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  1. 01-11-2012, 05:43 PM #16
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    " And yes, I heard your comment at the end. Sounded like a forester talking. Do it right and nobody notices. Do it wrong and somebody always has a few words to say." you can always give a forester a sharp saw and their the way things are to be done !! right from the book or from the way it lays.... lol
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    A bit of shovel logging.....

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    Another tree hits the ground.

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    That's an old pull-through delimber. Oldie, for sure.

    See those a lot in Oklahoma. Didn't expect to see one out West!

    Thanks for sharing, Slowp
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    Quote Originally Posted by forestryworks View Post
    That's an old pull-through delimber. Oldie, for sure.

    See those a lot in Oklahoma. Didn't expect to see one out West!

    Thanks for sharing, Slowp
    It sounds like they've had that delimber for a while. They like it.

    I may be going out this weekend and getting some alder firewood. I like alder. It doesn't turn my house into a sauna as fast as the other woods.

    They are decking the firewood nicely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by slowp View Post
    It sounds like they've had that delimber for a while. They like it.

    I may be going out this weekend and getting some alder firewood. I like alder. It doesn't turn my house into a sauna as fast as the other woods.

    They are decking the firewood nicely.

    I was going ask you how that alder was for firewood. Pretty much like Birch eh?
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    I've never burned birch. Alder burns but not very hot. It also doesn't keep very long. A lot of people burn it, or used to before it became popular as a wood for cabinets. That's about all I know. I burn it and I like it.

    It is good to cook salmon on alder slabs. Yum.
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    alder is about 90% the same as birch except for the bark .. splits like soft maple and works great for smoking like pete said..
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    Quote Originally Posted by slowp View Post
    Another tree hits the ground.

    Not a critique - just a question: What's all the "hand sawing" on the face cut about? Ron
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    Quote Originally Posted by rwoods View Post
    Not a critique - just a question: What's all the "hand sawing" on the face cut about? Ron
    Look at the wind blowing those ferns around. If you start your face in a tree that's rocking as much as that one probably is you want your first cut wallowed out quite a bit. I think he was wide-kerfing to keep the bar free when the tree moved. Otherwise it can sit down on your saw, bend your bar, make you all embarrassed and otherwise ruin your whole day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gologit View Post
    I think he was wide-kerfing to keep the bar free when the tree moved.
    Way easier to do that with square than round, for sure!
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    Quote Originally Posted by forestryworks View Post
    Way easier to do that with square than round, for sure!
    I didn't think square made any difference..... til I ran it and we were putting out enough noodles to make Nate's property look like the floor in a sawmill
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gologit View Post
    Look at the wind blowing those ferns around. If you start your face in a tree that's rocking as much as that one probably is you want your first cut wallowed out quite a bit. I think he was wide-kerfing to keep the bar free when the tree moved. Otherwise it can sit down on your saw, bend your bar, make you all embarrassed and otherwise ruin your whole day.
    Thanks. Makes sense. I thought he was afraid the tree could snap in the wind and he was making sure he could run without leaving a stuck saw. Ron
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    Quote Originally Posted by rwoods View Post
    Thanks. Makes sense. I thought he was afraid the tree could snap in the wind and he was making sure he could run without leaving a stuck saw. Ron
    That could be too. Sometimes running is your best choice...with or without the saw.
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    The wind was at a marginal point--my unskilled opinion. Out in the cow field, there were little whirlwinds twirling around. Little branches were flying through the air. I was wondering if I would have to cut my way home. I had the Barbie Saw in the back. It was blowing pretty hard.

    I didn't know why he was sawing back and forth, but I figured it had something to do with the wind. He was stopping a lot and looking around, and that either had to do with the wind, or two women that he thought might be in the way. We stayed on the landing and I used the zoom to film.

    Alder is a tricky tree.
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