Recent content by afleetcommand

Last in this video I wanted to show what propagates a barber chair, so I left a LOT of hinge to show how the chair starts at the back....didn't quite get it to barber chair but you can see how the stress forms that can create one. I will prolly re do this video and force a chair for demo...

Some raw video of big dead tree's that can kill you if they chair. And they want to chair . Have to not let the face cut close until I'm way gone. And bore cut as much as possible before cutting the trigger :)

Yeah have done a lot of ash over the years. Also have a bunch of video's demonstrating the pro's and cons :) But to the gut the hinge thing.... you HAVE to know your tree's , last thing u want to do is take too much and let the leaner release too soon with too weak a hinge while your cutting...

Exposed roots

A mini nose picker excavator vs. tree stumps.

Changing things up a bit, moving in a slightly different direction. Retired now and that process is an evolution I guess, so shedding a little more work for a little more fun and games.

Surprised no one noticed the difference in RPM's :) I can take a fast saw, push on it until it's out of the power band and it will look slow as compared to a lessor saw operated in it's power curve. Going from 120 to 140 isn't going to be enough to over come the differences in technic and chain...

LESS compression. Of course I hate generalities, and as an operator I can make a saw look faster or slower with technic or chain grinds... But here is quantitative therefore absolute proof of why more compression doesn't help or by extension lower compression makes for a faster saw :)

Best tool to remove crank bearings from conventional metal cases? That split in half? A a turkey roaster. AND it works as well to put new ones back in! Two for the price of one.

How about the little ones. Here working a 455 & 451e :)

Couple of cool trains on a busy day. Delivered firewood and while I was up there....

Bob changed my "Yellow" perception with a gift. A Pro Mac 60. And the FIRST good running yellow saw since my 797 years back that went to a person here years and years ago. TO make it more useful ( the pro mac 60 ) I needed a longer bar. So here is the march towards a solution. Sorry for the...

Pulling out my old Jonsereds, starting with the 70e along with the Mac 60, here is a snap shot of the work and that 70e ( Last half of this video ) Starts with 562, Pro mac 60, then 70e and it runs like it does :)

Focus on EMD power in the lashup's :)

Yup think of it this way, back in the 1960's was a "jump" in HP technology, a powerful diesel of that period was in the 2000 hp range and DC traction motors. In the 1970's the sd40's & EMD's 645's pushed that to a reliable 3000hp, now they are in the 4000hp range. ONE of those GE's have both...