Just from crawling through some of these threads, You guys have shown me the usefulness of thinking of a few things like bore cutting to finish a LOW risk barber chair situation.
Not familar with that species of tree, how the wood snaps or (dosen't?) bends or let alone cutting it under that sort of lean.
Looks like the notching stage is a fair chance for a an amateur of my grade, to get a an easy bar pinch.
Granted chain sharpness and cutting speed always are helpful for getting your saw out from under the as yet moving mass.
But the lack of knowing when and where to apply that rip snort is why I'm finally sticking my curious neck into one of these threads.
I figure it's a safe bet that most of you folks have fallen more trees on an average day, than i have in my life, to date.
Has been a little bit bit more of some messy, twisty storm downed or dozer pushed mess though, So even though a fellow sees the micro cracked bark and other signs of wood twist and bend loads, nothing like some saw time and a long ago tank repair from a 1" limb slap to drive the realities home.
Well after dose my wind, Anyone got the time to spend on telling a guy,
who'll probably never get to use whatever knowledge I might absorb,
what would have been the best way to get that Victor snap-trap down?
If it matters any, the notching is where I'm most curious.
You guys do often paint some pretty lucid descriptions in the Pro Faller sections.
With a few photos amongst various threads I can actually get a decent mental image of what's being discussed, more often than I had ever expected to.
But for the love of pete, when you put up link to some fine work
(especially the fire line stuff, geeze talk about a deadlines no reworks) can I please have a link to ones without music?
I want to hear what the saw is doing, how it's loaded Speed/time/lenght of cuts tells me much.
when the wood begins to creak and graom and snap.
might even hear a fiber pull squeak in there to help let me know when things are begining to happen.
Hope I haven't scarred you guys by lettin' ya'll know a city-idiot has caught a word or two
of the Faller Speak!
And Slowp's comments are often enlightening to a fellow if he's willing to listen.
Yeah I know She's got an Anti-fan club, But it still gives some broader perspective.
Take it for "know thine enemy" or just how get by some day to day operational procedures
and not get surprised and delayed as often.
Just sounds like as with many other work types to me though.
Even some the sacred marker paints banter has been enlightening.