A couple of pics from the current job. I started a clear cut on Monday. Cutting is pretty fun. Its a hell of lot safer than a selective cut. You really have to watch top placement though cuz it can be a real ***** digging pulp sticks out of the slash.
Heres a HARD forward leaning head leaner that had to be swung from the boundary back into the opening. I only had to bring it around 45 degrees or so, but it was leaning so far ahead I wasn't sure if the wood would hold to the stump. It did. Usually I dutch from the face first until I can't anymore and then start on my Dutchman side in the back and ream and ream and ream to the pull side. It will sit down tighter than **** if you're not carful and mindful of your face. If you **** it up and don't cut all the wood through to the face it will chair like lightning. Also the little red circle is the only plug I lost out of that butt. It measured about 4" x 4" x 4". I made a 10' 6" out of that first log so they should still be able to make some 10 foot boards there. I did not bust the **** out of the butt on the pull side of the stump either. It all sawed off clean except for that little plug. I'm sure some of you guys look at these hard pulled trees and you figure I chewed the **** out of the butt, and yeah it does happen, but more often not. Its all about that face and timing. Sorry for the weird color, it was full sun and the camera is a cheapo.
These guys had a week to get their stands out. This was the second one. The first one stayed tight on the tree. This one got thumped a little harder and bounced. Both were fine though. I wasn't going to leave two damn trees to come back for. That and they were both in the lead.
I'm getting a new phone tomorrow. My old one totally craped out so I should be snappin more pics in the near future. The timber on this job is about average. Mostly red and white oak. Some cherry. Not real tall. Decent production wood though. 18-30 inches on the stump kind of stuff.