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Chipper has two new hydraulic hoses. Have manual. three extra blades. Can send movie of it running. 2,300 hours of operation on meter. Is in Redmond Oregon. Will not deliver. Asking $12,000.

Just to mention it. Using undersized bars limits ones safety. If you can make all your cuts from either side you can avoid being under hazards on the 'bad side' or placing yourself in a spot with a poor escape route. Topography can also remove falling options with short bars. GOL is...

I'm not certain this is textbook GOL. The steep face and the boring back cut with an undersized saw are typical of GOL. The angled finish of the very rear of the back cut may be an example of a local technique added. There are several things wrong here. That angle rear cut being the icing on a...

In summary The safest way to deal with that split leaner is with a piece of equipment or some mechanical advantage pulley set up. The plan would be to apply force when no one is near the tree during intended fall. Removal of the right heavy leaner first, by itself. A back cut coming in from...

Falling Pics Disclaimer; I just found this on a fire fighter site. (This was at a Doug Dent training/certification on the San Bernardino National Forest in California) http://www.wildlandfire.com/docs/2011/lessons-learned/aar-close-call-escaping-the-stump-v-good.pdf For the good of the...

cold fronts The worst days of Yellowstone were Cold Fronts. The 1910 fires, South Canyon in 1994, the big burns of the late 1800's were all cold fronts. The wildland fires that killed the most fire fighters and citizenry in the US were cold fronts. Non fire fighters think that temperature is...

more fire stuff "On a windy day in July a woodcutter discarded a smoking cigarette in the Targhee National Forest, less than 200 yards west of the park. This was the start of the North Fork Fire, which entered Yellowstone within hours. It burned over 400,000 acres in the park and threatened...

change "I visited Yellowstone in 1995. I was told the the reason they let it burn was because it was started by lightening and was there for a natural event and that they only put out fires that start from unnatural causes. I Said you what. The parks guy told me again straight faced an all...

blue stain I've noticed blue stain starting on Ponderosa when the bark is tight and the tree showing just a few red needles. Under the area where it is being hit by beetles. The wood does not appear to have weakened in regard to the holding capability of the holding wood. ============ This...

Back when I still worked with the FS (no laughing). We had a fire, then went through all the processes and hoops to put out a modest recovery plan. Included harvesting of dead and dying plus cleaning up the mess some. That went to court. Judge through out the plan because there was a...

Nargear Chainsaw Wildland Firefighter Smokejumper Nargear Just to critique ============ I was unable to find a saw pack at the NARGEAR web site: FIREFIGHTER - NARGEAR

Regarding the bottle. The shot crews need to stay fluid mobile. Having someone pack fuel as they move digging line means that person isn't producing line when they're packing Dolmars or jugs. So the fuel gets spread out over several people in the SIGGs. =========== The only time that these...

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True North Here is a pack designed for carrying a chain saw and fire fighter gear. True North Gear | Fire Fighting Equipment - Packs - Chainsaw Pack If $205 before shipping scares you turn and run. Wait, there's more: For an additional $67 you can get a sack/pack segment that fits over the...

Can do "Hmmm, I wonder if a Humboldt changes things? Jeff " You can do a humboldt with a plunge back-cut. I think a humboldt undercut would make things better. I'd suggest that those 70 + degree open faces are pretty silly but use of a variety of different boring back-cuts with a reasonably...

It's not just bucking safety With a longer bar, a faller can cut more trees from just one side. On significant terrain that means you can cut without springboards. OK. But the big reason is when you have a hazard tree that has its hazards on one side. Make all your felling cuts from...

X Files Jesus wasn't born on Xmas Day. Everyone knows that.

Safety I'd just like to chime in with a long bar on slope, in bigger timber, working a hazard trees etc etc can be mandatory for safety. Just backing the other guys here.

permit The Forest Service wood permits that I've had require anyone transporting logs to have them cut, something like 33-50% through, throughout the log in firewood lengths. This is so that someone couldn't steal fence posts, fence logs or even house logs. They are worth more to a lot more...

question "Personally, I think the best way to trip a loaded bore strap is from underneath with a 45 degree or so angle up. Try to grab that Tree, lol." This seems like a good idea to me. I have done it some but don't have the experience to say. Anyone here have a story or an instructor...