Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
Yes, my post actually is only referring to actual fallers when I say loggers as well.
i see your from GA. you must be confusing fallers with sapling tippers lol
Yes, my post actually is only referring to actual fallers when I say loggers as well.
i see your from GA. you must be confusing fallers with sapling tippers lol
That because they buy those stihls with our tax dollars and if they don’t spend it all they won’t get as much next year so they buy the most expensiveA little off topic maybe, but my grand-daughter's husband is a wild lands firefighter.
He say they use nothing but Stihl. He says the 461 is a staple.
i separate loggers and fallers. loggers still seem to be more like a 60/40 for stihl here but no one gets to choose their brand on those crews and the higher ups might not even know stihl went for **** lol. with fallers it is definitely a 60/40 for husky. i still haven't even met a guy who has ever ran a dolmar.
Now why would more fallers use Huskies when it take nine times as long to learn to fall with a Husky and based on the number of views you have to watch the Husky tutorial video twice?
Stihl video:
Husky video:
Ron
In rwoods post, the first video, could someone explain to me what that 18 inch top cut on the notch does for ya. It seems a little excessive to me.
That notch method is used in both videos I believe.
The idea is the holding wood is left intact for a longer period of time during the fall of the tree. The idea is that there is more control with this type of notch as it does not break the holding wood until the tree is very near the ground.
Ive literally never seen a timber faller use this notch method but I see arborists/tree services use it here and there.
That because they buy those stihls with our tax dollars and if they don’t spend it all they won’t get as much next year so they buy the most expensive
They also don't work too good on very steep and/or rugged terrain... and there is a lot of steep rugged terrain in the PNW.Honestly there is a small percentage still using chainsaws to manually fell timber. Exceptions being a few small guys and places where timber is just too large for mechanized logging.
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