How'd it go today?

[WoodCutr]

It ocurred to me yesterday whilst bumping all
Over creation with that lift hanging off the back of my truck that goosenecks ride a lot smoother too.

thats what sold me on them last week, had to move a truck with one maybe 100ft offroad with a very heavy load of chips and I couldn't feel any extra bobbing and bouncing like a heavy bumper pull has

couldn't help myself, no hitch yet but I wanted to see how it looks behind the truck, very tongue heavy I noticed while moving it with the loader but it doesn't seem to squat the truck nearly as bad as the bumper pull did

 

[cory]

Too fiddly for me. I ream or shove something in there. Usually sticks if they are handy. They help to roll the logs away from each other after being cut.

Yo, a former TH star, Tucker, offered an excellent trick to avoid getting saw stuck- cut in a bit from from the top of the log and then pull saw out and right next to the kerf you just cut, cut a very thin wedge, pull saw out and the lil wedge will tend to fall into the now-widened kerf, tap this wedge in a tad deeper with your bar, reinsert the saw into kerf below this disposable wedge and continue cutting all the way downward, the wedge will prevent binding.

Very simple, quick, and easy

 

[friedrich]

Yo, a former TH star, Tucker, offered an excellent trick to avoid getting saw stuck- cut in a bit from from the top of the log and then pull saw out and right next to the kerf you just cut, cut a very thin wedge, pull saw out and the lil wedge will tend to fall into the now-widened kerf, tap this wedge in a tad deeper with your bar, reinsert the saw into kerf below this disposable wedge and continue cutting all the way downward, the wedge will prevent binding.

Very simple, quick, and easy

thats what i was trying to refer to i use it all the time!

 

[Burnham]

It can be a real time saver...but is only useful on bucks with top bind, or something a bit to the fore or away of direct top bind. Somewhat limited applications in that way. Nonetheless, a great method to be cognizant of.

 

[cory]

Agreed.

Just curious, did you know of the technique prior to Tucker with the 411?

And I realize there are a myriad of techniques for dealing with bind/top bind but Tuck's technique has it's own place in the tool bag

 

[Burnham]

I did not, Cory...t'was a new trick for me and an appreciated one. I since learning of it here, shared it with many of my fellow USFS sawyers on the Mt. Hood. To near uniform acclaim.

I only posted that caveat so that we all are reminded that no trick covers all situations...and that some situations are immune to most all of our tricks . As you clearly know .