Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Was warmer than I'd like for cutting, but I packed up the gear and headed out anyways.
Sure was nice though! I've been thinning our woods; lots of bent, curvy, crazy trees fighting for light. Makes the woods happy, and sure is convenient being in the back yard.
I do have to fight hang ups though. Most everything is limb-locked in one way or another. Sometimes I get lucky and have a clear fall line, but usually not Lately in situations where I'm predicting trouble, I've been doing narrow(er) humbolts to pop the hinge earlier and help the butt slide quicker which has helped somewhat; often times though I still get to carefully whittle down hang ups in 4-5ft sections. All felling cuts are done at comfortable level and then stumps are cut off near ground level. Saves me having to navigate around them later!
Also finally got to try something I've been meaning to for a while but never had good reason. This was a small pine which needed to go to make an easier fell for the oak behind it. It was a heavy back lean and I chose to cut the backcut first. As soon as I could, I slid in a wedge and then finished up to the hinge before cutting the face. A couple hits of the wedge and over it went in the intended direction. Certainly was a useful technique in this particular tree. (BTW, I know the face looks horrible. I was a bit nervous and preoccupied looking up to see how the tree was behaving)
Sure am liking my v2.0 log arch!
Vic was checking me out as I came out of the woods. He's a good boy, always keeping an eye on things.
My day was ended early with a shredded, dislocated hydro drive belt. I'm thinking a stick hazard in the woods... Oh well, at least all the trees are down and cut to log length so I can pull them out some night after work this week.
Every day spent in the woods is a good day!
Sure was nice though! I've been thinning our woods; lots of bent, curvy, crazy trees fighting for light. Makes the woods happy, and sure is convenient being in the back yard.
I do have to fight hang ups though. Most everything is limb-locked in one way or another. Sometimes I get lucky and have a clear fall line, but usually not Lately in situations where I'm predicting trouble, I've been doing narrow(er) humbolts to pop the hinge earlier and help the butt slide quicker which has helped somewhat; often times though I still get to carefully whittle down hang ups in 4-5ft sections. All felling cuts are done at comfortable level and then stumps are cut off near ground level. Saves me having to navigate around them later!
Also finally got to try something I've been meaning to for a while but never had good reason. This was a small pine which needed to go to make an easier fell for the oak behind it. It was a heavy back lean and I chose to cut the backcut first. As soon as I could, I slid in a wedge and then finished up to the hinge before cutting the face. A couple hits of the wedge and over it went in the intended direction. Certainly was a useful technique in this particular tree. (BTW, I know the face looks horrible. I was a bit nervous and preoccupied looking up to see how the tree was behaving)
Sure am liking my v2.0 log arch!
Vic was checking me out as I came out of the woods. He's a good boy, always keeping an eye on things.
My day was ended early with a shredded, dislocated hydro drive belt. I'm thinking a stick hazard in the woods... Oh well, at least all the trees are down and cut to log length so I can pull them out some night after work this week.
Every day spent in the woods is a good day!