Congratulations, Champ. Ron
The saw was an old junkyard dog 066 that had been in a tub for a couple of years. I had to get it running before I left for Hayward Wis. Ran and started fine, until the race. It didn't start first pull and that put me behind right off the bat. I finally dropped started it in the dirt and it took off. My face was right on the mark, but had a very small Dutchman on the far side. It was small enough to make me miss the center of the 6" T-peg, but I still hit the right side of the T. All that is required is to hit any part of the peg. The rules are min. 5" deep top cut, Humbolt bottom, back cut has to be above hinge, and you can't cut off or into your hinge. Not many can do this with speed for some reason and the first 2 trees down were disqualified. I was third down with a clean cut and a hit. 35 seconds total time.
Won the Power Saw Tree Falling World Championship last weekend in Squamish BC, Canada. Got a little lucky but it's always better to be lucky than good!!!.....Hahahahahaha! I have pic's and video I'll post later. Just got back from a 3 week tour. Very good to be home.
OK boys, let me set this up. 30 some odd contestants draw for the 20 trees in the morning. The video only shows 1/2 of the contestants and trees going down....... Tree 15 was down first but was disqualified for cutting under his hinge. I'm tree 16. As you'll see I kept hanging my dogs on the back cut and a sheep shank undercut is slow to set in the under cut and go down.....and no laughing at my speed to the tree!:msp_angry:
Out of the 20 trees, how many contestants missed their mark? That target don't look very big...
And what do you use as a visual when you're making the face cut?
Just eye it up and get it done??
And damn, that's a lot of timber those guys had to stick in the ground...
Nice!!!
We should talk Bradley into competing in the contest next year!......Hahahahahaha!
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