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  1. davidwyby

    Brilliant! Laying a tree down gently

    Saw on TB Been trying to figure out how to do this forever.
  2. davidwyby

    How'd it go today?

    Not many rigs still have grease fittings. Only one (from the factory) on my 11 Ram is in the front driveline CV joint, have to remove the driveline and use a needle to grease it. Hardly anyone knows it so a lot of drivelines get replaced.
  3. davidwyby

    How'd it go today?

    We are just weird We like Christmas in our house. Winter is short. We make the most of it. Especially this year, being gone almost a month in October. Texas is a couple hours ahead and we came home on the time change. Like where did 3 hours go? Plus it’s raining and half cool.
  4. friedrich

    How'd it go today?

    interesting that you start to celebrate christmas that early (to me)
  5. Burnham

    How'd it go today?

    I'm thinking a snowmobile might serve you best :D.
  6. Cobleskill

    How'd it go today?

    Trying to grease front end on my winter drive. 2003 Tahoe. All not bad to get to til I got to the pitman arm and idler. Figured I would change fittings to right angle. Fittings did not want to budge, so I struggled til I got things in the right position so I could loop the hose up and over...
  7. Mick!

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    Well, what did you expect?
  8. davidwyby

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    Now I don’t understand 😆
  9. Mick!

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    Ok, no it’s nothing like that.
  10. davidwyby

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

  11. davidwyby

    Understanding wood fiber -theory.

    Makes a lot of sense. I have noticed myself back chaining such things. Similar: Recently I read somewhere something that made me smack my forehead. Cutting brush near the tip, back chaining greatly reduces thrown chains. As the bar passes thru the stick, the chain has already gone around...
  12. Mick!

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    Well….sorta (he said unconvincingly not really understanding)
  13. treebilly

    How'd it go today?

    On the last glamping trip of the year. 60 F and 25mph winds today. Would be beautiful with out the wind. Made cooking breakfast a challenge but we made it work. I might have to switch out propane tanks tonight for the furnace. The wife and kids are having a good time so I’ll survive.
  14. davidwyby

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    If I understand right, I have done similar breaking forky codom trees down when I can’t get to the bottom or don’t want to stand under it. Plunge 20” 346 in from the top, bury thru. Swing back and forth to cut the back or bottom side like gutting a hinge. Then cut the remaining side down from...
  15. SeanKroll

    Understanding wood fiber -theory.

    How much barberchairing do you run into? Only a few species here, aside from loaded trees (e.g. felling a support tree holding a tipped tree) want to BC. Thick hinge... lots of fiber pull. Undesireable for butt logs at the mill...$ deduction, to my understanding. If I'm trying to hold a...
  16. davidwyby

    The Official Work Pictures Thread

    @Mick! “Gnarr” 😉
  17. davidwyby

    Understanding wood fiber -theory.

    Then again, if we bore the pith out…OTOH, the grain running opposite the hinge will resist bending and maybe increase the chance of chairing. So deep face prevents chairing but you gotta sink it into the rear third! 😆
  18. davidwyby

    Understanding wood fiber -theory.

    I think it contributes. The front compression half of a thick hinge could act as a fulcrum to pull the rear half tension fibers. I think it has more to do with whether the face closes before the hinge breaks or not. If the face closes, the log become a claw hammer pulling a nail (right...
  19. WoodCutr

    How'd it go today?

    this probably isn't the right thread for this but I don't know what is, just had to share today I learned, miniature horses can be ADA service animals!
  20. davidwyby

    Understanding wood fiber -theory.

    True. Sawmillers say to avoid the pith as it splits and quite often trees I cut are already cracked there. So to avoid a chair we need to get deeper in past the pith. That’s the tricky part. I have an idea for bore cutting out the face and leaving a collapsible kickstand in the front, but it’s...
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