goin fer the fatties...
Falling pics 11/25/09
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HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
That saw makes you look kinda fat.
GilksTreeFelling
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Not as nice and Purdy as some of your guys pics/vids but this was a yellow birch that was today's challenge about 15ft from the road and close quarters to some power lines *Camera person was directly below the power lines* so had to come down. It'll make some nice firewood next winter my technique aint as graceful as mos but gets the wood down safely lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=r-vDDtQCdOU
And for those of you who like the felling cut pics. Forgot to grab one of the stump but here's one of the tree shoot I cut off the stump
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=r-vDDtQCdOU
And for those of you who like the felling cut pics. Forgot to grab one of the stump but here's one of the tree shoot I cut off the stump
Didn't know where to post this but thought some may enjoy it. No skyline required just send your machine over the edge. I would want absolute confidence in my winch man - no accidental free wheels. Ron
Skeans
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They've been doing it down there for a while and up here for the past couple of years, a couple of local companies are building the winch assist setups even the thinning has been doing it for a while. One of the locals is doing a winch assist with a tigercat skidder and a large wheeled clam bunk set up.
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bitzer
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They're wearing shorts! In the woods! Wtf?????!!!!
Skeans
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Normal down there, at one of the Weyco safety meeting we went to a while ago they had some guys from down there even hand cutting they had shorts it's so wrong.
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I haven't scrolled through so this pic may have been posted before.
If so, my apologies.
Take care.
If so, my apologies.
Take care.
GilksTreeFelling
ArboristSite Operative
If I wore shorts in the woods here I'd be pulling Ticks off my lower bits for hours lol
Skeans
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Here you guys go a tail hold for the steep slope assist built by Krume Logging and Summit Attachments.
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GilksTreeFelling
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Here's a maple I started on today,cleared some of of cheap at ground level around it an started removing some of the road side limbs to get t weight more on the right side of the trunk* side opposite of the rd* . I'll put It down tomorrow as the wind was not comfortable. The road in the pics is a private one that runs the full length *2km* through my spread.there's a high voltage line 3ft off the Rd might be able to see It in a couple pics so all the trees I work near the road I have to spend a bit mor time planning how to drop them safely the ma trunk is only about 16-18"dbh so not big by any means but it presents a bit more technicalitys then the usual drop on its natural lean approach
GilksTreeFelling
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Next week's project, a conifer of large proportions for the area *29.5"dbh. Again close to the Rd it's gotta come out before this year's storm season starts up. First pic the tree is on the right sorta online with the corner of my truck roof you can see the hydro pole on the left of the pic. I am hoping to get that down weather permitting mid week, it's going to end up as a nice new workshop counter top and shelves 
GilksTreeFelling
ArboristSite Operative
Well had a little father kids bonding time today taking downing the little maple next to the road previously posted. Ended up doing a bore cut with back strap using wedges in the bore cuts. Didn't want to risking the back leaning tree pinching my saw. Did the cut about 4ft up as I wanted a high stump to teach my son about wedging over. He chose the placement of the face, th back cuts the placement an driving of the wedges to tip over the stump I di the sawing part lol m daughter prefers watching a takin pics though lol
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GilksTreeFelling
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Well took down the little spruce that was starting to cause a hazard to the power lines, another storm season would put it in the lines.
Left a lot of hinge to slow it's fall so I could make sure it cleared the lines on the way down.
Temps are at 30*C now so called it a day and n taking the kids to the beach
Left a lot of hinge to slow it's fall so I could make sure it cleared the lines on the way down.
Temps are at 30*C now so called it a day and n taking the kids to the beach
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GilksTreeFelling
ArboristSite Operative
Well a bit more clean up today, 
This is why looking up is so important when working in the woods,
A little stump show. Not my best but not my worst either.
And the crew
Myself and my two safety supervisors
This is why looking up is so important when working in the woods,
A little stump show. Not my best but not my worst either.
And the crew
Myself and my two safety supervisors
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
GilksTreeFelling
ArboristSite Operative
not much falling today, mostly brush cleaning slash moving, and cutting down pecker poles.
opened up the previously pictured area quite a bit though
let the kids try their hand at felling thier first trees today, made them do it same way my dad did. only i made the limb em with pruning shears as well
got to hot again by noon so lunch then off to the beach for an afternoon cooldown
opened up the previously pictured area quite a bit though
let the kids try their hand at felling thier first trees today, made them do it same way my dad did. only i made the limb em with pruning shears as well
got to hot again by noon so lunch then off to the beach for an afternoon cooldown
GilksTreeFelling
ArboristSite Operative
only one tree today, was at the end of its life, and as you can see in the vid too close to the road. figure better to put it down in a controlled direction now instead of storm season putting it across the road and wiping out the hydro lines on the other side of the road.
doesnt look to diffixult compared to some of the vids i see but it was leaned and weighted back towards where my son/camera man was an if you look at the saw dust you can see the wind was pushing the wrong direction too towards son. all in all went good had a slight issue with the first wedge it collapsed the wood on the stump a bit so had to pop a second one in to the left of center and get back into solid wood.
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doesnt look to diffixult compared to some of the vids i see but it was leaned and weighted back towards where my son/camera man was an if you look at the saw dust you can see the wind was pushing the wrong direction too towards son. all in all went good had a slight issue with the first wedge it collapsed the wood on the stump a bit so had to pop a second one in to the left of center and get back into solid wood.
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bnmc98
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That's a lot of dough to go over an edge with a machine.
I know that some sales around here (at least FS sales) require suspended retrieval ie a line machine. I wonder if they would even allow that kind of stuff, or if its for private land harvest only.
It would be interesting to know what slope that was. our TJ feller buncher will do some pretty stinkin steep stuff.
I know that some sales around here (at least FS sales) require suspended retrieval ie a line machine. I wonder if they would even allow that kind of stuff, or if its for private land harvest only.
It would be interesting to know what slope that was. our TJ feller buncher will do some pretty stinkin steep stuff.
Skeans
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The couple guys that have them are working on Weyerhaeuser/Fibre ground around here but had been told they were allowed to use them on State and possibly Federal ground. For steepness they were doing 100% ground as well as dropping off small vertical places it's pretty interesting to see, ourselves we don't have a tilter but drop off and go up stuff that's pushing the limits for sure.
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