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volks-man
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yikes
hey lake, how bad did you piss off the old lady?
hey lake, how bad did you piss off the old lady?
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She stuck it in the wall over his chain bench...
volks-man
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i probably got it all wrong.
he just tightened the chain waaayyy to much.
silly noob.
he just tightened the chain waaayyy to much.
silly noob.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Got hung in the back cut ?
andrethegiant70
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Andy! Confessions are in order!
willsaw4beer
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Hopefully the saw that it was on doesn't look like that...
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Carp... Ropens right on...
Second tree of the day.... 120 foot twisted and leaning cottonwood.. POS.. I hate those frigg'in trees...
In the back cut and the damn tree rotated back over center way before I was even close to a hinge and jambed the saw. Now it's heading the wrong way.... towards a garage.
Second saw to cut it out... tree hangs up and stays on the stump. Lots of screwing around which resulted in the tree sliding off the stump and just catching the bar tip... which was better than the other direction which would have been my beloved 361.
Right in the middle the wife and dog visit... She "couldn't watch...". Good. I wasn't good company anyhow.
Then followed 8 more cuts to get the tree 40 feet shorter (I hate doing that with heavy trees) and standing somewhat upright. My confidence was shot. Took a break..
15 trees (mostly cottonwoods) in front had to go (planned) - I nailed all of them right on target (gap between the sports court and wood shed), then set a rope up in the POS cottonwood and pulled it out with the truck...
Rest of the day worked out fine.. maybe 40 trees down. Two huge alders that needed to be rotated 90 degrees or the green hosue was toast. I left those until last... needed all the cool I could muster.
I left three more gnarley 120 foot cottonwoods - all with gun sights on one of two houses... Told the guy he needed a pro to climb them... Not worth the risk of property and friendship.. yep.. it was all a freebie..
8 hours of aerobics... I had an extra beer or two this evening.
Second tree of the day.... 120 foot twisted and leaning cottonwood.. POS.. I hate those frigg'in trees...
In the back cut and the damn tree rotated back over center way before I was even close to a hinge and jambed the saw. Now it's heading the wrong way.... towards a garage.
Second saw to cut it out... tree hangs up and stays on the stump. Lots of screwing around which resulted in the tree sliding off the stump and just catching the bar tip... which was better than the other direction which would have been my beloved 361.
Right in the middle the wife and dog visit... She "couldn't watch...". Good. I wasn't good company anyhow.
Then followed 8 more cuts to get the tree 40 feet shorter (I hate doing that with heavy trees) and standing somewhat upright. My confidence was shot. Took a break..
15 trees (mostly cottonwoods) in front had to go (planned) - I nailed all of them right on target (gap between the sports court and wood shed), then set a rope up in the POS cottonwood and pulled it out with the truck...
Rest of the day worked out fine.. maybe 40 trees down. Two huge alders that needed to be rotated 90 degrees or the green hosue was toast. I left those until last... needed all the cool I could muster.
I left three more gnarley 120 foot cottonwoods - all with gun sights on one of two houses... Told the guy he needed a pro to climb them... Not worth the risk of property and friendship.. yep.. it was all a freebie..
8 hours of aerobics... I had an extra beer or two this evening.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
That is what I said hung in the backcut
Of courseother things too many really can bend bars, they ought to
make them out of titanium or something :monkey:
volks-man
Arboristsite.com Spooner
lake,
what are your plans for the wood?
specifically the cottonwood.
what are your plans for the wood?
specifically the cottonwood.
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Forest nurse logs. Just garbage wood out here...
Did cut down some nice cherry and Bircth though... That's firewood for sure. Much of the rest will just rot -too much work to recover. The aim was a get sunlight to a garden - cleared all except small vine maples to 100 feet back
Did cut down some nice cherry and Bircth though... That's firewood for sure. Much of the rest will just rot -too much work to recover. The aim was a get sunlight to a garden - cleared all except small vine maples to 100 feet back
volks-man
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way back east, where i be, people carve with cottonwood. you have quite a few potential ducks and shorebirds laying around out there.
RED-85-Z51
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Boy, Stihl markups are so high now that they are literally breaking the saw off in the customers ass...
volks-man
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Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
andrethegiant70
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Regrettably, cottonwood might just be the most worthless wood out there. If anyone thinks of a use for it, I'm all ears..we've got a ton of that stuff.
Andy, it sounds like a harrowing day. Good story, though.
volks-man
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doesn't it burn? why is it so undesireable?
RED-85-Z51
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:jawdrop:
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
which just proves Stihl owners have buns of steel...:greenchainsaw:
RED-85-Z51
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And why most owners prefer Picco Micro Mini Comfort and a tub of Motion Lotion.
