Falling pics 11/25/09
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treeslayer2003
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Here's pictures of where the trees were. I'm standing on my walkway looking at the one and the other is from the corner of the house.
now the real work begins. I see you have a qualified helper.
pumpkin carving
Hemlock 38" at the wide part, lightning struck so the top was dead still got 2 nice logs out of it, that would be the new used 066.
Hemlock 38" at the wide part, lightning struck so the top was dead still got 2 nice logs out of it, that would be the new used 066.
treeslayer2003
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good work there friend. ya in some nice timber now then?
tomorrow should be the last day on this bit of dirt... and what do ya know the neighbor decided to show up... got another 2-3 loads (not counting the 2-3 from today and yesterday) before the missus needs to find somewhere else to play... when ya say it like that... thats a whole bunch of wood for a part time gyppo!:msp_w00t:
treeslayer2003
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that the way it works. do a good job n pay as agreed, the neibors come to you. I finished my pretty wood yesterday. gonna go kill pine for a while, I got some biguns for this fall.
It seems like I just keep stumbling along and landing in more and more work... not complaining, would dearly love to go full time, but for now that safety net of a day job sure is nice when things go T.U.
This is the neighbor with them big ugly Doug Firs, could be this time next week I'll need to get a proper video camera, and get really stew bid...
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This is the neighbor with them big ugly Doug Firs, could be this time next week I'll need to get a proper video camera, and get really stew bid...
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HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Humboldt with a Dutch pulling it right?
nope just poor aim on lining up my slope cut... first side was a little high second was a little low, ended up with sort of modified block face.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
I, 100% of the time, wind up with some sort of "modified" face. Yours looks better
Bandit Man
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I'm just doing my part for "sustainable" forestry on my land. Don't worry, I gave em a big hug first!
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Only time I hug em is if my spurs kick out.....or the flip line gets cut............which yes I have done lol:redface:
hammerlogging
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by frame 2 I'd suggest a step or two in the out of frame direction. frame one looks good though, cutting with confidence.
Not "my" project, but something I am involved in
We're calibrating the growth model in our inventory software to match how trees actually grow on our property. What's that look like? Glad you asked:
If that looks vaguely familiar, it's because it's what tree models ALWAYS look like:
So, I managed to screw one up pretty good. Tree was a DF about 18" DBH in an overstocked stand. Had limb weight in one direction, and a bit of belly in another. I read it wrong, believing that the limb weight would over-rule the belly. This is where I thought it would go (D. in the corner there is the guy working on the calubration full-time):
This is where I ended up putting it, 120 or so degrees away:
And, here's the rest of the story:
See that dark band on the stump and the log? That's a stain from my bar from when the tree sat back on me and spat out the wedge I was palming in. The 260 in the pic is a Red Herring; D. was using it elsewhere and brought it with him when I called him over to give me a hand. See also how I cut out the hinge from the face? I did that after removing the powerhead from the stuck bar in an attempt to weaken it enough to go over in the direction of the belly. That didn't work either. See how there's more pulling wood on the right, and less on the left? That's because I severed the far (off) side from the face to get it over. The pulling wood is what drew it to the right and away from the road.
After much consideration, I think what I should have done is to put a siswheel in on the right side and hoped it would hold on long enough to swing back around where I wanted it. The top moved about 5 feet when it sat back, though, so I was afraid it had lost all momentum which is why I didn't try that. Lesson learned: belly can overrule limb weight if it's heavy enough, even if it's down low and doesn't look like it can account for much leverage.
Sam, that's pretty neat. I am a believer in synthetics already because they dry so fast. Not a fan of long sleeves, though... BUUUUT... less bug bites? Hrmm. This bears consideration.
We're calibrating the growth model in our inventory software to match how trees actually grow on our property. What's that look like? Glad you asked:
If that looks vaguely familiar, it's because it's what tree models ALWAYS look like:
So, I managed to screw one up pretty good. Tree was a DF about 18" DBH in an overstocked stand. Had limb weight in one direction, and a bit of belly in another. I read it wrong, believing that the limb weight would over-rule the belly. This is where I thought it would go (D. in the corner there is the guy working on the calubration full-time):
This is where I ended up putting it, 120 or so degrees away:
And, here's the rest of the story:
See that dark band on the stump and the log? That's a stain from my bar from when the tree sat back on me and spat out the wedge I was palming in. The 260 in the pic is a Red Herring; D. was using it elsewhere and brought it with him when I called him over to give me a hand. See also how I cut out the hinge from the face? I did that after removing the powerhead from the stuck bar in an attempt to weaken it enough to go over in the direction of the belly. That didn't work either. See how there's more pulling wood on the right, and less on the left? That's because I severed the far (off) side from the face to get it over. The pulling wood is what drew it to the right and away from the road.
After much consideration, I think what I should have done is to put a siswheel in on the right side and hoped it would hold on long enough to swing back around where I wanted it. The top moved about 5 feet when it sat back, though, so I was afraid it had lost all momentum which is why I didn't try that. Lesson learned: belly can overrule limb weight if it's heavy enough, even if it's down low and doesn't look like it can account for much leverage.
Sam, that's pretty neat. I am a believer in synthetics already because they dry so fast. Not a fan of long sleeves, though... BUUUUT... less bug bites? Hrmm. This bears consideration.
Bandit Man
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By frame two, sometimes I'm already 50 feet away! LOL! In this case I had a solid canopy with no contact during decent, and hard to tell from the picture angle, but this red oak disappeared from view as it fell down the holller, landing ever so softly by the branch. Four logs taken, and about five rick off the top.
roberte
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I'd like for somebody, anybody, to post a video making falling look harder than I make it look. This ain't the one. That stump looks great, all the fiber pull was from the stump, and unlike some your back cut was not on a 30 degree slopp. I will say bigger boys make it look smoother and faster, and the smaller boys (me) make it look much harder.
I vote "good on ya mate!"
i thought the stump was a little high :msp_scared::censored::jester:
roberte
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were are these vids? links?
roberte
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Mike made a good looking stump ,lot nicer than most i see in clear cuts around here ,and tree went where he wanted ,mission accomplished
yeah, i drove thru a couple clear cuts the other day, i was thinking, ok this is acceptable huhh. and yes i was thinking and it did no good
