Tree felling vids

[chris_girard]

Big and ugly tree for sure, but she's down and gone, so all's well that ends well.

 

[Porkbrick]

thanks guys, good to know im not the only one. by the way, we went back to the state park and took down the last big fir. it went perfect! i feel much more confidant with a good one at the end. i took vid, ive got to edit and upload it.

 

[Porkbrick]

this one went so much better!

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[stig]

I can't see the last part, for some reason it cuts out at 2.28 min.

On the first tree, it looks like you have a clear lay to put it in, why bounce it off the trees to the left?

Is there something that is not evident from the viewpoint of the camera?

 

[Porkbrick]

all the material was to stay on the ground, anything in the road had to be cleaned up. we were just trying to keep the wood off the road so we didnt have to move it, plus there is an old split-rail fence on the other side. it may be cutting out cause ive got you-tube running the stabilizing edit on it, give it a few and it should be finished.

 

[stig]

I figured it was something like that. I'll sometimes jump through hoops in order to keep trees off of roads and trails, too!
In fact some of the fanciest felling I've pulled off, has been because I wanted to avoid clen-up

 

[Porkbrick]

 

[Bodean]

Great work. Love the videos.

Here's one my friend sent me, hope it's not a repost.

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[sotc]

Nice stuff Jamie. On that big tree, more wedges makes for easier driving. But my guess is thats all you had

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nice hinge BTW on the last tree.. Good job Jaime. It's fun getting to fell some trees outside the urban setting.

 

[Porkbrick]

i was the camera man on this one, my man Rusty did the cutting. you can hear him cackling at the end. the wedge was just back-up, we had the winch on it (grcs) and it was leaning in our favor, i was just really enthusiastic with driving that wedge.

 

[Bodean]

I liked the trail of redirects.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

+1 That was cool.

 

[pantheraba]

Pork...is that Big Shot pole made of bamboo?

 

[MasterBlaster]

It sure looks like it! Great video!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Was that a Pine, Jamie, and did you happen to count how old it was?

 

[Porkbrick]

it was a douglas fir, and i counted 120 +- years on it. right aout the time it was last logged. the bigshot is bamboo, and so is my pole pruner, works great and its cheap (free!).

 

[MasterBlaster]

Makes cents!

 

[pantheraba]

Excellent on the bamboo...I use it a bit, too...good stuff.

 

[Burnham]

Professional cutter with 30 years experience, so says the caption...looks like it, doesn't it?

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[MasterBlaster]

Whoa - never actually seen it as it happened!!!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Scary. It sounded professional until someone screamed."No"!

 

[Burnham]

I don't think that ever helps much at changing the outcome, does it .

 

[sotc]

Rut ro

 

[vl2007]

Weight in motion...powerful stuff!