Hey Andy, you can always buy some chinese knockoff bars...a lot cheaper :spam: uttahere:
nope, Andy slash cut it....allows the tree to be shortened whilst still hung up.
nope, Andy slash cut it....allows the tree to be shortened whilst still hung up.
How do you do that?
Or is the answer to that "if you don't know, you shouldn't be trying it"?
There are some good pics of RB doing this a couple of years ago.... and what can happen even if you are good (he is). I'd like to say "use search" but I'm not sure I can find them either.. I'll look...
You reach up and cut the truck at a steep angle so the entire tree slides down past (inside) the lower section (RB will correct me If I'm off base..), a little more vertical each time you cut. As it's hung up, it's not going anywhere until it gets close to vertical.... that's when it gets scariest. Way too easy to get the saw stuck, and as you are often reaching for max length, somewhere between stupid and dangerous. Real easy to get a bar caught.
It get's done often out here - wind and tall trees mean a lot of hang-ups.
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Second tree of the day.... 120 foot twisted and leaning cottonwood.. POS.. I hate those frigg'in trees...
Some say it's phenomenal trailer decking wood... I know a couple local fellas use the bark to carve mountain men faces, etc.
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