Tree felling vids

[stig]

Nice work. My only piddle paddle notification is this: move the busted out undercuts from the lay of the tree. I have it on good authority that they can cause unexpected problems.

How?
I've always made a habit of piling the cut off butresses and face 3-5 feet in front of the face cut. Help keep the end of the log out of the mud, making trimming it easier

We never do the yahoo hollering and victory dance when felling or topping trees.
We want to give the client the impression that we do this stuff every day, so it is no big deal to us.
So we just knock it over and act bored.

 

[Burnham]

Same here, Stig. Act like that's what you expected to happen...it was, wasn't it?

Maybe it's easier for us, my friend. We send 'em down with felling cuts way more often that the full-on arbs do.

 

[mistahbenn]

Haha you guys. I just get a little excited. Sometimes a little peepee comes out lol

 

[Burnham]

Little puppies often have that problem, yes.

 

[mistahbenn]

So do old dogs

 

[Burnham]

Fair point, brother...though that doesn't come from over-excitement, I hear.

 

[MasterBlaster]

No matter how much you shake or dance...

 

[Burnham]

 

[Jack]

Alright you guys, knock it off ...

I'm gonna wet myself.

 

[sierratree]

couple of 6 footers from a recent lightning fire.

http://youtu.be/lCRzZTO3OKE

 

[Burnham]

Nice...takes me back. I can smell the smoke and feel the charcoal grit in my mouth just thinking about it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Love the sound of them hitting and creaking before they do.

 

[cory]

Wow, cool vid of big, dusty ones!

 

[pantheraba]

Ditto that...cool seeing such big ones come down.

 

[canadiantreeman]

How?
I've always made a habit of piling the cut off butresses and face 3-5 feet in front of the face cut. Help keep the end of the log out of the mud, making trimming it easier

We never do the yahoo hollering and victory dance when felling or topping trees.
We want to give the client the impression that we do this stuff every day, so it is no big deal to us.
So we just knock it over and act bored.

No problem in the woods...especially on soft ground. But...in a residential setting, a friend of mine was taking out a tree. Made his undercut, busted it out and left it in the lay. Dropped the stick and the undercut flew out 90 degrees from the lay and smashed a big bay window on the client's shop. I recognize that this doesn't happen often, and in the woods there would be no problem with a busted out undercut going travelling. Just putting it out there.

Nice felling ST.

 

[stig]

I can see that happening easy enough.
That scenario was not one I had thought about!
I will in the future, thanks.

 

[canadiantreeman]

I know, its like a one in a thousand chance. I'd been taught to move them, but never really realized why untill it happened.

 

[sotc]

Happened to me once, tv news was filming as they were historic trees. When the butt hit the pie cut, it shot out ad hit me in the chest as I was backing away. Fortunately when I watched the news that night the falling trunk was in the way of me getting whacked. Filed away for future reference like that time I thought falling the trunk on a pile of small, cut rounds would make the job quicker....

 

[bonner1040]

I had a football sized chunk of log come out of the chipper and hit me in the stomach last week. In that instant I thought I was dead, fortunately it only knocked the wind out of me.

 

[pete mctree]

I had a football sized chunk of log come out of the chipper and hit me in the stomach last week. In that instant I thought I was dead, fortunately it only knocked the wind out of me.

We're you feeding the chipper directly from behind & facing it?

 

[bonner1040]

I sure was!

Often we chip logs as opposed to loading them, so figure you got 18" rounds that are 16" tall....We stack em up on the chipper and then push them in with the log behind it or a shovel while one guy holds the yoke lever up. When the log hits the rollers you close the yoke.

Probly not the best idea huh? But its hard to push the logs in from the side without exposing your head to the same risk.

 

[Tarzan]

A couple of vid's showing what I have been up to for 47 days this Summer. Still have a lot more to add. Dang good to be back home!

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[cory]

Nice vid, nice cutting. Cutting smoldering trees is crazy stuff.

Is it beautiful country where you were, excepting the burned stuff of course?

How'd they start, lightening?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Man, that's looks like one helluva gig!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Cutting trees on fire is something you don't see everyday.