Falling pics 11/25/09

[Sport Faller]

Todays stump was quite a bit better than Thursday's stink pickle stump, little bit of a mohawk but not too crappy

 

[Metals406]

Todays stump was quite a bit better than Thursday's stink pickle stump, little bit of a mohawk but not too crappy

See how the pulled wood is on the backside of the hinge? When the tree commits, buzz them real quick with the saw before you beat-feat. The hold-wood is tension on the back and compression on the front. Be sure not to over-cut your hinge, or be on the compression side of the hinge when the tree is setting down on the way over. It can grab your saw and take it for a ride.

 

[madhatte]

I'd rather see a bit of a mohawk than not. Means the hinge worked. DF is pretty forgiving that way, some other species are not. If you wanna chase the hinge to keep things neat, go for it, but wait for the stem to be truly committed to a lay before severing the hingewood. When I look at a unit after a cut, I look to see that there's some pull on the stumps. No pull in the entire unit means either superhuman falling skills (which I will admit some folks do have) or sloppy habits regarding hingewood and safety. I imagine that if I worked in higher-elevation stuff like Noble fir or more coastal stuff like Sitka spruce, both of which are a bit more brittle, my standards would be a bit different.

 

[Metals406]

I'd rather see a bit of a mohawk than not. Means the hinge worked. DF is pretty forgiving that way, some other species are not. If you wanna chase the hinge to keep things neat, go for it, but wait for the stem to be truly committed to a lay before severing the hingewood. When I look at a unit after a cut, I look to see that there's some pull on the stumps. No pull in the entire unit means either superhuman falling skills (which I will admit some folks do have) or sloppy habits regarding hingewood and safety. I imagine that if I worked in higher-elevation stuff like Noble fir or more coastal stuff like Sitka spruce, both of which are a bit more brittle, my standards would be a bit different.

I know what ya mean Nathan. . . I'm going to go out in the twigs with Jake and show him what I'm saying. He's cutting for firewood and not for scale -- but I'm just not a fan of fiber pull.

From the looks of his hinge, he's seeing gap in the cut and get'n out'a dodge. I know each tree is different, but a guy can camp out a lot of times and do a little follow-through on the back.

Overall, Jake's stump looks pretty dang good!

 

[Sport Faller]

I know what ya mean Nathan. . . I'm going to go out in the twigs with Jake and show him what I'm saying. He's cutting for firewood and not for scale -- but I'm just not a fan of fiber pull.

From the looks of his hinge, he's seeing gap in the cut and get'n out'a dodge. I know each tree is different, but a guy can camp out a lot of times and do a little follow-through on the back.

Overall, Jake's stump looks pretty dang good!

Oh Hell yeah, that's what I'm talking bout , we should go out later this week or weekend, my spot is on the way past your neck of the woods too

 

[forestryworks]

I know what ya mean Nathan. . . I'm going to go out in the twigs with Jake and show him what I'm saying. He's cutting for firewood and not for scale -- but I'm just not a fan of fiber pull.

From the looks of his hinge, he's seeing gap in the cut and get'n out'a dodge. I know each tree is different, but a guy can camp out a lot of times and do a little follow-through on the back.

Overall, Jake's stump looks pretty dang good!

Oh Hell yeah, that's what I'm talking bout , we should go out later this week or weekend, my spot is on the way past your neck of the woods too

By god I wanna play.

 

[Sport Faller]

By god I wanna play.

If you get up this way we'll hijack an old cable skidder, let the line out with a pair of tongs on it, drive up to Whitefish, and go trolling for hippies

 

[Metals406]

By god I wanna play.

Good. . . Pat called me back and it sounds like you can go to work.

 

[Metals406]

If you get up this way we'll hijack an old cable skidder, let the line out with a pair of tongs on it, drive up to Whitefish, and go trolling for hippies

Can I get this on a shirt??!! :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[madhatte]

I'm going to go out in the twigs with Jake and show him what I'm saying. He's cutting for firewood and not for scale -- but I'm just not a fan of fiber pull.

There you go. Hands-on instruction is better than any amount of internettin' any time.

 

[RandyMac]

Chasin' the hinge.

 

[Greenwedge]

Chasin' the hinge.

You have the "Chuck Norris goes to the Disco look!"

 

[Greenwedge]

You have the "Chuck Norris goes to the Disco look!"

Good Lord Randy....I sure hope that is a peice of saw dust on your ear lobe! lol

 

[Metals406]

Good Lord Randy....I sure hope that is a peice of saw dust on your ear lobe! lol

That's his bling yo!

 

[Sport Faller]

If I'm not mistaken I see what may very well be a dangly cross or something hanging off that earring, Randy's like a timber fallin pirate

 

[RandyMac]

ARRR!!!

Jake, go a bit deeper and steeper on your undercuts.


Had to be chips, the only bling is a tattoo.

 

[Sport Faller]

ARRR!!!

Jake, go a bit deeper and steeper on your undercuts.


Had to be chips, the only bling is a tattoo.

Aye Aye, Cap'n, will do

same here, no earrings just a lil bit of ink

 

[RandyMac]

Aye Aye, Cap'n, will do

same here, no earrings just a lil bit of ink

I have the sign of my Clan.

When you a head leaner, go halfway in, that will help bend the fiber and it won't pull as much. Cutting steeper helps that as well.

 

[Sport Faller]

I have the sign of my Clan.

When you a head leaner, go halfway in, that will help bend the fiber and it won't pull as much. Cutting steeper helps that as well.

I have an F.A.L. on my forearm

I genuinely appreciate the tips man, thanks

 

[Gologit]

Hey Jake

Try this for heavy head leaners. I've used the triangle cut fairly often and it seems to work out pretty good. I tend to cut a little deeper face than shown in the picture, depending on the amount of lean, but that's just me.

It's called the Coos Bay cut...many thanks to Gas71 for the diagram.