Often on this thread I read post that sometimes read something like "how do you get your wood or how do you luck out that much on your guys' scrounge".
Well I don't know about luck? IMOP, its just like real estate. It boils down to three major things.. Location, location, and location!
The same thing can be said about a safe work environment when on the scrounge! I'm talking type of terrain, distance from help and distance to first aid.
I'm going t post some pics with short info on how I scrounge as safe as I possibly can. I usually keep a lot of my felling and bucking information and opinions on the "Felling Pics" "Show us your stumps" or "Critique this stump" threads. Im not even sure if there is a thread on "safty in the woods", so once again. Im going to give a short lecture on the other stuff and sometimes but not often firewood scrounging thread"
That was a joke just in case some of the Stiffs out there are scratching their heads.
Oops! Stand by! I accidentally posted before I was finished!
Now I tip most 90% of my scrounge. usually across a stump or another log if I can. In turn, this does there major things!
One, it keeps it up higher off the ground out of the dirt or mud.
Two, Makes bucking into rounds faster and easier.
Three, it can very possibly make it way more DANGEROUS to work with vs just laying on the ground!
Now the info and Opinions I'm sharing on this post are strictly my own! By no means am I telling anyone of you how how to do it, or implicating you don't know how to do it! Let me make that clear, because there are many different levels of "Scroungers" on this thread! So fir the more advanced, please don't take offense. If you do?
GROW THINKER SKIN!!!
Now I know a lot of you tip trees and a lot of you don't. That being said I really don't suggest anyone purposely teeter timber when tipping trees (
say that three times fast!) across stumps or other logs. Unless you really understand and are aware of the dangerous involved. However, many of us find wind fall and windshear already teetered by her herself Mother Nature. The same rules apply to this as well when it comes to bucking it safely if is to be scrounged.
First, If tipping (falling, felling hacking whacking or whatever ever its called in your region. There's a whole thread on what Felling timber is actually called by they way. I know crazy hu?) Ok once again. First if tipping to teeter? MAKE SURE YOUR NOT TIPPING ACROSS SOMETHING ALREADY TEETERED!!! Wether it be log or limb?
Objects can very easily get catapulted right back ot you! Big objects big enough to swat you like a fly and sometimes at speeds so fast you will never have time to react! It doesn't take a very big object to do this either. Wether it be the hammer or the teetered nail getting thrown back your way!
When bucking teetered timber. I try to make sure the log isn't going to roll once it starts getting bucked into rounds or logs! There are several different ways to do this.
I often cripple a section. Then buck into smaller sections. Then roll once with a pevy and finish all the cuts. Sometimes I'll just start loping rounds off. It all depends. However one thing to always remember. Watch out fir teeters on the ground!
The example in these two photos would be devastating to the family jewels if straddling while bucking a round. Once the round drops. You know what happens next!
They can really ring your bell if big enough and even seriously injure you. Depending on the senerio? They can even pin you down against the log, ground or maybe your saw before the chain stops spinning, and IT WILL HAPPEN INSTANTLY!!
Sometimes they can be just out of sight on the other side of the log witch you are bucking.
Sometimes just looking like another limb or small log just laying on the ground.
Make sure you're work area is safe and clear fir you and everyone working with or close to you. Also, make sure your pets are safe snd clear as well.
How about a show of hands from anyone that's take'n a hit from any kind of teeter?
Me!
Well gentleman,
Thats about all I really have on Teetered timber fir now. I really hope you guys enjoyed reading this post and that it all makes sense. Thankyou, and always remember that when working in the woods. One simple little mistake can get you seriously injured or killed and is one of the many reasons we all must...
Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware.!