Appreciate all the help, I’m still entertaining the squirrel but will see how things go Friday or Saturday. Always a good day to do some clearing!
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Big Ed
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Hasn't that happened to us all before?
I'm planning on putting the skid steer in the front bucket....
I'm planning on putting the skid steer in the front bucket....
And there you go.....! An Object Lesson in the Laws of Physics.
Everything (and I do mean everything) done wrong.
Well....maybe missing a beer in hand, but the person recording could be holding that.
Well typically I’ll say “hold my beer and watch this”!
Success and no pop knots on my noggin! Back cut was needed on all and I saved the best for last but overall, no metal bent. Home free now to clear the smaller stuff.
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Good job Sir!
Everything done safely. You are to be commended.
Good job Sir!
Everything done safely. You are to be commended.
Early in my flight medic job during college I flew a young cub scout member who was struck in head with log after it bounced on ground and struck him in the head, sadly he died from it.
I don't think there is such think as overkill with exercising caution doing things like this. tall rotten tree's aren't anyone's friends!
I don't think there is such think as overkill with exercising caution doing things like this. tall rotten tree's aren't anyone's friends!
Big Ed
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I told my Forest Service “faller” friend I dropped this tree, and described it. He said “Thats a no no tree”, too dangerous to touch. I said well I didn’t want it falling on me, he agreed with that thought. While making the back cut, the half of the tree in my direction broke away and started in my direction. That pinched my saw, I had to leave it and get out of the path of the tree. When the tree was on the ground, the saw was laying there still running. It bent the bar and handle though.
I didn’t have a tape measure, so I used what I had. The plywood is 12”, signs are 11”.
That’s how far it fell from the stump.
It landed about 12’ from the stump, downhill.
I took the opportunity to switch to a wrap around handle, I wasn’t falling trees when I bought the saw.
I also had to replace the bar. For the moment I straightened the handle enough to be usable, and put on a different length bar. Then went back to work.
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Big Ed
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I went up yesterday and cut some more of that black oak. I didn’t bring much down, I didn’t take the trailer because I didn’t have time to do that much. Some of it has bad spots, I’ll just split that away.
YODA 88 62
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@Big Ed Whoa, that was a scary tree to cut. how did the sap wood feel when you were cutting through it? Was it powdery?
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For everybody:
Here’s a link to basic training material for wildland firefighters. It has a ton of great information that is great for all levels of fallers. The info is especially good for someone who just picked up a chainsaw and thinks one diagonal cut drops a tree safely. It covers the basics of chainsaws, maintenance, a cut plan, what to avoid when sizing up a tree, cut order, different types of cuts and even info on cross cut saws.
Hopefully this info can save someone from a near miss, trip to the hospital, or death. After the videos I’ve watched in the last couple months learning about felling from fire crews to arborists, cutting trees can be scary if you aren’t educated. This info doesn’t necessarily make up for taking a proper class which can be offered in local national/state forests, wildland fire schools or even some community colleges.
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For everybody:
Here’s a link to basic training material for wildland firefighters. It has a ton of great information that is great for all levels of fallers. The info is especially good for someone who just picked up a chainsaw and thinks one diagonal cut drops a tree safely. It covers the basics of chainsaws, maintenance, a cut plan, what to avoid when sizing up a tree, cut order, different types of cuts and even info on cross cut saws.
Hopefully this info can save someone from a near miss, trip to the hospital, or death. After the videos I’ve watched in the last couple months learning about felling from fire crews to arborists, cutting trees can be scary if you aren’t educated. This info doesn’t necessarily make up for taking a proper class which can be offered in local national/state forests, wildland fire schools or even some community colleges.
Sometimes (just sometimes), I'll use the winch on the Pig to move a log uphill to a more convenient spot, have Granddaughter help split it, then heat the house with it
Big Ed
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I could tell it wasn’t exactly solid by the chips, but it wasn’t powdery. From what I saw I didn’t expect it to break apart, just maybe I couldn’t control the direction of fall. I already had the vee out of it and was doing the back cut. I did think that since it survived that much that it would continue to cooperate, I was wrong. With the way it actually went, there was no danger to me. I had good escape routes. That doesn’t mean another similar tree would do the same, you never know.
Big Ed
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My son and I brought the rest of the black oak in our camp down on Saturday, the biggest piece is still up the hill.
Threw some pine chunks in for our burn barrel, it’s stuff we wanted out of the way anyway.
Big Ed
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My son airing up his tires with a foot pump, ha. It didn’t take that long actually. He aired down because he went farther up the road and got stuck on the ice, he got himself out before I cut the fallen tree out of our driveway, dropped the trailer and went looking for him. I was half way up the driveway, when he came from the other way. I told him next time stop short of the ice and back up. He said at first he thought that was too far to back up, but now he sees that it would have been easier and quicker. It’s good watching my kids learn.
We cut some pine along the easement road to get my son’s load. I’ve been wanting to clean that up, and its easy to work right there. These pictures were taken on the way out. I wasn’t gonna forget pictures again, I usually forget.
We cut some pine along the easement road to get my son’s load. I’ve been wanting to clean that up, and its easy to work right there. These pictures were taken on the way out. I wasn’t gonna forget pictures again, I usually forget.
Big Ed
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Tried out the new Fiskars, so far I like it. Most of this split with one swing, some were one handed. I still have bigger logs I’ll get to before long.
rkymtnflyfisher
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I have that one and the larger maul, both of them are great.
Rented mini excavator to dig water line today but first went to the two stumps which remained from the partially dead trees i cut and pulled down a couple weeks ago. Dug around each stump hoping I would be able to pull over with tractor.
Well, it didn’t work, now gonna re-evaluate and probably cut em down some and go from there unless any experts have some good ideas?
Well, it didn’t work, now gonna re-evaluate and probably cut em down some and go from there unless any experts have some good ideas?
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Big Ed
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If they’re strong enough to handle it and you have a big enough machine, push them over. Unless they’re dead, then part of the tree might break off and fall on you.
I had to dig around a couple trees last summer, they just broke off when pulling on them.
Once I got a cable around this below ground, it popped off. The other one I had to cut every root, it was an oak.
I had to dig around a couple trees last summer, they just broke off when pulling on them.
Once I got a cable around this below ground, it popped off. The other one I had to cut every root, it was an oak.
Big Ed
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How heavy is the tractor you have to pull the stump with?