Not gonna touch this

[slowp]

I'm clearing out the same road I spent many hours clearing out last year. But I won't touch this one. I didn't take a picture of the spring loaded trees it is hung up in. This week, instead of a nice pleasant drizzle, we've had November like heavy rains. Not good for picture taking. But I'm bored so here's a picture.

I will drive quickly underneath it. Looks like another cluster to take apart beyond it, then if like last year, the rest of the road shouldn't be too bad.

 

[Cletuspsc]

Yea that one could get ya pritty easy like. . . . I would prolly cut it up and wad it with another and if that dosent work then get a peice of equipment.

 

[stihlloggin]

ahh just chunk it down!! no big deal.

 

[Cletuspsc]

ahh just chunk it down!! no big deal.

I was never a big fan of chunking any thing too big. had a buddys dad get kill chunking one out. but yea prolly could on that one

 

[stihlloggin]

I was never a big fan of chunking any thing too big. had a buddys dad get kill chunking one out. but yea prolly could on that one

well i was kind of being a smart arse. It wouldn't bother me , but people should use common sense and if their not sure about something dont do it.

 

[clearance]

Fencepost it!

 

[mile9socounty]

Chunk it, b@stard cut it, picket fence. All the same to me. I would tackle it without thinking twice.

 

[slowp]

My solution will be to drive quickly underneath it and go do the stuff I know how to do. I'll mention it to the experts though. They might want some practice.

More hard rain this morning.

 

[Gologit]

Chunk it, b@stard cut it, picket fence. All the same to me. I would tackle it without thinking twice.

Probably you would...but did you notice the phrase "spring loaded trees it's hung up in" ? Might be a bear trap there.

It's a good picture but it doesn't tell us everything. It's really hard to make an objective decision about a tree from just one picture. If Slowp gave it a good leaving alone there might be more here than meets the eye.

More pictures, please. And more description. opcorn:

 

[smokechase II]

code of the rock

On the district (Bend/Ft Rock RD), I worked on before retiring we had standards.

One was that we never ever cut a down Lodgepole that we could drive around, over, under or through.

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A road that was overgrown was known has a Ft Rock car wash.

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What was annoying was when mini trucks came through and observed the 6" maximum cut out rule. (Never cut a road 7"+ wider than your vehicle.)
We'd have to get out and cut 4-8" long sections out of everything.

 

[slowp]

OK, I'll get my camera wet again. Yup, across the road are one or two bent over loaded trees in the same size range, holding it up. If I were a faller, my solution would be to try to knock it out with another tree. I think that's what our two guys did with a similar situation on a busy road--and prior to cutting cleared out two nice escape routes. Then the one guy cut, I stood traffic detail, and the other guy watched his partner and began yelling for him to get out of there. They've worked together 25 years.

Reality? The wind will bring it down one of these days, or the logger, if the market improves so he can finish the unit up the road.

 

[slowp]

On the district (Bend/Ft Rock RD), I worked on before retiring we had standards.

One was that we never ever cut a down Lodgepole that we could drive around, over, under or through.

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A road that was overgrown was known has a Ft Rock car wash.

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What was annoying was when mini trucks came through and observed the 6" maximum cut out rule. (Never cut a road 7"+ wider than your vehicle.)
We'd have to get out and cut 4-8" long sections out of everything.

Kind of that way here, except then I get chewed out for scratching the rig up.
And, the new CB antenna gets knocked off and then dangles annoyingly banging into the rear window.

This road already has 3 extra large speed bumps on it. Some people call them slides. I'm curious if the repaired culvert stayed in place.

I told the fire guy that I'm opening it up so the people can drive up farther to dump their garbage. The tree picture was taken only 5 miles from "downtown".

 

[mile9socounty]

Probably you would...but did you notice the phrase "spring loaded trees it's hung up in" ? Might be a bear trap there.

It's a good picture but it doesn't tell us everything. It's really hard to make an objective decision about a tree from just one picture. If Slowp gave it a good leaving alone there might be more here than meets the eye.

More pictures, please. And more description. opcorn:

Very true Gologit. I do recall Slowp saying the tree was hung up in a spring loaded tree. More pictures would be nice, but I'm only working with what I can see.

 

[Philbert]

Can you get a long rope or chain around it and pull it down?

Philbert

 

[RPM]

My solution will be to drive quickly underneath it and go do the stuff I know how to do. I'll mention it to the experts though. They might want some practice.

More hard rain this morning.

And no one is going fault you for doing so. Knowing your limitations is what helps you from being part of some 'statistic' !

 

[mercer_me]

Can you get a long rope or chain around it and pull it down?

Ya, pulling it down with a long rope or chain would be the safest and easiest. If you can't just keep taking 4 foot chunks off the bottom until it falls down.

 

[IndyIan]

Ya, pulling it down with a long rope or chain would be the safest and easiest. If you can't just keep taking 4 foot chunks off the bottom until it falls down.

Whats the best way to chunk something like this down? I've done a couple smaller (40' tall softwood) trees by cutting a notch on the compressed side to make a hinge and do the back cut to have it fold towards the tree its hung up on.
Seemed to work ok but trees that size are pretty forgiving compared to something big.

 

[Philbert]

Whats the best way to chunk something like this down? I've done a couple smaller (40' tall softwood) trees by cutting a notch on the compressed side to make a hinge and do the back cut to have it fold towards the tree its hung up on. Seemed to work ok but trees that size are pretty forgiving compared to something big.

On smaller trees you can cut straight upward (would be at an angle, relative to the tree trunk) from the tension side to the compression side, allowing the cut to open up. Then the tree drops, which may be in an unpredictable manner.

If a larger tree drops like that, it could get exciting (or deadly). In this case, he said that it is lying on a spring pole tree, which could pitch the leaning tree when it is cut loose. That is why I suggested using a rope or chain to drag the leaning tree off of the spring pole, hopefully to the ground, where it can be cut up, and the spring pole can be released.

I suppose that with the right rigging, skill, and an approriate anchor tree, the leaning tree might also be lifted off of the spring pole?

Philbert

 

[wood4heat]

Dynamite and a looooong fuse. :bringit:

 

[Philbert]

Dynamite and a looooong fuse.

(Extreme beavers)

Philbert