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How strong of wind before you stop felling trees?
Al
Al
How strong of wind before you stop felling trees?
Al
Really depends on the tree and whether or not there is a pronounced lean, or it is dead or if it has a lot of widowmakers hung up in it or nearby.
Lot of widowmakers..nice time to go work in the shop or cut on the ground. Steady wind going my way on a big tree that is intact, I'll cut. Weird windy day where it keeps changing direction with gusts, etc..ground work.
You get a tee rocking back and forth, you'll pinch trying to get a good face cut, not worth it, or the reverse, starting on your back cut that sucker could go 180 on you and you get smashed..not worth it.
I'll fell in any wind, as long as the direction is to my advantage... depth of face-cut is the key.
The biggest danger when felling in strong wind is a "barber-chair" event. Now, I'm talking about felling in the same direction the wind is blowing, and out here on the plains 25-35 MPH winds with gusts to 50 are not all that uncommon... we had three straight days of 30+ MPH winds last week. I've experienced a "barber-chair" twice, once in strong wind, the other from a hard leaner... both extremely scary experiences. An old farmer/woodcutter told me to use a shallow face-cut, like 1/4 diameter or a bit less, and then cut a small chunk from each side to reduce the width of the hinge (sort'a like making a small face-cut on each side of the face-cut). Seems to work, never had anything close to a "barber-chair" since... works in the wind, with hard leaners or trees with tension on them.
Depends,
If you have worked all summer with hardly a free day, and it feels right you just turn around and head back in and tell them " ohh there was limbs blowin out and hitten the windshield and I think I seen a couple of tops come down, looked like it was starting to pick up so we got out of there while the gettin was good"
But then if its spring time and you havent worked all winter it might actually be those conditions when you are leaving the crummy.
Have you heard Craig and Terrys I think its Gonna Blow.
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