Well said and I started out stump jumping. I didnt have nobody teach me how to cut timber. Really! My dad farms and cut his own timber on his own land when it needed it. That being said he just cut it anyway to get it on the ground. I fell into logging. I was a electrical teacher in a state penatraiary. My grandpa had a farm he bought in 1955 and had never cut a stick on it, bad wind storm took a bunch down and he tryed to get a local logger to cut it.Guy kept telling him ill be there and never came. So I talked my dad into helping me and lets cut it. So we did. Just the blow down to start with. I fell in love with logging. Then I got another feller wanted me to cut some for him and another and the rest is history. I've been logging full time now for bout five years. With that said I bought got killed serval times stump jumping big timber. So after being around the mill and other logger I came to learn bout hinge cutting, still nobody came to the woods and showed me how so I learned on my own and yes I do bore some and some I don't but I will say that hinge cutting is the safest and only way to cut timber period. Whether u straight back cut or bore amd leave a hinge. Some trees don't need it someI think do. Bar size is like vehicle prefrence everybody's got one. I like to run a bar long enough that if I do bore it goes all the way through and I'm not running around the tree fifty times but to each there own. However u cut the most important is u go home to ur family at the end of the day alive. Im still learning, but I'm still in love. Best thing I ever did as far as work is concerned is start logging I ain't rich and won't never be but I start my day everyday looking forward to going to work
