Tree felling vids
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murphy4trees
TreeHouser
When I see that I cringe..
that looked really bad , cartwheeling 25' down a ladder.... maybe its about viewpoint. Easy to laugh at a video. maybe a bit more compassion if we saw the guy laying there on the ground..
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
Death is the great equalizer
Jed
TreeHouser
Danes are always cold, brother... kinda a climate thing. Now Buckin BR on the other hand... well, he's just a whole differen't animal... https://youtu.be/WBXPdS3afP4?t=866
Broncman
Treehouser
So the plunge cut in the face was for locating the back cut ?
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
NO..
generally done to reduce the amount of hinge fibers making the fall easier to trip without thinning down the hinge too much. Also good when using a short bar to cut the out of reach fibers in the center of the tree.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Along the lines of what Dan says about reducing fibers, if its valuable wood with forward lean or you are pulling, you want to eliminate the potential for wood pull from the center of the tree that will reduce the value of the log.
Never seen this step back cut before the trip.
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Never seen this step back cut before the trip.
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I would think corks in that setting would be unnecessary.
Anyway, I didn't see what it is good for either but another link to a logger wade vid explains how the step can help prevent barber chair. It makes sense although if you are already plunge cutting and then with a back release, that is usually plenty afaik to prevent BC. But one possible advantage Wade points out is that when plunging, you don't have to take a lot of care to make sure the hinge is thin enough because the step back cut is going to work to prevent BC even if the hinge is a tad too thick.
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Anyway, I didn't see what it is good for either but another link to a logger wade vid explains how the step can help prevent barber chair. It makes sense although if you are already plunge cutting and then with a back release, that is usually plenty afaik to prevent BC. But one possible advantage Wade points out is that when plunging, you don't have to take a lot of care to make sure the hinge is thin enough because the step back cut is going to work to prevent BC even if the hinge is a tad too thick.
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woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
I'm still confused how that does anything.
dstimber
TreeHouser
Logger Wade. He makes some interesting videos. I've actually tried that lock method before. Not sure how much it will prevent a barber chair. But I do see how it will hold it long enough to get out of dodge. Just a little more insurance I guess.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Sure does seem like it holds the tree to the stump longer. Not much wood at all left in the back before those little trip cuts to set it free. Normally with a straight cut to the back, with only that much wood left holding it, I think the tree would pull out.
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
That's an interesting observation... Always tough to tell what exactly is going on in video, especially with lean and grade issues ... perhaps the lock did act to hold the tree back... I do something similar in the tree... I would guess though that it was more of an illusion and the friction at the lock would not impact the timing of the fall..
Peter
Treehouser
Sure, as long as you cut the hinge up thin enough.
Actually if the hinge was left too thick with the silly step back cut thingy it would still barberchair.
Actually if the hinge was left too thick with the silly step back cut thingy it would still barberchair.
murphy4trees
TreeHouser
You would think so but maybe things are different in the woods, where there be old snags that are ready to explode... not my world.. give them the benefit of the doubt, figure they know what they are doing.. would like to understand the exact why of it for the rare time the need might come up in a backyard
August Hunicke
TreeHouser
August Hunicke
TreeHouser
Thumbnail for video is obviously a hoax. But there are some great ones in this.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Frigging morons.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
The ones that get me are when something goes wrong, like the tree sets back, people will know that they are in trouble but just keep on going.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Wow, the dude at 2:40 in the second part! What was he thinking?
