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TreeHouser
Some nice big hardwood being knocked down lately.
Tree felling vids
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sotc
Dormant hero!!
Least you had a decent saw Chris :p
Burnham
Woods walker
Man oh man, this path has been worn down to bedrock, eh?
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CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
That's not a thicket actually. It's a bit of thorns by mostly the tops of small downed trees that we laid down. It's a fence line of a farm. The pipelines we are cutting sometimes run across farm fields and any trees over 48" tall get the axe.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Fellas, by the way, I did not cut that tree down. That's a local logger you see there that I'm in on this project with. I should have clarified it wasn't a glory shot of me.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Weak, you shoulda elbowed him outta the way
SouthSoundTree-
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No diss. I have a maul for pounding. I am surprised a bit is all. Great story. Do you carry that while felling in the woods?
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August Hunicke
TreeHouser
Hahahahaha, "Rioting" that hit the funny bone too!!
Hahahahaha, that's a funny picture. Just pictured Willie and Jerry, and a hundred other red flannels, throwing Molotov cocktails and tipping over cars.
Hahahahaha. . . Sigh, . .this has all been worth my naive offenses.
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August Hunicke
TreeHouser
Man oh man, this path has been worn down to bedrock, eh?
Whoops, didn't know, honestly thought I was on to something. : )
Which makes it somehow funnier to me, ha.
The German guy cutting the weird face cut re-triggered it for me. You have to admit, he would have been better off if he were able to stay on the high side, via . . . another saw in the truck with a bit longer bar on it (not trying to hit the dead pony again.)
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It is no heavier than an axe..........5,2 pds is all.
The handle is thin enough to be a bit flexible, so it absorbs recoil well. That way your hands don't get all vibrated to pieces when you are beating wedges a lot.
Last week I was felling a bunch of mature beech up the sides of a draw. since they were seed trees, there was no way to pull them, and they'd all decided that going into the draw was more fun than up.
Had to start them up with 4 hardhead wedges to get them to lift, and I spent about 4 hours pounding wedges that day.
That is not normal, but we do spend a good amount of time hammering every day.
( Had I known those trees were that bad, I'd have sent an employee down to fell them)
I have no count of how many handles I've put on that thing in my time.......................lots.
Recently I came up with a bullet proof vest for it, though, so now the handle should hold up longer.
Coated the first 10" under the head with PU glue, then wrapped a 4mm dyneema line tightly around it, and saturated that with glue.
It has held up really well, not a dent in it after a whole season in the woods.
Of course he would, August.
No way I would have messed around on the underside of that tree like he did.
Always have an extra long bar in the truck.
Like Chris said, we fit the bar length to the job at hand, and don't go around thinking that the length of our bar has any correlation to the lenght of our dick.
We leave that to the West coasters
No way I would have messed around on the underside of that tree like he did.
Always have an extra long bar in the truck.
Like Chris said, we fit the bar length to the job at hand, and don't go around thinking that the length of our bar has any correlation to the lenght of our dick.
We leave that to the West coasters
Peter
Treehouser
I always thought it was a inverse correlation.
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Two things. Give me credit for not being a phony like half the tree workers that beg about "that giant I just took down today". Also, he's a better faller by a good bit then I am(he is a logger and hand cuts evwvrything. I don't race to get to trees before him. I let him have some seniority and pick what he wants to whack. A third thing, now that I recall, is that tree was LOADED with old high tensile fence wire and barbed wire. The log would pay more at a scrap yard over a saw mill. I can't see swapping or filing out a chain that is cutting good just so I can have the glory of sawing a notch and getting busy at the stump.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Why can't we just tip burning trees over instead? Two birds, one stone? Heck, tip then onto cars if you like.
I kinda like that idea!
where's the fun in that?
Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
Yes Cory.
August Hunicke
TreeHouser
Haha, clever comment. I got to keep that one. I will give you credit for it the first three times I say it. . .
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Aug, gave me a good chuckle lol
the land of little bars got there fists out haha
August Hunicke
TreeHouser
.... we fit the bar length to the job at hand, and don't go around thinking that the length of our bar has any correlation to the lenght of our dick.
We leave that to the West coasters
Oh my, now that's a deliberate attempt to wake the dead pony up, . . Clydesdale on the west of course, Miniature pony over there : D
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August Hunicke
TreeHouser
Agreed, and may I never step outside the classier realms of perished pony pugilism.
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Bixler
TreeHouser
My mentor, Jonothan is working and traveling in Chile with his family for several months. Subscribe to his channel and follow along. He's worked in trees for over 30 years. I am very fortunate to have learned from him. Short vid of tree work in Chile with minimal gear. One rope, one saw.
https://youtu.be/H-ceSmqDt7g
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HolmenTree
Banned
I challenge anyone who thinks their man enough to run my short 16" bar 40HP Yamaha bikesaw for 3 cuts.......
