Dropping trees with Andre: VIDEO

[blsnelling]

Yesterday Andre, Andyshine77, invited me down to help him drop and cut up a couple trees in his brothers yard. Of course, I had to make a video. Here they are. It's always a good time when you get to hang out with a friend and run chainsaws.

 

[sgrizz]

Great videos guys! Nice job taking those rotted trees down safely and i love the part of the video when the ants were running for there lives. I am itching from just watching it.

 

[oscar4883]

Enjoyed the vids as usual. Personally I would have put at least a pull line, and probably a holding line as well in that locust tree. Why take the chance around power. Saws sounded great. Looked like a good time for sure.

 

[REJ2]

With a bar like that on the Dolmar, who needs to climb!

 

[ChrisF]

Nice PPE on our friend Andy there!

 

[Jacob J.]

Very enjoyable videos guys, looks like fun for sure.

All the saws sounded quite healthy.

 

[Jeff_Rich]

I know some woodturners, including myself, that would love to find a cherry that size! Nice wood and saws.
Hope to have my saws running again this weekend.

 

[blsnelling]

Nice PPE on our friend Andy there!

He was waiting on the comments, lol.

 

[ChrisF]

I know.

Anyway, they were good vids, looks like a good time. I want a big Stihl now!

 

[MNfarmer]

Don't mean to sound dumb, but can someone explain what the hinge and trigger are?

 

[homelitejim]

the best part is Brad working the camera wearing all the PPE and Andre is cutting in his PJ's.

 

[RiverRat2]

Everyone looked reasonably safe,,,

That Cherry was still pretty solid,,, But that Locust had seen its better days,,,

Looks like you all had a good time,, have to agree with Jacob the saws werent lacking any power,,,

Don't mean to sound dumb, but can someone explain what the hinge and trigger are?

The hinge is the last piece of uncut wood that a tree pivots on when you are falling it towards your face cut or notch..
A trigger is usually set on/towards the outer edge of a problem tree by back cutting away from the hinge by putting the bar in the plunge cut hole and back cutting away from the hinge,,, leaving just enough wood to hold the spar with the hinge and trigger...
A trigger is used so you can get in and make one little cut to release the spar to the hinge and get away quickly and not get your bar pinched,,, usually!!! (However, in this case the Locust tree was compounded with a lean towards the power line and was rotted in the middle)

The tree did not release as they intended,,,, but they wedged it away from its natural lean and got it dropped safely anyway,,, them boys new what they were doing!!! Just goes to show,,, problem trees can and usually do act goofy!!!

 

[wyk]

He was waiting on the comments, lol.

Been sawing off and on for 25 years, mostly non professionally. The other day I left my chaps at the house and went into the fir stand to cull some blow downs. Within about an hour I had a 4" gash in my jeans at the thigh. I had pulled the saw back as I let a leaning fir loose and had just barely nicked my jeans. The throttle had been winding down, but it still had enough speed to easily slice through my jeans and nearly get me. It is difficult to pay 100% attention and be safe 100% of the time. For the rest of that time, there's PPE.

Be careful guys. It doesn't take much for sharp chain to hurt you for life.

 

[asand1]

split some of that cherry for the BBQ.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Nice job on both trees and stumps!

.........Be careful guys. It doesn't take much for sharp chain to hurt you for life.

That's why I cut with dull chains!











































J/K!

Nice job on both trees and stumps! Sounds like someone was breathing a bit heavy after driving a wedge. I konw I'd be doing that too. Were any of those saws stock???

 

[RazvanGL1]

Yesterday Andre, Andyshine77, invited me down to help him drop and cut up a couple trees in his brothers yard. Of course, I had to make a video. Here they are. It's always a good time when you get to hang out with a friend and run chainsaws.

thanks for videos!
we are waiting as many great videos.:camera:
You're the best, man!

 

[The Count]

ye ye ye, few saws, few trees, saws buzzing, trees falling, who cares ?







The Count turns green with envy and stops typing due to spontaneous fainting.

 

[blsnelling]

I had pulled the saw back as I let a leaning fir loose and had just barely nicked my jeans. The throttle had been winding down, but it still had enough speed to easily slice through my jeans and nearly get me.

I've done that twice. Before I found AS, I didn't even know what chaps were!

Sounds like someone was breathing a bit heavy after driving a wedge. I konw I'd be doing that too. Were any of those saws stock???

That heavy breathing was not only from driving the wedges, but from fear that we were fixing to take the power lines down, lol.

The only saw that wasn't ported was the first 346XP. It does have a MM and unlimited coil though. It's an exceptionally strong runner for an otherwise stock saw.

 

[RiverRat2]

Been sawing off and on for 25 years, mostly non professionally. The other day I left my chaps at the house and went into the fir stand to cull some blow downs. Within about an hour I had a 4" gash in my jeans at the thigh. I had pulled the saw back as I let a leaning fir loose and had just barely nicked my jeans. The throttle had been winding down, but it still had enough speed to easily slice through my jeans and nearly get me. It is difficult to pay 100% attention and be safe 100% of the time. For the rest of that time, there's PPE.

Be careful guys. It doesn't take much for sharp chain to hurt you for life.

Same deal happend to me in a big Pine top I was limbing,,, had it not been for my Chaps it would have gotten real ugly,, real quick

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