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    How much back lean can you overcome withe wedges?

    Western Red Cedar , Douglas fir/Balsam some hemlock and yellow cedar ( Cyprus) Is the wood they are falling . Typical day for westcoast b.c fallers.
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    Pick your lay , examin the lean , branch weight and asses any rot in tree , remember a tree can fall 3 ways with out out to much work, but some times trying to get it to fall the 4"th way can be a real **** show and ****in dangerous. Back cut first , shallow steep face . Set up with wedges(...
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    Where to buy equipment on Vancouver Island, BC?

    You talking like machines? Powersaw shops? For machines/equip try Ritchie brothers auction , and there is lots of stuff on usedvictoria.com usednanaimo.com etc. For powersaw/logging store Try Walker saw shop ( In Nanaimo , home of walkerizing) and Neisers saw shop in lake cowichan
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    husky 288 vs stihl 461 Please read.

    You prob could not ask for a better firewood saw then a 281/288 .. Tuff as all hell , lots of power and just a good damn saw to run.
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    British columbia felling job

    We would not even consider you with UK tickets...Sorry for that , not being a ****...Just like Arborist don't have a chance at carrying over to a coastal faller.. You will have to start of in the riggin , learn the basics , set some beads , drag some tommy's around learn how to rig on steep...
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    Fuel usage of a skidder.

    Northman has it figured out ..work smart , not hard!
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    Beaver Fever

    Hang a block run a strawline to it, hook on close to butt , get truck safe distance away and snap it clean off the stump.. once off the stump keep pulling until safely down on ground.
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    Husqvarna 288XP - Snellerized Style

    1 Turn low 1 1/4 High
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    Where Did the Term 'Dutchman' Originate?

    Dutchman , swanson , birds beak , kitten **** ..all typical logger lingo lol
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    Pine snag got my attention...

    When thinning your setting don't brush timber ...Figure out a lay and stay with it create a clean open lay ..much safer easier for yarding and you will be keeping to one of the biggest rules to timber falling...KEEP IT IN LEAD~! Be safe have fun 2 Clear , routes . Brush out all around tree...
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    Why do west coast loggers fell timber the way the do?

    Humboldts leave square buts , no need need to buck twice. Humboldts work for every occasion , from swinging a tree up hill (dutchman) to throwing a swanson to steer the butt , changing the angle of the under cut to create stump jump . We dont do 13 different cuts boring into every where...
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    Hammer ?

    Yup just like Gologit said , KnH are by far the industry standerd out here , as well as the odd yellow 12" Double tapper wedges . Just use the wedge for what its desighned for falling/bucking . Not Splitting wood and cedar rails lol youll go through alot if thats the case. And as mentioned...
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    Hammer ?

    Same thing as a westcoast faller , we run a Axe and Wedges (red heads) not Stihl wedges and husky oregon #### from the powersaw shop, we use axes wtf is a hammer good for! some short some long , some time even use hydraulic wedges.We call are selves fallers , not what the new eastcoast lingo is...
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    Falling pics

    Falling with 288's out there? Where bouts on the Island are ya
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    PNW wood question

    Same with Blasted Roads in a ROW , Timber can have all sorts of goodies blowen into the tree lol .. On the Big Old Doug fir , you normaly shave the Bark anyway (Some times up to 8" thick on OG) Allows you to have more bar into the tree , and easier to watch your cuts, as well as wedging.
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    Anybody sharpen their wedges???

    Out here is pretty spotty 2.
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    Anybody sharpen their wedges???

    As Mentioned in my original post , Im not trying to be Insulting are comming across as a ####### , I was just expressing my thoughts. Its just sometimes I think guys come into Falling/Felling a little "untrained" so instead of be able to learn the skill and gain confidence of there Ability they...
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    ceadar stumps

    They were doing that in the early 90's out here on vancouver island. They were falling the Cedar Flairs that the hand fallers left behinde (Spring board up past the flair for easier cut with a handsaw) some of these are well over 12FT across the stump and some travel about 20 ft up , Shake...
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    Falling pics 11/25/09

    Never "hammer" wedges into a snag , the shock going through the tree can send a top/limb down asap! and same go's for the Holding wood , when your driving those wedges home into a rotten core , that tree can and usually will break off the stump and go what ever direction it wants . Assesing...
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