! sure? should have chain binded it hey... cant always read what a tree is going to do! if you are cutting production, it will find you in a skip of a heart beat! he is/was a lucky dancer....
! NOPE! stand your ground! and take a chance like any other deep woods logger/faller ... only bound trees that were to be cut for veneer, didn't matter how deep in the brush you are when its part of the job.. some days are easy and diamonds. and others are hard an like stone!! all in a days work. there are jobs that you have to do what you don't want to or like to do to make a product keep its value!didya ever try dragging 20' of 3/8 chain and a binder 1000' down a cruddy steep slope? No? cause then you have to drag it back up with you when yer done, not to mention saw, gas-oil, water, lunch, wedges, axe, probably a spare bar and a handful of chains.
? ever cut ash veneer? most prevalent to split when felled, a 400.00 to 600.00 butt end(8'-10') will split and lose you a job with more than one damaged! chained ! is job security...Theres almost no need to ever chain bind a tree in the woods. Especially a veneer tree. Learn to cut it up right.
Anyway, this tree could have been done without chairing but hind sight is 20/20. He had plenty of room to escape. Just a big rock and a slope up hill and no way to tell which way the bastard was going to go. I'll bet most of you who posted on how he could have done better would have **** your pants if it were you. Maybe even got killed in the process. ******** hapens at work.
Matt I'm pretty sure you and I would get along just fine. You going full time yet? Im pulling for you when you do.
PS- you're not one of the ones I would see ******** their pants!
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