Tree felling vids

[davidwyby]

Looked like it was already 45⁰ over, facing 90⁰ to the layout.

Doug- fir would be hard-pressed to do anything.

To experiment with that idea, a much more upright tree with thinner hinges, in a no obstacle area, going a lot less off the lean, with a clean exit route would be better.

I just wanted it to come west enough to unhook from the other one…probably should have put the winch more opposite the lean…and thinner hinge. But that wood was extra incredible brittle. It was like dead stuff…and I’m used to brittle. It’s super pretty though I gotta mill some.

 

[davidwyby]

More experimenting. Not often I get a few similar trees to compare. Asking a lot of skinny hard leaners. This one had to go in the corner. All had to be high stumped to fit.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

Check out the rope whip on the 2nd tree

 

[davidwyby]

Echoes of Beranek

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Ummmmm nope.

 

[Kaveman]

Ahhh fuckin nope!

 

[Mick!]

Check out the rope whip on the 2nd tree

I know that they (August or whoever) get more money if you watch the long video, but 20 minutes is a big commitment.

 

[davidwyby]

@CurSedVoyce @Kaveman You guys are chickens 😜

@Mick! I figured that, that’s why I pointed out the rope whip trick. Bout the only real interesting part. OTOH maybe we have all gotten hooked on short quick right now stuff and need to slow down.

 

[Trains]

@SeanKroll this is the one I think I messed up by making too many hinges, too thick overall. But also the grain was a mess, spiral going across the hinge plates.



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[Burnham]

A whole lotta nuthin' that works .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

He's got that damn Felling Bug pretty bad......

 

[Burnham]

After a bit, I'm pretty sure David will come to his senses and quit trying to make a tree that is never going to hinge, hinge.


In the meantime, it's sorta fun to watch, in a train wreck kind of way .

 

[davidwyby]

Nothing too exciting. Shook the ground pretty good.

 

[pete mctree]

You got lucky there dude - felling a codom with both leaders in the same direction is asking for trouble. Seen leads peel off in random directions as they have been effectively been cut loose.

 

[davidwyby]

You got lucky there dude - felling a codom with both leaders in the same direction is asking for trouble. Seen leads peel off in random directions as they have been effectively been cut loose.

Yeah I was kinda expecting that eventuality. I considered going very shallow on the face cut so as not to risk the right one peeling off, but I knew that would mean a lot of wedging. So, I went ahead and cut the face to the center and stayed away from the face lead in case it left.

 

[Trains]

What Pete Mctree said, at the very least I would have roped up the co dom as high up as possible, as you saw, they dont take much to separate, and they often just drop limbs off those unions for no apparent reason too, you were fortunate to get away with that, dont expect others to be so co operative in the future.

 

[davidwyby]

It looks like a tree but they were spars that had fuzzed out. Not tall and not much limb weight. The left larger spar was the main and pretty much vertical. I kept the hinge in it and the right was free to go as it wished. Good old interlocking Euc grain held it. I get it though, not to be taken lightly. I have read the books and seen the vids, so I was prepared.

 

[Trains]

All good mate, just dont want to see you get hurt, or squash something expensive or important, always difficult to assess over a screen too.

 

[davidwyby]

Don’t get me wrong, I post here for input…I just need to run my mouth more to explain my thought process and the situation first. Wasn’t feeling the camera that day.

 

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[friedrich]

woops, that must’ve hurt.

 

[Mick!]

A good advertisement for nicking the sides of the gob.

 

[Kaveman]

Fookin yeeeeeouch