Another ugly stump
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MasterBlaster
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MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I'd sure love to know the story behind that.
There was no one there to tell me, and we had to boot scoot on to the next job.
I was just glad I was able to get the pic!
There was no one there to tell me, and we had to boot scoot on to the next job.
I was just glad I was able to get the pic!
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Isn't there some theory that somewhere in the universe the exact opposites from what we know exist.... That photo might be in G.F. Beranek's book published on the planet Vega.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Hereabouts, we generally call that the "totally effed up, got no clue, hope for the best, maybe nobody got kilt, but if they did, oh well, doofus felling cut".
Once in a while you see a chase rig with lots of those in the back. Either a crew supe trying to keep his sawyers working, or a division, opps, or safety guy gathering evidence in preparation for taking away someone's saw card!
Raj
TreeHouser
There was a pile of stuff in the yard next door to where I worked today, couldn't quite figure out what to call this cut.
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Almost looks like what our local linesman do when cutting tops off of wooden hydro poles. Kinda holds it in place till you put the saw away and then push it.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I can't imagine them doing that!
flushcut
TreeHouser
All the power guys around here use a snap cut and not that abortion of a cut.
Limbrat
TreeHouser
All we ever used on poles was a bypass/snap cut
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Here's a pro effort from a crew mate
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Uhhhhhh....
pantheraba
More biners!!!
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Run Forrest run!
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Bodean
Cali dreamer
This guy is a poor faller. He said he got a little scared on this one.
The face took about 15 minutes.....he tried to quarter cut it back chaining (inadvertently cutting the "hinge") then it just blew up and pulled roots and everything up in the air. I was in shock at what I was watching. I've never seen a worse cut. The monterey cypress was maybe 50 feet tall with a lot of head weight......and yes the wedge and sledge in the picture kill me.....what you didn't see was how tight the pull line was....
These guys use sledge to get stuck saws out.....so you don't have to use the loader to help free the saw.
Sweet Jesus save us.
The face took about 15 minutes.....he tried to quarter cut it back chaining (inadvertently cutting the "hinge") then it just blew up and pulled roots and everything up in the air. I was in shock at what I was watching. I've never seen a worse cut. The monterey cypress was maybe 50 feet tall with a lot of head weight......and yes the wedge and sledge in the picture kill me.....what you didn't see was how tight the pull line was....
These guys use sledge to get stuck saws out.....so you don't have to use the loader to help free the saw.
Sweet Jesus save us.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Dont say that! Well, dont include me anyway!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
The understatement.....
