last two trees of the day.

    They sure thunder the ground when the hit.

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  4. 10-29-2011, 06:33 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by NORMZILLA44 View Post
    A place where we can all share real job's, stories, pic's. Working saw, and cutting tales. The woods or suburbs. Tree jobs logging, working men, and saws!




    Cool pic.
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  5. 10-30-2011, 12:22 AM #35
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    It certainly is Cliff. The saw which was used to fall that monster redwood is on my bench awaiting a few screws, a carb rebuild, a new intake boot, and some other rubber parts. It's a Homelite 750 now owned by the son of the logger who used it to put that tree on the ground. I believe the kid in the pic is the brother of the current owner of that 750.

    Here's the current owner up in a tree. You'll recognize this pic from Norm's first post.

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  6. 10-30-2011, 07:43 AM #36
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    Struggle, great job on the trees man, good stuff nice saw. Cliff thank's man I am glad I was able to find those two old pictures. Kind of a lost archive I guess. Thanks for the kind word's Aaron, and I am starting to think the talent runs in the family LOL!
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  7. 10-30-2011, 11:56 PM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Bow Saw View Post
    Cool pic.
    Totaly agree.......
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  8. 10-31-2011, 02:57 AM #38
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    We have a bit of ground in the north that i have cut on for years, I know this is a working mans thread and to be honest where i cut has never been hard work until yesterday. I bought an old truck, good for six metres they say and i have never had to lock the hubs on the cruiser so for 500 bucks i thought i couldn't go wrong, well the old girl seems to be able to get bogged if ya piss on the ground in front of it, stuck for 3 hours on completely flat ground i realized for 500 you don't get a jack and found out that when you never normally get bogged you don't carry a shovel three hours of digging with a blockbuster and packing face wedges from previous trees she was free, but i was rooted, so yeah i worked, couldn't even split the load just chucked her on whole, just how it sits in the yard still now...

    So here,s the hardest load i have ever gotten...

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    Women are like dog turds, the older they get, the easier they are to pick up...
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    Quote Originally Posted by MattCrowe View Post
    We have a bit of ground in the north that i have cut on for years, I know this is a working mans thread and to be honest where i cut has never been hard work until yesterday. I bought an old truck, good for six metres they say and i have never had to lock the hubs on the cruiser so for 500 bucks i thought i couldn't go wrong, well the old girl seems to be able to get bogged if ya piss on the ground in front of it, stuck for 3 hours on completely flat ground i realized for 500 you don't get a jack and found out that when you never normally get bogged you don't carry a shovel three hours of digging with a blockbuster and packing face wedges from previous trees she was free, but i was rooted, so yeah i worked, couldn't even split the load just chucked her on whole, just how it sits in the yard still now...

    So here,s the hardest load i have ever gotten...

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    Yep i can relate to that....
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  10. 10-31-2011, 06:08 AM #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by MattCrowe View Post
    So here,s the hardest load i have ever gotten...
    I did the same thing the other day, but with 4 wheel drive. I never thought I would ever get my 1983 toyota 4x4 pickup stuck, but that is exactly what I did. I was out checking out some firewood a fella wants me to clean up for him. Luckily I wasn't too far from home so I just walked back(bout a mile) and got a tractor to pull it out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struggle View Post
    This is the second tree. The strong wind kept me from dropping it perfectly into the drainage area but I got it pretty close for what I was working with. These two trees are the largest I have ever dropped. So it was kind of a big day for me. These were the last two trees of the day.

    They sure thunder the ground when the hit.

    The culmination of 80 years of chainsaw technology!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cheeves View Post
    The culmination of 80 years of chainsaw technology!
    and it is all good
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    A couple healthy rounds in there Matt! I had a day like that once, but after getting stuck in the mud had to unload all the wood we just cut, and split. All for nothing, even threw snow chains on, and no go. Parmeters dad had to come with rope, and a snatch block. His dad was the one who cut that big redwood.
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    What to they do with the bark off one of those huge trees? Does it get turned into some type of bark mulch..just wondering.
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    Struggle the mill I used to work at, sold the bark, chips, shavings whatevere. One thing about milling redwood there was zero waste. I am not sure what else was done with the bark, but thats what I remember.
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