How'd it go today?

lets hope not, at least as long as I'm here, the 2 of us combined would be horrible

(I'm trying to work on it myself, been biting my tongue and deleting a lot of stuff before posting it)
 
Go watch the WranglerStar and observe plenty of WTF with many views
Yup I agree. WS is super duper lame but I can see why he might get some views from the masses.

Does murph have alot of views? I'd be surprised cuz he's trying to appeal to 'pros' I believe rather than the masses but he's a train wreck so not many pros would follow, it seems.
 
I've tried one technique that he posted about, did alright, im sure he stole the idea to begin with, so credit to whoever came up with it first

basically, instead of a notch and back cut to hinge over limbs, just a bunch of slashes at varying depths, works nice on brittle wood as it spreads the bend out over multiple inches instead of a hard bend at a hinge, works great when needed, only ever used it once that I can remember

his bucket truck setup video is SKETCH, and y'all have seen the shit I did with mine on the daily, I will do almost anything to get level, but using 40 penny nails into dirt to hold a stack of cribbing from sliding makes me pucker up real bad
 
Sounds like a decent technique. Is the idea that you cause the limb to droop down a fair amount with the slashes (under?) the limb and then you finally sever with a single top cut?
 
exactly! thanks for the pic!
Sounds like a decent technique. Is the idea that you cause the limb to droop down a fair amount with the slashes (under?) the limb and then you finally sever with a single top cut?
pretty much, makes for a much more "relaxed" bend, can avoid sudden popping or dropping prematurely, as described in the pic above it hinges nice and slow, spreads the bending out across multiple inches instead of a point load, I suppose it could be super useful on brittle wood, silver maple for example, although I've only used it once to play with it in a hackberry, did exactly what I wanted
 
Btw, the 'Bender' described above is kinda what I had in mind re the face for felling cuts that you want to lean over AMAP first. We were discussing it some other thread
 
Brady Hall is another one of "those guys" if anyone cares to go look him up on Facebook, free climbing everything and laughing at anyone saying to be tied in among other stupid stuff, makes me cringe seeing him work, not that I'm super good at tree work, but jeez, atleast read a book or something first, eh?

 
So I cut a bunch of brush and burned it. Oak, manzanita, buckbrush, and sourberry. Oh and poison oak. Rob was there, kicking ass as usual. Boss chased a lift. Better him than me, big city icky.

When I was out of work, I watched damn near everyone on YouTube to help scratch the itch. Now I'm back in it, and don't have time for their bullshit. In fact, I'm about to unsubscribe to everyone with a chainsaw on sheer principle. I don't watch, I'm of no value to them as a creator.

Moving on...
 
So I cut a bunch of brush and burned it. Oak, manzanita, buckbrush, and sourberry. Oh and poison oak. Rob was there, kicking ass as usual. Boss chased a lift. Better him than me, big city icky.

When I was out of work, I watched damn near everyone on YouTube to help scratch the itch. Now I'm back in it, and don't have time for their bullshit. In fact, I'm about to unsubscribe to everyone with a chainsaw on sheer principle. I don't watch, I'm of no value to them as a creator.

Moving on...
Dude, then you’ll miss my next 36m blockbuster.
 
Soft Dutchman is kinda one of those on one side to kick it to the other. YT search Jake mesa working around obstacles
Cool!
I got the idea, seeing it work is another thing, never tried it, I've tried a sizwheel multiple times and never got the results I wanted, although I get upset when the tree lands a foot off my mark no matter the conditions

I've had a few tight shots, 2 75ft wide white oaks in a 80ft gap between a barn and chicken coop comes to mind, never messed those up, only ever messed up a nice easy wide open shot, but usually that's trying out new stuff, I stick to what I know when its critical
 
Them trickster cuts mostly only work on conifers.
thats been my experience, only wood we have that holds any sort of tricky hinge is pine and hemlock, everything else will break before the hinge steers it, I end up with a rope or two in 99% of trees I drop, use the hinge as a suggestion and work with the lean when possible
 
That air filter's pretty gnarly. How many hours since last cleaning?
Hours? Minutes! 😆 one or two tanks maybe.

In this vid the breeze was perfect. When it’s not, the saw and I eat it! I try to pay attention and position the forklift with the log parallel to the wind direction. That reminds me, I need to start wearing a mask.

Also goes back to the long bar short bar thing. It’s nice when the bar is longer than the log dia and I place the powerhead low and drop the bar thru. Keeps the dust low. Aussie style with a short bar and overbucking I eat a lot. Also if I just wade into the pile there is nowhere for the dust to go so it “bounces” back up in my face. The trouble of picking the logs up, inspecting for metal, and pressure washing is probably
worth it. When they have big cracks or old wounds they are full of dirt.
I’ve thought about throwing them in a tank of water to rehydrate 🤔
 
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