biggun
Monkey for Hire
I guess you could if it was more rigid, as Sean mentioned as well.
Sean, I do the same as you. Toss the saw a bit and catch the lanyard. Usually right after the crab.
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I guess you could if it was more rigid, as Sean mentioned as well.
Sean, I do the same as you. Toss the saw a bit and catch the lanyard. Usually right after the crab.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Fastest draw down under
ruel
TreeHouser
Anyone else on here stow their saw by the side handle? I find it the easiest on and off, and no fumbling around. Already holding the top handle, reach back and rack the side handle.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Where do the chain and muffler ride?
ruel
TreeHouser
Chain points up and out, I find it's usually easier to navigate canopies with it that way. Muffler is on the opposite side, away from you. Give it a try, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised
ruel
TreeHouser
None on my phone, but I'll grab some inn the next few days
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Last day at the horse ranch for a while. Mistletoe and hazard dead prune in a blue oak at one of the entrances.
Asked the HO to scrape all the horse dung out away from the tree to make clean up easier. Mistletoe is bad for Horses. SO we had to try and get every leaf I removed. Tons of dead wood in it as one of the tops was laid over other limbs, broken from last winters storms. Thank the tree gods I only had to remove the 2" plus.
He also took it upon him self to prune some rather large limbs with his loader
Mercy.
Before..
Asked the HO to scrape all the horse dung out away from the tree to make clean up easier. Mistletoe is bad for Horses. SO we had to try and get every leaf I removed. Tons of dead wood in it as one of the tops was laid over other limbs, broken from last winters storms. Thank the tree gods I only had to remove the 2" plus.
He also took it upon him self to prune some rather large limbs with his loader
Mercy.Before..
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
After..
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Thanks mang. Not as much detail work in some of these.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Nice before and After's, Stephen.
Good work.
Good work.
Jed
TreeHouser
So what did UK Rich do to his hand?? Whatever it was, best of luck with the recovery mate.
Maximalist: Thank you very much for ALL of your posts. I always feel like I am learning from an extremely tough man when I see your work.
Jerry: I deserve neither your nor Stig’s praises, and both you guys know it. Pouring through the “fallin” pictures of the Fundamentals book... now there’s where a man can just get lost. That pic of the double-cut that you did with the 056... don’t pretend that you don’t know which one I mean... DUDE!!! A guy can actually SEE where theradius of the bar tip has maxed out on either side of the face so that there is actually a micro center-post left. I tell you: if we leave women out of the question, I have never seen anything so beautiful in my entire life.
Corey: Yeah, last Saturday my daughter oldest daughter went to Salmon days with her buddies, so my wife told me to go have fun at Gordy’s. Hadn’t seen Jake in a bit, and it was rad. I make crummy hinges all the time. Like when I’m rushing to get something on the ground with a less than critical shot. To wit:
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Maximalist: Thank you very much for ALL of your posts. I always feel like I am learning from an extremely tough man when I see your work.
Jerry: I deserve neither your nor Stig’s praises, and both you guys know it. Pouring through the “fallin” pictures of the Fundamentals book... now there’s where a man can just get lost. That pic of the double-cut that you did with the 056... don’t pretend that you don’t know which one I mean... DUDE!!! A guy can actually SEE where theradius of the bar tip has maxed out on either side of the face so that there is actually a micro center-post left. I tell you: if we leave women out of the question, I have never seen anything so beautiful in my entire life.
Corey: Yeah, last Saturday my daughter oldest daughter went to Salmon days with her buddies, so my wife told me to go have fun at Gordy’s. Hadn’t seen Jake in a bit, and it was rad. I make crummy hinges all the time. Like when I’m rushing to get something on the ground with a less than critical shot. To wit:
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Burnham
Woods walker
Loader pruning...'eff me, that's an ouchieLast day at the horse ranch for a while. Mistletoe and hazard dead prune in a blue oak at one of the entrances.
Asked the HO to scrape all the horse dung out away from the tree to make clean up easier. Mistletoe is bad for Horses. SO we had to try and get every leaf I removed. Tons of dead wood in it as one of the tops was laid over other limbs, broken from last winters storms. Thank the tree gods I only had to remove the 2" plus.
He also took it upon him self to prune some rather large limbs with his loader
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pantheraba
More biners!!!
Maybe if you call it fractal pruning then it is OK?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Hateful practice, often found in these hills.
I'll do a little fractal pruning with dead wood. We have borer bees that are important pollinators. Live solo, not in hives. Bore into the dead wood stubbs.
I'll do a little fractal pruning with dead wood. We have borer bees that are important pollinators. Live solo, not in hives. Bore into the dead wood stubbs.
Maximalist
Treehouser
Jed, thank you for your kind words. I'm learning from you too. What is the ear on your axe for?
gf beranek
Old Schooler
That caught my eye too, Max.
Burnham
Woods walker
To carry aloft tethered, perhaps?
Burnham
Woods walker
I have had more than a plenty of occasions to carry a shorty felling axe aloft, when topping trees for wildlife habitat prescriptions.
My first attempt was to drill a 3/8" diameter hole in the handle near the end and tie a 3 or 4 inch loop of paracord through it. Then clip to a biner on my saddle.
That sucked the hairy moose lips. The damn thing swung all over hell and gone, like to cut my harness, or leg, in two. A sheath kept the cutting danger at bay, but the swinging weight and the snagging still sucked.
So I girth hitched a short sling under and over the head, and hung it from there. Hardly any swing, all the weight was up close to my harness. That was the best solution for me.
Jed, I suspect, experiences something similar, clipping into that loop welded to the axe head. Not great, but better than all the other options.
My first attempt was to drill a 3/8" diameter hole in the handle near the end and tie a 3 or 4 inch loop of paracord through it. Then clip to a biner on my saddle.
That sucked the hairy moose lips. The damn thing swung all over hell and gone, like to cut my harness, or leg, in two. A sheath kept the cutting danger at bay, but the swinging weight and the snagging still sucked.
So I girth hitched a short sling under and over the head, and hung it from there. Hardly any swing, all the weight was up close to my harness. That was the best solution for me.
Jed, I suspect, experiences something similar, clipping into that loop welded to the axe head. Not great, but better than all the other options.
Burnham
Woods walker
Many useful applications...but beware for life support. Use a basket hitch in that case.
