?? Coos Bay Cut ? or plunge cut

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Does anybody know about this cut? I have heard there are some serious advantages to some sort of plunge cut.
I looked all through Baranuk's book, or whoever that is..but could not find this cut, and there are many in there.

Thanks
 
A plunge cut is when you push your bar straight through the tree to make your back cut leaving a little strap of wood at the back of your back cut. Then you add 2 wedges into the back cut and then cut the back strap, releasing the tree to fall. Plunge cuts are hard on sprocket tip bars so you don't want to use them unless the situation calls for it.
 
Good lord, not that stupid cooze bay thing again...this is getting to be worse than the bore cutting discussions.

Yes, yes, one out of every 10,000 trees might maybe need a bore cut for whatever reason.

Humbolt is a PITA IMHO.
 
Biker Dude said:
.....Then you add 2 wedges into the back cut and then cut the back strap,...
...you don't want to use them unless the situation calls for it.
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1.) what do u mean by adding two wedges INTO the back cut before you cut the strap? I understand the strap, but how do you cut the wedges and why?

2.) And in what situations is it helpful to use this cut?


thanks
 
you need to re-read Beranek's book again, and take some notes.

then come on here and do a search.

then practice, practice, practice.

then later ask questions.
 
I wouldn't even attempt to teach someone a fallin' technique over the internet...

The Coos Bay is not really a cut you will use very much anyways...

Too many people bore cut trees when they fall them. No idear why...

Gary
 
Greenstar said:
1.) what do u mean by adding two wedges INTO the back cut before you cut the strap? I understand the strap, but how do you cut the wedges and why?

2.) And in what situations is it helpful to use this cut?


thanks
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Dude are you from MARS

aren't you the one that said this

Greenstar said:
I'm not new to falling trees. I am very good. Its like a science to me. I've been felling trees professionally for 13 years.

Lets start a Coos Bay discussion!
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cough cough :notrolls2:

anyone ever notice there is far more bullshat in the world then there are bulls.
 
The only time I have used a bore cut is to fix my goof-ups and correct by bad aim.

So I am pretty good at bore cuts!

An no, they are not particularly hard on the sprocket nose bars. They are dammed hard on the feller when he looses control of the saw.
 
Coos bay Has been throughly explained on the TREEHOUSE, go check it out over there. MAny pages of tips and technique already explained away.
 
I use the bore cut on leaners.

Use the coas bay when cleaning up storm damaged trees, (up rooted and leaning heavy).

both are good to have in your tool box.
 
I have 5 trees on my land that are 30+" at the base and they are heavy leaners with the majority of branches on the lean side [old maples at the edge of a farmers field] and I will be using the Coos bay cut on them. I barber chaired a 42" oak in sothern michigan with the same circumstaces from not using a bore cut, "never again". CJ
 
GOL, LOL!

From the GaryGoo Corp.

CoosBay11.jpg
 
tree MDS said:
Good lord, not that stupid cooze bay thing again...this is getting to be worse than the bore cutting discussions.

Yes, yes, one out of every 10,000 trees might maybe need a bore cut for whatever reason.

Humbolt is a PITA IMHO.
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I must have somehow missed this discussion... I plunge about 50% of the time on falls, and plenty of other cuts too... lots of fun!
 
I bore cut when I need some directional control and coos bay on the really heavy leaners that are going that way no matter what.
 

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