Loggers use Husqvarna?

[Big_Wood]

Yes, my post actually is only referring to actual fallers when I say loggers as well.

i see your from GA. you must be confusing fallers with sapling tippers lol

 

[earlthegoat2]

i see your from GA. you must be confusing fallers with sapling tippers lol

The trees here are plenty tall. They just got no girth....

They still do a surprising amount of timber falling here. Not all feller bunchers.

But I was referring to my travels to the PNW.

 

[1Alpha1]

A little off topic maybe, but my grand-daughter's husband is a wild lands firefighter.

He say they use nothing but Stihl. He says the 461 is a staple.

 

[birddogtg]

A little off topic maybe, but my grand-daughter's husband is a wild lands firefighter.

He say they use nothing but Stihl. He says the 461 is a staple.

That because they buy those stihls with our tax dollars and if they don’t spend it all they won’t get as much next year so they buy the most expensive

 

[rwoods]

i separate loggers and fallers. loggers still seem to be more like a 60/40 for stihl here but no one gets to choose their brand on those crews and the higher ups might not even know stihl went for **** lol. with fallers it is definitely a 60/40 for husky. i still haven't even met a guy who has ever ran a dolmar.

Now why would more fallers use Huskies when it take nine times as long to learn to fall with a Husky and based on the number of views you have to watch the Husky tutorial video twice?

Stihl video:

Husky video:


Ron

 

[sonny580]

I too use anything that starts easy and cuts trees!!! I have only 40 or so saws and most of them run. thanks; sonny580

 

[CR888]

I thought the 'Wild Thing' saws were popular amongst YouTube loggers. Wild thing..din-din-din...you make muh heart sing...you make everything groovy...

 

[Termite]

In rwoods post, the first video, could someone explain to me what that 18 inch top cut on the notch does for ya. It seems a little excessive to me.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Excessive from anything I ever used or seen used.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Now why would more fallers use Huskies when it take nine times as long to learn to fall with a Husky and based on the number of views you have to watch the Husky tutorial video twice?

Stihl video:

Husky video:


Ron

I didn't watch teh video (won't load on teh slow ass internet here at the shop) but what's the deal with that abortion of a notch?!

 

[rwoods]

Can't help. I haven't watched either video. I run old McCullochs and IIRC there are a couple of drawings in the owner's manual that tells you all you need to know about falling and bucking. Ron

 

[HarleyT]

 

[earlthegoat2]

In rwoods post, the first video, could someone explain to me what that 18 inch top cut on the notch does for ya. It seems a little excessive to me.

That notch method is used in both videos I believe.

The idea is the holding wood is left intact for a longer period of time during the fall of the tree. The idea is that there is more control with this type of notch as it does not break the hinge holding wood until the tree is very near the ground. The notch angle is much higher and usually around 70-90 degrees. This is called an open face notch.

With a traditional 45 degree notch the tree only falls about half way down before the holding wood breaks. During its decent the rest of the way down upper branches of the tree could potentially catch on other trees in the woods and alter its course unexpectedly and unpredictably and very fast.

If I remember correctly, the open face notch was first promoted somewhere in Europe.

Ive literally never seen a timber faller use this notch method but I see arborists/tree services use it here and there. I'm sure it would be prohibitively time consuming in big timber.

 

[birddogtg]

That notch method is used in both videos I believe.

The idea is the holding wood is left intact for a longer period of time during the fall of the tree. The idea is that there is more control with this type of notch as it does not break the holding wood until the tree is very near the ground.

Ive literally never seen a timber faller use this notch method but I see arborists/tree services use it here and there.

That top cut is worthless


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[r black]

everyone knows real loggers and fellers use PILTZ get yours here ....

 

[Ryan'smilling]

@earlthegoat2 nailed it. It's called an open faced notch. Pros and cons to it, just like everything else. Personally I really like it. It's fantastically easy to line up the two cuts that make up your hinge compared to a traditional or Humboldt cut, especially if those face cuts put the hinge half way into the tree like a lot of guys do. Not saying there's anything wrong with those methods, and the guys like Jack (hotsaws101) who can effortlessly match up a Humboldt have my complete respect. I learned the open faced notch and bore cut method about 5 years ago and it's been a game changer for me.

 

[rwoods]

Well, I watched most of both videos. As to the face cut, both used an open face - so it’s a tie on that point. But since the Husky guy says that a Husky is designed only to cut from the right side , I would have to declare Stihl the better saw for falling - being ambidextrous. Ron

 

[Cycledude]

I wonder how many pros actually use those marks on the saw to determine how to cut the notch ?

 

[1Alpha1]

That because they buy those stihls with our tax dollars and if they don’t spend it all they won’t get as much next year so they buy the most expensive

Well.....if I was a wild lands firefighter, I'd want the best chainsaw that money could buy.

I'm not seeing a problem.

 

[cgraham1]

Honestly there is a small percentage still using chainsaws to manually fell timber. Exceptions being a few small guys and places where timber is just too large for mechanized logging.

They also don't work too good on very steep and/or rugged terrain... and there is a lot of steep rugged terrain in the PNW.

My Grandpa was a logger in Northern Ca. in the 50's-70's and he only used Homelite. Not sure when Stihl and Husqvarna even showed up in these parts.