Tree felling vids

[cory]

While we're on the topic, there's always this one:

 

[lxskllr]

That's the first video I saw showing it, but I didn't quite get it. The video David posted matched a written description I read somewhere(rico?), and was helpful in giving the words context.

 

[davidwyby]

I really wanna call a soft Dutchman a stair step dutchman…

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nope. Curf cuts no = stairs

 

[davidwyby]

Nope. Curf cuts no = stairs

I’m not understanding what you’re saying.

IIRC, Jake Mesa stair stepped his. My theory is one hard step would just break the hinge…the soft or stair step is gradual as the trees falls/swings.

I don’t think hotsaws stepped his, hard to tell.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Cut at different progressive depths. Once th hingebreaks, they may appear as steps. Yet, in teaching, literate word for them is curf cuts. Some one may get the wromg technique thinking they need to cut steps. Yet one step could br a whizzy/sizwheel or a cut out at the back for a jack. Tree forensics

 

[pete mctree]

A quick clip of a decent sycamore I felled the other week - shame about the tearout and decay in the stem as it would have made some nice timber. Quite tall for around here too at 34m (110ftish)

 

[flushcut]

ALAP! Butch would have approved. Such a gratifying cracking sound on that one as it goes over.

 

[BeerGeek]

Geez Pete, a little high on that stump there, eh?....

 

[gf beranek]

Nice! Thanks, Pete!

Great action.

 

[davidwyby]

I have some ideas, but why so much spin?

 

[flushcut]

What did the hinge look like? When it hit it bounced off of those big stubs. “No stubs” I liked the video. Shit flying everywhere, action packed in slow motion. Near misses, just the good stuff.

 

[davidwyby]

I think the face was too closed, hinge broke soon or was cut on our left, started the spin which set that stob to increase it, plus landing on the end of the other log which kicked it over more. I guess either leave the limbs on to crush and cushion or take them clear off and let it plunk into the soft dirt.

 

[pete mctree]

Centre of gravity - side weight caused the rotation

 

[flushcut]

Could the pull line has induced a roll on the log?

 

[SeanKroll]

Coriolus effect!!

 

[cory]

Glancing at the photos and the vid, what I take from it is that big iron makes big money. You can tell from the stubs left and the miss on the fell that the faller isn't highly experienced yet he has a massive grapple truck there ready to take over, meaning the big iron takes up alot of the slack created by his inexperience .

If you've got the work, the iron will always make you big money.

 

[Tree09]

X infinity

 

[davidwyby]

Could the pull line has induced a roll on the log?

I screen recoded the video and played it back and forth very slowly. Yes, I am OCD....the line looks slack. If you can read the comments, he said his face was not open enough. I wonder if the flares may have contributed too. @stig?

 

[treebilly]

I think the root flare could be part of the reason it started to spin after the hinge broke. Also one side could’ve had more fiber pull than the other. The stubs definitely caused the violent reaction though.

 

[SeanKroll]

Spinning so early on, I would guess he cut off the hinge on one side.

 

[gf beranek]

face looked kind of narrow.

 

[BeerGeek]

Finally got a hold of the video from my son of the last top being dropped on that recent Chestnut Oak. Enjoy!

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Tommy_B]

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