brncreeper
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Now that's what I call action shots!
Hmmm, and we're complaining because it suddenly went to 27F (just the frost, back to 45 by noon)... two days in a row! Real early for here, and so suddden! Nice though... sunny days.. but back to rain tommorw and for the next week.
I lived in Montana .. now that's a cold place... -40 (C or F - doesn't really matter) is a problem for everthing..,
Missed him... just.... Note the discarded husky...
Roder takes a short break to contemplate... Crap happens to the best now and then...
Sort of off topic, but when and where did you live in Montana Andy?
Now on topic: When I have a 'hanger', I back bar from under the lean... I've never tried that salami slice technique.
Sort of off topic, but when and where did you live in Montana Andy?
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+1....I put a relief cut on the top and take 90% from underneath. Tree opens up and falls in front of you rather than the tree sliding over the top and on to you....and your saw falls free.
+1....I put a relief cut on the top and take 90% from underneath. Tree opens up and falls in front of you rather than the tree sliding over the top and on to you....and your saw falls free.
Bozeman... 1981 to 1989. Chased a woman there, caught her..
That pretty much what I did.. I think... and although it doesn't show it, Rb's is similar. The "bad" situation was not how the other cuts happened.. was more a result of having to fuss with it. I'll let him explain - he has a zillion more trees experience than me. I believe this tree was also being pulled with a GRCS.... to stop it going over the fence and to help it stand up. The original thread has more info, but I can't find it.
Yup, exactly. I find it to be a 'safer', more predictable technique... You just have to have all your senses at 150%, just in case the tree does something you didn't calculate for. Let's say the tree is sitting 30* off vertical... You make your cut 30* off horizontal--the tree kicks off the butt, in the direction of the lean... Now your tree is sitting at, lets say, 10* off vertical (or it broke loose and finished falling). I don't think you can achieve this with an angle near 90* in relation to the tree.
Nice diagram...wish I were as computer savy!
In my case they get more angled 'cos I can't reach high enough to made a nice 90
Bozeman... 1981 to 1989. Chased a woman there, caught her..
So your wife's a Montuckian!? Cool!
If I remember right (so many trees ago), it was expected to let go with the horizontal cut, but it didn't, so then the slash cut and wedge to stabilize it while cutting.
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