Pictures of bore cutting, lots O pics

[c5rulz]

A buddy of mine is a level "C" feller for the National Forest Service and works on forest fires. Safety is a huge concern for them and he prefers bore cutting most of the trees he drops. The day we did this the wind was blowing 20-30mph. These are hybrid poplars I planted in 1991 in my yard. The roots are surfacing and it is making a mess so today they came down.

Face cut

In line with the birch tree is a white speck. This is a wedge on the ground he was aiming for.

The bore cut is in and the first wedge is set.

Keith in action

Obligatory chainsaw pics.

 

[OH_Varmntr]

So we've seen the before and during pics.

What about the after pics?!

 

[RandyMac]

another boring cut.

 

[c5rulz]

So we've seen the before and during pics.

What about the after pics?!

Well the forum wouldn't let me post them all in one thread. Read on grasshopper in the next one.:msp_tongue:

http://www.arboristsite.com/forestry-logging-forum/188907.htm

 

[MtnHermit]

Those are just to clean to have done any real work. Power washed?

 

[RandyMac]

I gotta laugh my ass off on these one.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[mdavlee]

You can put more pictures in the same thread. Just can't be the same post.

 

[c5rulz]

You can put more pictures in the same thread. Just can't be the same post.

Thanks, Mr. Dumass.:msp_unsure:

 

[c5rulz]

Those are just to clean to have done any real work. Power washed?

They are just toooooooo powerful for dirt to stick, kind of a Chuck Norris kind of thing.:msp_tongue:

 

[forestryworks]

A buddy of mine is a level "C" feller

Yup, definitely not a faller.

 

[Gologit]

I gotta laugh my ass off on these one.:hmm3grin2orange:

Si, senor.

 

[RandyMac]

I lost track of how many wedges were used. Why on earth would you jam one in what passed for a face cut?

 

[Sport Faller]

Yup, definitely not a faller.

C Feller? I wonder if Keith is your Youtube stalker?

 

[Sport Faller]

I lost track of how many wedges were used. Why on earth would you jam one in what passed for a face cut?

He IS a C Feller, maybe that wedge is to keep it from going over too soon :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Gologit]

I lost track of how many wedges were used. Why on earth would you jam one in what passed for a face cut?

'Cuz he's a C-feller? And therefore more qualified than mere mortals? And he was taught that way by other C fellers who were taught that way by other C fellers who figured that the more you monkey around with a tree the better you are? And who make up for a lack of skill by aggravating the poor damn tree until it just gives up and goes horizontal? And he's never been exposed to the way real C fallers do things?

I know some C fallers. They don't cut like that. They cut more like loggers.

I guess it's that East/West thing again. If he ditzed around with all those slice and dice cuts on a fire out here he'd probably get sent back to camp to help roll hose or something.

But maybe I'm being over critical. Hey, he did get the trees to fall over. After much gnawing, slicing, boring, and double wedging. Or maybe the trees just gave up and surrendered.

 

[RandyMac]

That is what you get for payin' by the hour.

 

[Dalmatian90]

Is there a name for these "side cuts" used to square up the sides like that?

I think I've seen them used in non-bore cut photos/videos before (though the one I can remember right now was definitely a GOL guy).

Are they ever used outside of the GOL universe?

 

[RandyMac]

I have gnawed off heavy flutes from Cedars

 

[bitzer]

Why did he have to bore them?


If I had the time (which I don't), I'd teach a class on practical falling techniques for everyday situations (which I won't, but I could make a killing at $150 a pop for half a day). It just pains me to see this kind of bs going on in my state and I know its going on every day here, loggers included.

 

[T_F_E]

'Cuz he's a C-feller? And therefore more qualified than mere mortals? And he was taught that way by other C fellers who were taught that way by other C fellers who figured that the more you monkey around with a tree the better you are? And who make up for a lack of skill by aggravating the poor damn tree until it just gives up and goes horizontal?

Probably the funniest quote on this whole website. :hmm3grin2orange: