MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Lordy, never done that!
Tree felling vids
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murphy4trees
TreeHouser
me neither, but I have seen big ones leaning on houses that were tip heavy, hanging over the peak of the roof.. When they go, they come back and down... they tend to hesitate enough to let you get out of there, and then hit and dig in as well........ not too bad if you're expecting it, you can angle the cut away from you, but otherwise, very dangerous...
I tell my aprentices that when they use a tree to hammer another one down with, don't wait around to see if it works, just get the hell out of Dodge.
We do it a lot on hung up hardwoods, unless we have a skidder handy. In the more populated state forests around here, they have a rule about not leaving hung up trees over the weekend, so we have to get them on the ground, one way or another.
Plan your escape route so you get another tree between yourself and the path your hammer tree will take as it slides down the length of the hung up one.
We do it a lot on hung up hardwoods, unless we have a skidder handy. In the more populated state forests around here, they have a rule about not leaving hung up trees over the weekend, so we have to get them on the ground, one way or another.
Plan your escape route so you get another tree between yourself and the path your hammer tree will take as it slides down the length of the hung up one.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Good advice, Stig.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
hahaha...Hanger Knockout...I like the Bye-Bye signal. Great "show-off" video...fine execution of how to do it.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Some of those trees are bo-nasty rotten. Good to see your work.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Dang! That log sure (in the second video) sure jumped away from the stump!!!
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Pretty hazardous layout. Lot of bad trees. all fire scar I suspect from the looks of it. Two good things, no underbrush to hamper your escape and fair ground to run.
Nice vids. Keep'em coming.
Nice vids. Keep'em coming.
Thanks man
That's why I was cutting them down.Gravity mostly...here is one that I jumped across the fire line...again gravity did most the work, but I threw in a couple of techniques to help it some more.
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Thanks Jerry
I wish I would have had a helmet cam when I was falling timber full time...I am having fun for sure.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Oh it's blast when you get home and edit it all out. I really enjoyed it back when. I started using a helmet cam in 03. It was kind of funky though. all analog with too many cables and connections. It always seemed some connection was going foul. and when I'd get home only to see blank video. I'd have to trace it out and repair. that was pretty regular.
The new helmet cams have eliminated all the cables and problems that come with them. More better today for sure.
The new helmet cams have eliminated all the cables and problems that come with them. More better today for sure.
I have some video where I did not realize that my mount had rotated up a little more, so you can't really see my power saw while I am sawing...was kinda bummed when I discovered that. I might have to take my lap top with me on the next fire to discover that chit sooner!
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Does all this wood stay in place as it falls, like a giant mikado?
No cleaning, nor even bucking?
No cleaning, nor even bucking?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I'm betting a nickle there's some bucking involved.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
I would venture yes unless bucking it to further expand the fire line.
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Notice you don't check the face on many of those humboldtds to make sure they're clean... Are you that good to just know that they're perfect, or do you figure they're good enough to get the job done, even if they're not perfectly clean?
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Thanks man
Gravity mostly...here is one that I jumped across the fire line...again gravity did most the work, but I threw in a couple of techniques to help it some more.
Nice! you got some good videos.. lots of cool tricks to pick up... loved how you used the plunge to gut the hinge and set the height of the back cut..
Tough to tell from the vid with all the dust, but that tree looked like it jumped a long way... once the butt hits ground, does the tree's momentum continue to drag it forward? and does the way it hits other trees effect the forward momentum? I just didn't think you could throw them that far from the ground.. trying to figure it out.. thanks..
