Just a few pics

[Wood Cutter]

 

[chucker]

cool! 1st pic. looks like either blk. cherry or shag bark. the rest maple an oak...

 

[Ted Jenkins]

The snow has melted the wildlife has come to life, but there is smog in the distance. View attachment 572890 View attachment 572890

 

[Wood Cutter]

cool! 1st pic. looks like either blk. cherry or shag bark. the rest maple an oak...

Yep, shag bark in the first pic, and maple and oak in the other pics, theres also some cherry and black walnut not in the pics.

 

[bitzer]

You cutting for an outfit or firewood or what?

 

[Wood Cutter]

Nope, just for myself

 

[Wood Cutter]

As in i buy the stumpage and sell to the mills myself

 

[bitzer]

I'm on the other side of the state from you. Don't be afraid to cut that hinge up a little tighter. I see that red oak started to split. Gut the heart of the hinge to save fiber pull. Put a snipe opposite your face cut for extra relief. Just some friendly tips to keep full value in your logs.

 

[Wood Cutter]

im having to trim up the bottom few inches or foot to clean em up anyway so i wasnt to worried about it. Thanks for the tip tho!!! This one was leaning hard so i didnt wanna gut the heart

 

[Wood Cutter]

Where u located bitzer??

 

[bitzer]

The harder they lean the more the need to gut. That red oak looked like a nice log. I'm in the south east. I cut from fond u lac south to Illinois and west to Columbia county. I didn't realize you had walnut that far north. I really only run into it closer to Illinois or over towards Madison.

 

[Wood Cutter]

So you normally plunge into tge face and take the heart out then bore and set the hinge then take it out the back??

 

[Wood Cutter]

Ya we got a few walnuts around here, not many tho

 

[bitzer]

So you normally plunge into tge face and take the heart out then bore and set the hinge then take it out the back??

That's one way to do it. I gut the heart from the face and do a few different modified back cuts on hard Leaners. I hate bore cutting. It's a waste of time to me. I've found better ways with less risk of pinching your bar.

 

[woodfarmer]

Show us some bitzer, please

 

[Wood Cutter]

Show us some bitzer, please

Yes please, i do a lot of boring and would like a few different options

 

[Westboastfaller]

I don't beavertail (gut it from the undercut) unless there is a change the bar can't reach from both sides
The only other reasons I'll cut from the front is to cut through the low side and get what I can so I can reach from the back or top side. It may save from setting a springboard on steep hills 3.5 -ft- 6ft range with 3ft bar. Depends how solid it is... or isn't as well the lean, and where I stand to lean out with one _ _ _ _ and finish the low side. Other than that I will tickle a little out of the front if I left a bit too much and my wedges are deep and in the way.
Different styles anyway.

(Scenario/Scenarios)
Smaller tree in relatively flat ground you can set your back cut from the back or low side then set your low side hinge with your tip as you cut in from the side then bore through the holding wood where you want it to complete the low side post. Cut all you can or want then work your way back up to the top. Stop cutting closest to your safety trial side off the back. Follow the same cerf around if it all looks good (saw is cutting straight,, the set was level
..both angles and your undercut level) keep working down. Dog in cut, move down...repeat. Now bore through to set your strap and finish back cut and set your high side post.
You never have to flip your saw that way.

* if your back cut and undercut wasn't going to line up or you want to do it a different style then you can set again from high side.. tip down if you want. Just remember to finish the strap with your saw in the lower cerf or your saw bar will get caught in the butt as it goes over (On bigger Dia) the cuts may bypass each other as you want a narrow, deeper strap that runs front back direction
The straighter the "far edge" of the strip & your ability to narrow it fast and evenly, ,the less bypass and the less fiber pull.

 

[Gypo Logger]

With heavy leaners, I plunge out the heart thru the UC before plunging behind the hinge, then V shaped side cuts.
I prefer to make the final cut by sawing in and not out. Leaners fall very fast, so be prepared.
Someone mentioned Shagbark. I've only seen two before, but nevercut them down.
As a trivia question, does anyone know what shagbark was mainly used for?

 

[chucker]

does anyone know what shagbark was mainly used for? ?? wood products ??

 

[Wood Cutter]

Baseball bats??