Tree felling vids

[Jed]

Plotting bang for buck, lunacy per second, that tree vid could have rocketed to #1 all time.

This.

I guess he was just prudent enough to perfectly secure himself between his two tie-in points. Beranek always emphasized the prudence of wrapping up the running end of your climb line, and keeping it on your saddle for the extreme, scary stuff. Betcha that's what he did. My hat's off fer shure.

 

[cory]

Nah, I think I see his line trailing down from him.

 

[Bermy]

Wow! That was scary...like others have said, good thing the top didn't hit his tie ins...the plan worked.

 

[murphy4trees]

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Lots of low cuts on these trees... one high one to shorten the fall and a bunch were above the flare, just not much above ...

 

[murphy4trees]

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vid recommends making hinge width 5% of diameter on anything over 25".... never heard of that before.. any one know where that came from?
thanks

 

[stig]

Amazing that given an almost 340 degree of free land to fall it on, she managed to hit the sole obstacle.

But then I did know an old but not very good faller, who managed to hang the second last doug fir in a clear cut up in the last one.

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[treebilly]

I was waiting for her to get smooshed. Kinda disappointed now.

 

[pantheraba]

Lordy....

 

[Buddy]

“Is that what we wanted it to do?” Haha, funny women!

 

[Burnham]

 

[Tree09]

She's nicer than my better half, I would never live that down

 

[forestkeepers]

Here's our Forest Keepers YouTube channel, featuring some of the more exciting tree felling moments. (No August Hunicke with 15K subscribers, but enjoy nonetheless!)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B_ay0cd84SdL9BzWl3Kgw

 

[MasterBlaster]

Rocking!

 

[stig]

Now, that sure was a surprice!

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[MasterBlaster]

Moron.

 

[stig]

Yup.
This guy knows what he is up against and handles it well.

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[cory]

I didn't like to see him standing behind it when releasing

 

[stig]

No, but apart from that.
I would have like to see the face cut.
Just to see if a deeper one might have made a difference.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Why does he stop and start again? Once you start, DON'T stop!

 

[Burnham]

He thought it was going over...the kerf opened a smidge, you can see. So he beat feet knowing it was a lousy tree. I've had exactly the same thing happen. It sucks to have to creep back in and nip a tiny bit more .

Long bar, stay way back, my advice if it happens that way to you some day.

 

[Danthetree1]

that could have been far worse. he made it home for another beer. well done.

 

[pantheraba]

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[MasterBlaster]

Yea....

Not quite how I'd do that, but I'm inhuman.

 

[pantheraba]

It came with this explanation...the way they used it is strange to me...not how I have seen it in videos before.

The Key Notch

The key notch, while gear and set-up intensive, is very useful when dealing with big wood under a lot of pressure. In short, a key or tongue is formed between the two sections of the tree or piece. This key keeps it stable though it is completely severed. The key can then be pulled apart from a safe distance through the use of a winch or mechanical advantage.
- Michael Tain, North American Training Solutions

 

[treebilly]

Kinda seems a lot like the younger and groove thing. Not really my cup of tea.