Limiting yourself to just one fuel jug is really gambling. And ten liters sure isn't much for a full day in big timber. There are spills, punctures, and the very real possibility of needing more fuel than you've brought. Every faller I've worked with is careful to have enough fuel, in enough containers, to ensure that if something unplanned happens he'll be able to finish his day. I've never heard of intentionally limiting the availability of your fuel.
LOL...If you can build a faller's saw that will run hard for a faller's day on just 10 liters of fuel you might be on to something.
I'd be curious to know why a guy would limit himself on fuel. Is it a BC thing ?
I thought Simon was clear on this, it doesn't matter if its conventional or heli as we do have our spare saws and extra gas on the road of our falling quarter or heli pad in wc falling.
Sure you can get around it sometimes, like if the hill slops up from the road on conventional falling as you are starting by your cash and day end you will leave you saw on your falling face so the next day you haven an extra hand to carry ..problem solved in a perfect world. Even if the hill sloped the over way then we would start from the back of 'your' quarter. working from the low side to the high but keeping the high side safe.
If your saw burns too much then that first day and any day you have to pack your saw out for evening repair then your f* again
you will have to make two trips those days also.
again not the worsed case senirio as you not walking over your F & B (fall & buck) as well you would be on a safety trail you cut in but that still doesn't mean you aren't maneuvering around cliffs? Its all time and we are mainly competitive with each other to an extent. we work 6 1/2hours a day as thats all a production faller is allowed with a half hour lunch but I have rarely meet a faller that stops more than 10 Minutes, So 10 minute break in 7 hours.
Ok heli can be a total different animal, steeper which means more cliffs, sometimes we are just following the vains of merchantable timber vs heli cost (retention) heli = steep , packing in can be the hardest part of the job for some and you can be walking through a few other fallersF & B. You can spit down the hill and it could take you 10 minutes to get there (NOT exaggerating). Its just absolutely complete decimation.
As far as loosing, puncturing, burying your fuel? This is a high level of abillity job and is mentally exhausting you brain can not shut down for a split second and this is the reason he work 6 1/2 on the saw as physically demanding as it is, physical fatigue is not the reason. Complacency=death
A trainee wouldn't make the cut. (no pun intened) oooorr was it lol
As far as guys talking about every day saws that beat his saw in a 18" round? Thats not what his saw was built for.
my walkerized 357 may or may not beat his simonized 372 through a 6" or maybe 8" of wood but I would get laughed of the hill if I showed up with that 'fisher price' saw on the coast...lol
Basically there about burying a 36" bar and ....yeah
If the wood isn't there then you don't need that saw.
my point you can't compare certain saws in little wood
and form an opinion...its subjective
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