coastalfaller
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Here's one for the springboard forum
Here's one taken last week, not a bad sized stick!View attachment 186920
Here's one taken last week, not a bad sized stick!View attachment 186920
Falling pics 11/25/09
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Sport Faller
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whoa, that's sweet
forestryworks
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How much defect was in that thing?
coastalfaller
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Sound as a nut!! $$$$ lol
forestryworks
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Hell yeah!
Sweet tree, but your saw is pointed the wrong direction! Must have been a double?
coastalfaller
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Here's your picture coastal.
thank you sir!
coastalfaller
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Haha! you got 'er! They were each just under 7ft across the but.
nw axe man
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Great picture. Keep them coming. We all appreciate the essence of yesteryears industry in the big woods. Every time I see a nice picture like this I'm reminded of how fortunate I am to have been able to experience the joy of working in timber like that. There's no occupation that I could do that would bring back that feeling of pride of doing a job well in such a demanding business. Keep it up.
ChrisF
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Well this is awkward. Felled a relatively decent poplar a couple of days ago and wanted to post a pic, but uh... it feels miniscule now next to that absolutely badass pic coastal posted!
Anyway, here it is anyway. (First poplar I've ever felled btw, and noticed it needed a thicker hinge than I'm used to from other threes.)
Anyway, here it is anyway. (First poplar I've ever felled btw, and noticed it needed a thicker hinge than I'm used to from other threes.)
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Awesome pic Coastal, that is some badass stuff! Looks like fun.
Nice pic too though Chris! I know what you mean about trying to follow those kind of pics.
Nice pic too though Chris! I know what you mean about trying to follow those kind of pics.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
Killer Cedar CF, love the board action.
Not to worry Chris, you get to cut whatever is around, there are few tree snobs here.
Not to worry Chris, you get to cut whatever is around, there are few tree snobs here.
Yup.
coastalfaller
ArboristSite Operative
Well this is awkward. Felled a relatively decent poplar a couple of days ago and wanted to post a pic, but uh... it feels miniscule now next to that absolutely badass pic coastal posted!
Anyway, here it is anyway. (First poplar I've ever felled btw, and noticed it needed a thicker hinge than I'm used to from other threes.)
Like what they said, Chris! No worries, most of us here just love falling timber, no matter how big or small or how nice or nasty! Please post away! And how NW Axeman put it, it's more than just a job.
dave k
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Thanks Chris and Coastal for the pics and like the others said felling is felling as long as it's working timber thats the best bit.
The estate where I'm working at the moment is clearfelling a small parcel of Spruce so I wandered down to them yesterday to have a look at my pals newest machines, the aircon cabs did look good !
The estate where I'm working at the moment is clearfelling a small parcel of Spruce so I wandered down to them yesterday to have a look at my pals newest machines, the aircon cabs did look good !
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Small thinning job long overdue. Orders: take every other one while minimizing damage to future stand of hardwood. I said, "I don't know that I'll be able to take every other. Maybe every two, but I'll give er."
Heres the layout, some damn fool planted these Mac-Pines a little tight. my axe handle is about 20". Also most are southbound leaning and limb weighted, but are headed north. Grape vines and limb-lock galore. My wedges were "re-conditioned" daily.
I edited the crap out of these so as not to bore you guys too much.
I could not get this tree to lift. I pounded a double stack for a while and would make progess on one wedge while the other spit out. Very sappy. I thought about throwin some chips on them, but jackin seemed an easier option. All of the limb weight and lean was opposite the lay. The one on the right had its hinge cut up to roll off the stump. The two I have cut and the next one over to the right had vines all over them. I cut up what I could, but man what a pita! BTW I cut highways for my escape routes on this job!
[video=youtube;zhv3O0HDzUU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhv3O0HDzUU[/video]
The best laid plans.... What a little limb-lock and a slight breeze can do. I knew it was going to be tight between the crowns of nearby trees, but I thought I could swing er through. It was going, but a little brushing of limbs killed it. I brought this one around about 150 degrees. I was shootin for more like 180. The last bit of cutting was wishful thinking on my part I think, hoping I had more wood to cut when I saw the way it was going. Looking at it now I could have used a deeper face and more holding wood on my side. Learning, learning, always learning. And testing. The lay actually worked out for skidding, but I toasted some little maples I wanted to save. If I was making money out of this wood I would have played it safe and jacked it. It would help if I was out there everyday grinding it out.
[video=youtube;miOutvAw38g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOutvAw38g[/video]
If any of you regulars see anything I could improve on please let me know! Seriously! I take criticism well. I've never cut with anyone who really knows what the hell they are doing. It's all experience and what I've picked up from the regulars on here. Thanks. BTW I know I need corks! These are the slipperiest stems I have ever walked. Yeah I know this is good ground and its only part of one tree, but if you guys see anything let me know! Thanks!
[video=youtube;_tNMgcK6Vng]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tNMgcK6Vng[/video]
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Heres the layout, some damn fool planted these Mac-Pines a little tight. my axe handle is about 20". Also most are southbound leaning and limb weighted, but are headed north. Grape vines and limb-lock galore. My wedges were "re-conditioned" daily.
I edited the crap out of these so as not to bore you guys too much.
I could not get this tree to lift. I pounded a double stack for a while and would make progess on one wedge while the other spit out. Very sappy. I thought about throwin some chips on them, but jackin seemed an easier option. All of the limb weight and lean was opposite the lay. The one on the right had its hinge cut up to roll off the stump. The two I have cut and the next one over to the right had vines all over them. I cut up what I could, but man what a pita! BTW I cut highways for my escape routes on this job!
[video=youtube;zhv3O0HDzUU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhv3O0HDzUU[/video]
The best laid plans.... What a little limb-lock and a slight breeze can do. I knew it was going to be tight between the crowns of nearby trees, but I thought I could swing er through. It was going, but a little brushing of limbs killed it. I brought this one around about 150 degrees. I was shootin for more like 180. The last bit of cutting was wishful thinking on my part I think, hoping I had more wood to cut when I saw the way it was going. Looking at it now I could have used a deeper face and more holding wood on my side. Learning, learning, always learning. And testing. The lay actually worked out for skidding, but I toasted some little maples I wanted to save. If I was making money out of this wood I would have played it safe and jacked it. It would help if I was out there everyday grinding it out.
[video=youtube;miOutvAw38g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOutvAw38g[/video]
If any of you regulars see anything I could improve on please let me know! Seriously! I take criticism well. I've never cut with anyone who really knows what the hell they are doing. It's all experience and what I've picked up from the regulars on here. Thanks. BTW I know I need corks! These are the slipperiest stems I have ever walked. Yeah I know this is good ground and its only part of one tree, but if you guys see anything let me know! Thanks!
[video=youtube;_tNMgcK6Vng]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tNMgcK6Vng[/video]
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Samlock
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Nice set of pics & vids, Bitzer! Some ugly looking pines you got there. I'm surprised to hear you are an autodidact! That makes me to appreciate your performance even more.
If you start to get problems with your back some of these days, I suggest you start limbing by the side of the stem, not walking on it. I mean, that way you don't have to bend your back and you can lay the weight of the saw both on the stem and on your feet instead of the backbone. I admit, it's PITA to stumble on the ground.
I need to try that soft face some of these days.
Sam
If you start to get problems with your back some of these days, I suggest you start limbing by the side of the stem, not walking on it. I mean, that way you don't have to bend your back and you can lay the weight of the saw both on the stem and on your feet instead of the backbone. I admit, it's PITA to stumble on the ground.
I need to try that soft face some of these days.
Sam
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