Tree felling vids

[Marc-Antoine]

I tried the magic cut this afternoon.
Blocking down the stem of a 35 years old cedrus.
I made logs 40" long by up to 26" diameter. It worked nicely.
Cool to see those heavy logs begin to start and flip smoothly.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[cory]

"Tip" = pun, lol

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Oh ! I don't know the hidden (for me) meaning, but perhaps it should be better to use "trick" ?

 

[Tree Reb]

I don't understand either. Thanks for the tip is correct the way you wrote it.

 

[pantheraba]

MA...you used the word "tip" perfectly. He was making a "play on words", having fun with the word "tip". It can mean to tell someone a new or nifty or different (and often more efficient) way to do something.

Or, "tip" can mean to tip something over, to cause it to fall. So your "thanks for the tip" comment had two meanings...I suppose that is called a double entendre. Yours was not risque but was a good (and apparently, unintended) pun.

Per Wiki....A double entendre is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first (more obvious) meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a double entendre as especially being used to "convey an indelicate meaning." It may be used to express potentially offensive opinions without the risks of explicitly doing so.

A double entendre may exploit puns to convey the second meaning. Double entendres generally rely on multiple meanings of words, or different interpretations of the same primary meaning. They often exploit ambiguity and may be used to introduce it deliberately in a text. Sometimes a homophone (i.e. a different spelling that yields the same pronunciation) can be used as a pun as well as a "double entendre" of the subject.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Ok, thank you for the explanation

 

[NickfromWI]

Have you guys seen this one yet?

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[MasterBlaster]

If I was working by the hour, that's just how I'd do it, LOL.

 

[Tree Reb]

I wonder if that would have worked on this one.

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[MasterBlaster]

Love that cracking and popping!

 

[cory]

Jeez that's a big one.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Those are the best ones!

 

[stig]

You probably never thought you'd hear me say this, but a longer bar would have been a good thing.
It would have prevented most of that fiber pullout.

 

[Tucker943]

Tongue and groove cut is nice if you are logging on a side hill. For the cutting the top of the tree off without the pole taking off or moving at all. Set up the cut, choke the tree and drive away in the skidder. The top snaps right off and you aren't in harms way.

 

[cory]

Why not just a big mismatch cut?

 

[Tucker943]

Mortis and tenon will hold a little better. Mismatch works great too. But if the tree has some tension/pressure in it, the mortis and tenon is awesome. You need the power if the skidder to break it free. Its not some superior tactic, just a good trick to have in the bag for those times where it is handy.

 

[Tarzan]

Couple of dicey situations that happened this Summer...makes a guy stay on his toes for sure.
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[murphy4trees]

some seriously dangerous work... with all those leaners, snags and potential to throw something back at you from on high, it seems way more dangerous than residential tree work...

 

[Tarzan]

It can be at times...just depends on the environment. Worst ground and snags I ever worked was Southeast Alaska. I have to say now that I am a tree climber, that a guy can get himself into some trouble if he is not careful...no substitute for experience.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Nice videos!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Cool vids.
Exclusive of climbing hazards, I would say that just the fact that in the woods you are cutting so many more trees per day in a myriad of situations, makes it inherently more dangerous than residential work. Here there is usually the steep ground factor as well. One tree in the woods will stay in my mind forever....or maybe two Getting experience can both teach and kill you, and there always seems to be something new. I might be getting the shakes.....

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Especially when forest work is hazard tree mitigation. Most home owners don't wait until their trees are that bad. The forest has them all. And if they are on fire

 

[Burnham]

Sounds familiar....

 

[pantheraba]

That last video was a great example of why you can't turn your back on a falling tree for too long. That second smaller tree springboarding back towards you and then breaking off to fall in your direction...great lesson to see. I've heard of it but never seen it until now.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I wonder if anyone else has ever had the experience where you attempt to fall a tree on another that is hung up horizontally some distance away and above you, and instead of it crashing the hung up one down, it only teetered over it and the weight of the butt made it slide back down in the direction from which it came and right at you? Especially on steep ground it is a hell of a scenario. I slipped and just as easily could have died right there, the butt drove itself into the ground a few feet away. That one was a number of lessons right there, the biggest one being that such a thing is a possibility. I remember it vividly, and my thoughts at the time. Very scary. If I ever try it again, I'll definitely have a better plan of escape and be getting out of there immediately. I only thought to escape when I saw the tree coming back. I don't know that someone could think to teach that potential hazard, without first seeing it with their own eyes.