Falling pics 11/25/09

[Rounder]

Cool pics Sam! Man you boys are cut'n Pondy a lot down there.

Those little pine beetles are keeping us busy lately.

 

[slowp]

Gotta have feet wide like a duck long like a ski to wrap over the bed rails. The tough part about having a mobile spring board is coordinating with the operator of the springboard. You can get dumped pretty quick.

I would assume the feet are spikeless?

Hmmmm. Magnets might be handy for that.

 

[Metals406]

Those little pine beetles are keeping us busy lately.

Them little buggers are sure good at what they do. If we don't watch out and be proactive, we'll end up having 4 million acres dead like Colorado. :taped:

 

[bitzer]

Hey nice Pics Sam and NW Axe!

Sam I know the hardware all too well.

Heres one falling in reverse from yesterday. Had a buddy call me over the weekend that needed some stumps put back. They were obstructing his hunting views. All of them were Cedar. This had the biggest ball. I apologize for the terrible quality. I had actually taken a video of it, but when I walked back to the camera it had been knocked over and shut off. Kinda pist me off (and still does). I really wanted to see this one. A big puddle had formed in behind it and probably made a hell of a splash.

For some reason I had taken a still with the crappy video camera just to see what it looked like. I think I jinxed myself. My saw work was just about text book. Dogged into the top and swung down towards me cutting out the entire far half, pulled out and underbucked the near bottom quarter with a little reamin and then tripped the near top quarter WOT at arms lengths with the kerf a little offset to the stem so the stump didn't grab the saw. Good fun. I'm ready for a hundred more. The ball was probably 8 foot high and maybe 20 foot wide. Pretty good size for these parts.

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[nw axe man]

Hey nice Pics Sam and NW Axe!

Sam I know the hardware all too well.

Heres one falling in reverse from yesterday. Had a buddy call me over the weekend that needed some stumps put back. They were obstructing his hunting views. All of them were Cedar. This had the biggest ball. I apologize for the terrible quality. I had actually taken a video of it, but when I walked back to the camera it had been knocked over and shut off. Kinda pist me off (and still does). I really wanted to see this one. A big puddle had formed in behind it and probably made a hell of a splash.

For some reason I had taken a still with the crappy video camera just to see what it looked like. I think I jinxed myself. My saw work was just about text book. Dogged into the top and swung down towards me cutting out the entire far half, pulled out and underbucked the near bottom quarter with a little reamin and then tripped the near top quarter WOT at arms lengths with the kerf a little offset to the stem so the stump didn't grab the saw. Good fun. I'm ready for a hundred more. The ball was probably 8 foot high and maybe 20 foot wide. Pretty good size for these parts.

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Reminds me of the guy on the peninsula that bucked a nice fir off the root wad. I guess it was about time for lunch so he sat down and leaned up against the underside of the root wad to eat. They hunted for him for quite a while till they found him stuffed under the root wad over his lunch pail. Got to pay attention even after they've been cut off for a while.
Nice job on the windfall. Keep it up and be safe.

 

[forestryworks]

bitzer, that tree ain't gonna wear your hard hat for you. Put it on your head

 

[Rounder]

"Hey nice Pics Sam and NW Axe!

Sam I know the hardware all too well. "

This residential stuff is new to me....I'm not sure I like it, lol. I'd much prefer to be 1,000 feet below the road in the middle of nowhere, a long ways behind a gate. Whatever it takes to stay busy though in this day and age- Sam

 

[coastalfaller]

Reminds me of the guy on the peninsula that bucked a nice fir off the root wad. I guess it was about time for lunch so he sat down and leaned up against the underside of the root wad to eat. They hunted for him for quite a while till they found him stuffed under the root wad over his lunch pail. Got to pay attention even after they've been cut off for a while.
Nice job on the windfall. Keep it up and be safe.

Heard of a similar one where they had to use dogs to find the guy. He had seemingly just disappeared, except his saw, axe and wedge belt were at his last tree.

 

[RandyMac]

I hear root wads are good for hiding bodies.

 

[Gologit]

"Hey nice Pics Sam and NW Axe!

Sam I know the hardware all too well. "

This residential stuff is new to me....I'm not sure I like it, lol. I'd much prefer to be 1,000 feet below the road in the middle of nowhere, a long ways behind a gate. Whatever it takes to stay busy though in this day and age- Sam

Yup. I do a little residential stuff in the winter...as little as possible. Being in the woods is better. No civilians.

But you're right...sometimes you have to make a payday.

 

[bitzer]

NWAxe- Thanks! So the guy cut the stem loose and then sat on the back side of the ball? I wouldn't go near the thing if it didn't move.

Forestry- I have not adjusted to the tropical heat wave we've been having (broke 50 degrees that day). I had a pretty good sweat goin stumblin around that swamp. I was built for higher altitiudes and colder temps. The hat on the ground in the after-shot was because I threw it axe-men style with a string of explitives! Just kiddin, it takes quit a bit to get me riled up.

Some damn fool nailed some barb-wire hangers on this tree at one time. I snapped them off prior to cutting, but it still made me a little leary with a near-new chain. I've toasted many a new chain on nails, screws, barb wire, bullets, etc. It never fails when working in farm country or in the city. I cut full on into a dog chain once that was completely buried in a willow. It tore several teeth off the chain. I agree, I'd rather be far from the sound of passing cars. I'm making more money where the neighbors peak out of their windows though.

 

[Samlock]

Breaking in a new saw

The local toy shop made me an offer I couldn't refuse. The first trees dropped with a brand new Arctic 460. And the first video I've ever edited.

[video=youtube;G-0wGKgPbG4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-0wGKgPbG4[/video]

 

[bitzer]

Nice work man! Can you see any movement of the top when you crank on the jack before you cut? Just interesting to me to see how its done elsewhere. Its great seeing a guy from Europe using more than a 2" bar. Now you need one just a touch longer to walk the stem while your limbing. Your cutting partners will think you're nuts, but you'll be laughin when you're not tripping on limbs on the ground!

 

[ChrisF]

Nice work, Sam! Grats on the new saw.

 

[Samlock]

Thanks, Chris. I have some serious doubts about the Arctic Stihl. We tested it years ago here in Finland before it came to the market. At the time it wasn't too good in winter. It simply froze up stiff. But again, they came out with a bargain I had to take.

Nice work man! Can you see any movement of the top when you crank on the jack before you cut? Just interesting to me to see how its done elsewhere. Its great seeing a guy from Europe using more than a 2" bar. Now you need one just a touch longer to walk the stem while your limbing. Your cutting partners will think you're nuts, but you'll be laughin when you're not tripping on limbs on the ground!

Bitzer, yes, I cranked on until I saw the top move. You can do that trick with the birch (not frozen), the holding wood takes a good deal of pressure.

Haha, they actually wanted to sell the saw to me with a 30'' bar. With that I could have limbed sitting on the horseback, eh? I chose to take 20'', that's what I usually use on the residential jobs. Unfortunately 460 is very nose-balanced. It's a pity, because the engine cries for a 25'' bar.

 

[RandyMac]

Good job Sam. :msp_thumbup:

 

[bitzer]

Thanks, Chris. I have some serious doubts about the Arctic Stihl. We tested it years ago here in Finland before it came to the market. At the time it wasn't too good in winter. It simply froze up stiff. But again, they came out with a bargain I had to take.



Bitzer, yes, I cranked on until I saw the top move. You can do that trick with the birch (not frozen), the holding wood takes a good deal of pressure.

Haha, they actually wanted to sell the saw to me with a 30'' bar. With that I could have limbed sitting on the horseback, eh? I chose to take 20'', that's what I usually use on the residential jobs. Unfortunately 460 is very nose-balanced. It's a pity, because the engine cries for a 25'' bar.

Yeah I'd run at least a 25-28" on it, but you know what you like! Again nice work!

 

[nw axe man]

The local toy shop made me an offer I couldn't refuse. The first trees dropped with a brand new Arctic 460. And the first video I've ever edited.

[video=youtube;G-0wGKgPbG4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-0wGKgPbG4[/video]

Nice job, Sam.
I've never seen one of those "jacks" used before. Pretty slick. Was that a birch? If it is I didn't know that they grew so straight and tall. We have them up in the northern part of Washington state but they don't look like that.
Was the tree you were bucking a hemlock, spruce, what?

 

[Samlock]

Nice job, Sam.
I've never seen one of those "jacks" used before. Pretty slick. Was that a birch? If it is I didn't know that they grew so straight and tall. We have them up in the northern part of Washington state but they don't look like that.
Was the tree you were bucking a hemlock, spruce, what?

Our woods are the western point of the huge taiga belt. Birches grow pretty well in taiga. But you don't have to travel any further than 700 kilometers south, as soon as you begin to see oaks and beeches, birches become curved and short. I guess it has something to do with the light. I have asked this question people in the local university, but they haven't given me any straight answer.

The timber I was bucking was indeed Norwegian spruce. Hemlocks here are planted as decorative trees and they don't grow very well. There was some nice spruces on that backyard, but I didn't catch them falling on the video.

 

[ChrisF]

The birches I get to play with in this part of Norway are twisted, sorry-ass creatures, they seem to grow around everything else, and I can count on one hand how many nice, straight birches I've felled over the last year and a half.

(Saw looks great, Sam, one of the best looking Stihls. Easily.)