Tree felling vids
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davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I hear that a Lot, but I don’t see the people who Actually Know showing or telling what the wannabes are posting that’s wrong or what’s right…people bag on YT and everything else, say how dangerous it is, but don’t provide any alternatives.
I try to vet what I post by using info from trusted sources (hopefully more of a bibliography than plagiarism 😆), or by having tested it. Or at least say, “hey this is just an experiment” …which is about to happen a lot for next few hours. 😁
The alternative is to go learn it the old school way, and by books and other material written by true experts on a subject, and who's work history can easily confirm their expertise. I'm not saying there's nothing worthwhile on it, or that the people making videos are completely dumb, but the fact that anyone can make a video and claim to be an expert makes it ripe with misinformation, motives varying with the content. Take welding for example (because i know the difference with that subject), out of all the welding videos there's only a handful of guys that have a clue of what they're doing, but there's a ton of videos by people who do it for fun or at a low skill level job. There's some amazing stuff out there, but most of it is pure trash. The reality is that people who are truly experts at something rarely feel the need to share that info in that manner, for them it's their day to day life and they know no video they make will even make sense because the people watching don't have the underlying knowledge to build off of, it's like trying to teach 1st graders quantum physics. I've had dozens of apprentices who i was training say i should make yt videos because my smartass comments to them contain more info than anything they've seen online, i of course laugh and then have to explain that's the difference between yt and real life.
Kaveman
Treehouser
There's a widespread running joke in many trades, where when some random person asks if one knows how to do such and such a thing, the reply is "I watched a YouTube video once."
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Buckin just posted a video about 2t oil. He said he doesn’t argue with people. But the video is arguing about oil. He said people listen to the internet and yt too much.
On YT.
On YT.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Another fortune teller... the tree was going to come down in the next wind storm. Haha.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I didn’t understand why he kept saying it was rotten and needed to come down but then he milled it….
I should have included my intention for posting was to show the handiness of a Telehandler. I’ve used them a lot. I think the hurricane areas could use a fleet of them. They are not as robust as an excavator so you need a good operator but they can travel well on and off road.
I should have included my intention for posting was to show the handiness of a Telehandler. I’ve used them a lot. I think the hurricane areas could use a fleet of them. They are not as robust as an excavator so you need a good operator but they can travel well on and off road.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Telehandlers look useful.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Did some googling and they make them with grapple saws now.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I’m gonna start shopping for one, looking for brand recommendations
Simplicity and reliability
Simplicity and reliability
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Wreckreational falling
Burnham
Woods walker
That is the ever-lovin' truth.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
There’s a pretty cool one that’s a Jonsered commercial.
Mick!
TreeHouser
Seen that vid many times, blows my mind how close to his flip line he swings that razor sharp axe.
Special breed
Special breed
flushcut
TreeHouser
Milwaukee FB marketplace has a 60’ grapple saw on a freightliner. 175k
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I need the tele for my day job…will be handy to borrow for trees
Altissimus
TreeHouser
Hehehe , yep !
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
“Long hinge”
does it work better than a 'regular' hinge? In the vid, at first I thought it looked good but it seemed to finish same as any regular hinge.
I have a 70'x20" hickory in my front yard which I frequently envision laying over slowly by use of some super secret, slow bending, non breaking hinge, the exact nature of which I've yet to determine
I have a 70'x20" hickory in my front yard which I frequently envision laying over slowly by use of some super secret, slow bending, non breaking hinge, the exact nature of which I've yet to determine
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Block face, si señor.
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I think it held a few degrees more that normal for that wood. Needs more testing.does it work better than a 'regular' hinge? In the vid, at first I thought it looked good but it seemed to finish same as any regular hinge.
I have a 70'x20" hickory in my front yard which I frequently envision laying over slowly by use of some super secret, slow bending, non breaking hinge, the exact nature of which I've yet to determine
I have a crazy idea for that too, I need to draw or cut it.
