Felling with D. Douglas Dent
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Burnham
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We called him "Doug"...that was his preference. If you were a youngster new to his classes, it sometimes came up..."Uh, Mister Dent...? Answer, more or less a quote..."Don't act like a blankity blank piece of blank...I'm a man just the same as you. Treat me same as you would any other man".
We also from time to time called him "that bastard sob"...though the latter would not have been in his hearing
.Side note...though D.D.Dent was clearly a man of his times, and might well have thought women were not exactly suited to cutting big timber with big saws, he never gave the least bit of grief to the small number of women who came through his USFS C level sawyer cert classes that I was in. More likely to be the opposite...he took extra care and gave attention with the gals, and he also took the same extra care with the B cert newbies first trying to cross over into the top journeyman certification.
My opinion only, but I think he understood how intimidating his stature and reputation was, and tried to ease that a little with those students most likely to be set back on their heels by cutting in front of his eye. Though he'd not go very far on the gentle and kind approach...also in my opinion only...he loved being seen as the biggest dog on the porch
.Although if a member of either group fell seriously short on skill, he would be merciless.
Oh...that hardhat fell off on the retreat...Doug carried it out with the sawyer.
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Tommy_B
Clutching at saws...
Tommy_B
Clutching at saws...
I check in every day but miss quite a few threads I'm afraid. 2 little girls are keeping me very busy!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Well, that and some new posts in some threads dont show up for me anyway.
chris_girard
Treehouser
I heard over the years that Dent gave up on using Dutchmans to try and steer a tree into the fell. Too many variables.
Anyone know about this?
Anyone know about this?
gf beranek
Old Schooler
I concur. Gut feeling.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
... and not without just qualifying mistakes along the way.
Burnham
Woods walker
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"If you ain't never run aground, you ain't never sailed much of anywhere".
Quote from an old sailing buddy of mine from waaaay back. Gads, we had some high times when we were young
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"just qualifying mistakes"...I think we all have some of those.
Quote from an old sailing buddy of mine from waaaay back. Gads, we had some high times when we were young
."just qualifying mistakes"...I think we all have some of those
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biggun
Monkey for Hire
I think the expression, or variations are used in a lot of instances.
We have always said that in snowboarding or skateboarding, if you haven’t hurt yourself you are not trying hard enough.
We have always said that in snowboarding or skateboarding, if you haven’t hurt yourself you are not trying hard enough.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
It's all quite simple... we learn from our mistakes and pass the knowledge on.
The heck of it is, though, we all keep learning from making the same mistakes over and over. Each and every new and up-coming generation. The grand plan of life? The school of hard knocks for eternity?
Got to be a good conspiracy theory in there somewhere.
The heck of it is, though, we all keep learning from making the same mistakes over and over. Each and every new and up-coming generation. The grand plan of life? The school of hard knocks for eternity?
Got to be a good conspiracy theory in there somewhere.
@gf beranek , did ya see the vid with Jed in it doing a 3 day felling class, its in Tree Felling vids, pretty cool.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
I must have missed that one, Cory.
chris_girard
Treehouser
I've been meaning to check that video out too.
Hopefully Jed will chine in on it.
Hopefully Jed will chine in on it.
chris_girard
Treehouser
Here's the video. Good stuff!
chris_girard
Treehouser
Honestly, I think between Jer's Fundamentals book and the Working Climber DVD series, you can learn 99.9% of what you need to know in the tree care industry...those in the know, know what I am talking about.
chris_girard
Treehouser
Thanks B, I will heck it out!
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Very good. Nasty trees, and lots of potential for tops snapping back.
Agree
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Yeah, drop the saw and run for your life!
