A day in the life...

[Burnham]

Called out to clear this blowdown western hemlock...I dunno, maybe 40 inches dbh. It failed about 15 feet above ground level. Put the Warn to work and moved it in a couple of pieces. Working by myself, and that winch saves me a lot of labor .

 

[Burnham]

More...might be boring .

 

[woodworkingboy]

Working by yourself is cool. You can better hear the birdees....not referring to the ones flying in your head.

 

[Burnham]

Last batch.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Nice pis, and a very thorough documentation I might add.... albeit lacking a photo of yourself, though.

 

[SkwerI]

Pictures showing leverage and rigging are always cool. We're tree guys, we like leverage and rigging.

 

[Burnham]

I'm not much for setting up the timer and finding a flat spot to place the camera, I guess. You'll just have to take it on faith that I was there .

 

[woodworkingboy]

and the sound of logs scraping across the road is like a symphony.

 

[Burnham]

Don't know if y'all can tell from the pictures...no MA in either of those sets, just redirects to put the logs where I wanted them.

 

[Altissimus]

Road is Open , nice Job B!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Burnham, you sure deserved a coffee break after that. I hope you took one.

 

[Paul B]

Nicely done Mr C.

 

[Burnham]

No coffee break today...I went from there to look at a hazard tree fell we're planning for Friday. 40 inch dbh doug fir, dead, but bores solid. Tight place to fall it, and heaven help us if we lose it backwards...it'd kill a historic house and garage, WPA era stuff.

But the slight lean is favorable and we're having ODOT there to close a lane of Hwy 26, just in case.

I think we're going to put this one in the hands of one of our younger and somewhat less experienced cutters, but I'll be there and another fine FS C faller will be, too. At some point you have to help them grow...and cutting a big one with some risk associated with it is part of the process.

 

[sotc]

Excellent

 

[dandandatreeman]

Yes, I enjoy seeing a good rigging job myself.

 

[canadiantreeman]

Cool!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I really need a set up like that. Nicely done Burnam

 

[rskybiz]

No coffee break today...I went from there to look at a hazard tree fell we're planning for Friday. 40 inch dbh doug fir, dead, but bores solid. Tight place to fall it, and heaven help us if we lose it backwards...it'd kill a historic house and garage, WPA era stuff.

But the slight lean is favorable and we're having ODOT there to close a lane of Hwy 26, just in case.

I think we're going to put this one in the hands of one of our younger and somewhat less experienced cutters, but I'll be there and another fine FS C faller will be, too. At some point you have to help them grow...and cutting a big one with some risk associated with it is part of the process.

This is great B made me reminiss a fist big un for me

 

[Treepreacher51]

I think we're going to put this one in the hands of one of our younger and somewhat less experienced cutters, . At some point you have to help them grow...and cutting a big one with some risk associated with it is part of the process.

Great pics!
And I really did the above philosophy. I cut my teeth in tree work, the first 6 years or so working with my dad and three older brothers. They didn't necessarily subscribe to your thinking..... But I got over it

 

[stig]

Pictures of gear and trees are never boring, Burnham.

I totally share your philosophy about letting the youngsters grow.
The trick is to be able to know when is the right time to let them cut their teeth on a big bad one.
If it goes south on them, they may never get over it.

Hope you'll show some pictures of it, I like pictures from your part of the world, your hazard trees are just so different from mine.

We haven't had Doug fir long enough for them to become hazard trees yet.

 

[Burnham]

I ought to be able to get some good pictures, as I expect to just be advising...unless things begin to look sketchy .

 

[OTGBOSTON]

. At some point you have to help them grow...and cutting a big one with some risk associated with it is part of the process.

This is an awesome quote..I have a thread idea...

 

[gf beranek]

Nicely done and picture perfect, B. Keep'em coming!

 

[Burnham]

We're still on for dropping that hazard tree tomorrow...don't touch that dial!

 

[pete mctree]

Nice tidy work as usual Burnham. Looking forward to the hazard tree pics