davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I got invited to go drop big burnt timber like above in November. Any tips from you pros?
Tree felling vids
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Eyes to the sky.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Nah I wanna look like @MatthewMMeckley 😁
Kaveman
Treehouser
Um, just gonna put my capitan obvious cape on, since I cut a lot of burned trees (thanks USFS regulations!)
Keep your head up! Watch the tops, every burned tree is a snag. It's dead, it's standing, and it's unpredictable. Believe it or not, those crispy critters can still limblock! Even halfway down! You cannot predict the integrity of the tree, or its neighbors accurately. Do not expect the tree to hinge like a green tree, while it may not be rotten, it may be baked through. Carpenters have a bit of an edge here, since they work with dried wood, they have a better feel for how it behaves, sometimes.
Bring extra water, the fire burned off the shade, and even in November, you can suffer. Electrolytes are friends.
But that's just my two cents, and if I wasn't stuck home with a busted rib, I wouldn't have the time to point this stuff out.
Keep your head up! Watch the tops, every burned tree is a snag. It's dead, it's standing, and it's unpredictable. Believe it or not, those crispy critters can still limblock! Even halfway down! You cannot predict the integrity of the tree, or its neighbors accurately. Do not expect the tree to hinge like a green tree, while it may not be rotten, it may be baked through. Carpenters have a bit of an edge here, since they work with dried wood, they have a better feel for how it behaves, sometimes.
Bring extra water, the fire burned off the shade, and even in November, you can suffer. Electrolytes are friends.
But that's just my two cents, and if I wasn't stuck home with a busted rib, I wouldn't have the time to point this stuff out.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Thanks!
Hey, I have a friend in Show Low. Tom Dunham, backhoe guy. I like that area, especially the higher mountains east. I'm having a saw GTG here in Feb if that interests you. I go to Kingman and CO sometimes too.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
😳
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Reg is the man!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
The chip bedding works great btw. Used that once on a fatty across a leach field
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Ripping the trunk into sections... over your safety lines... watch how far down that tip goes...
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Man lift and a crane, mill the whole thing into slabs 😁
gf beranek
Old Schooler
The thought of that crossed my mind on a couple of jobs, but ended up doing it just like Reg did.
Burnham
Woods walker
Exhausting to watch. Reg is indeed an especially talented treeman.
flushcut
TreeHouser
It smells like sequoia silly rabbit.
Burnham
Woods walker
That should be spelled "siwwy wabbit".
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stikine
Treehouser
He's from Wisconsin, we can't ask for much more...can we?
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Mick!
TreeHouser
Well it was an interesting exercise, but If there wasn’t a better way of doing that then I wouldn’t do it.
Loading all the wood (and sawdust) by hand is mind blowing.
Loading all the wood (and sawdust) by hand is mind blowing.
flushcut
TreeHouser
No, you really can’t
SeanKroll
Treehouser
As a sometimes/ maybe frequently solo tree man, I'm surprised he doesn't have a mini loader.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Me too.
Is that what you call your girlfriend?
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I don't follow, Stig?
