Tree Job From Hell

Tim_B. said:

Also, I'm wondering what all of the veteran timber fallers thought about the way that last big cut was performed. After all of the care that was demonstrated prior to this, by taking small pieces in a really patient, deliberate manner, I was surprised to see them trying to cut such a huge piece all at once. I guess I feared that the big piece might take a slight roll as it was coming off. It seemed like the guy making the final cut was in harm's way if something went amiss.

That's just my lack of education in this area talking.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Tim

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pantheraba said:

Good point on the chimney...probably should have reinforced it sooner. L's is a good idea, too...you're just full of it...er...them.

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MasterBlaster said:

I've hinged logs down like that, no biggie. I'd want to put stuff in the LZ to make slicing and dicing the log easier, though,

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gf beranek said:

Oh, they could sharpen their saws better, too. Hearing a dull saw work just irks me to no end.

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Tim_B. said:

Also, I'm wondering what all of the veteran timber fallers thought about the way that last big cut was performed. After all of the care that was demonstrated prior to this, by taking small pieces in a really patient, deliberate manner, I was surprised to see them trying to cut such a huge piece all at once. I guess I feared that the big piece might take a slight roll as it was coming off. It seemed like the guy making the final cut was in harm's way if something went amiss.

That's just my lack of education in this area talking.

Thanks in advance for any responses.

Tim

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stig said:

It was a good way to cut it for the situation, since the last fibers that broke held it in place.

I would never do it that way on valuable timber, since you rip a chunk out of the log.

Also, if possible, I prefer to stand on the other side of the log for that last cut.
Puts you a bit more out of the line of getting squashed if it rolls or jumps towards you.

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that last cut, a back cut without having a face cut, will bring the log down more slowly then a hinge.

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Altissimus said:

Sound of a dull saw , screaming away without results also operator cursing. When a sharp saw engages wood the revs drop.

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SouthSoundTree- said:

that last cut, a back cut without having a face cut, will bring the log down more slowly then a hinge. It doesn't have the control. The strap of holding wood can also help suspend the butt.

I call those logs placed on the ground to suspend the spread, "bunk logs" for some reason. I picked up the term from a older guy. Maybe logging lingo.

If there is room enough, with a grapple machine, you can move larger piles of brush into and out of the landing zone, as needed for a crash pad. Then, pick up the piles and move to the chipper or to a grapple truck. If you need to buck a big log, its well away from hitting the dirt/ gravel/asphalt when felled, which can embed in the bark, or much worse, a big log creating is own crater.

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SouthSoundTree- said:

I thought it was a suicide back cut, which when used appropriately is a misnomer like European Death Knot.

In any case, if just cutting tension wood, cut the sides like shallow coos bay side cuts, put in a sloping back cut, slightly "upward" if it wants to slab you have a better chance to avoid binding, and continue to cut past the effective hinge point.

A thick hinge sometimes works fine to slow it down, but less likely to hold resistance once moving, it seems to me.

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