Felling Wedges

[Wilhelm]

You gonna get a 661 to pull that Bar?
[emoji851]

Nah, overrated boat anchor...

That's my Dolmar PS-7900's secondary setup!

http://opeforum.com/threads/the-off...lmar-chainsaws-thread.694/page-43#post-268492

 

[so il logger]

No falling wedges here. If things get that bad the skidder gets the job done

And if it isn't an intentional push tree then I walk away feeling like a *pretty boy

 

[so il logger]

Dumb *f-word...

 

[so il logger]

Hmm.. Must just be the A word

Sure ain't no pretty boy...

 

[Coltont]

Hmm.. Must just be the A word

Sure ain't no pretty boy...

Maybe you were born with it? Maybe it's Maybelline?

 

[Bobbyjr]

Which wedges do you use for each season?

Thanks.

Philbert

In all seasons I always carry those yellow stackable wedges. Off hand I dont remember which ones I use in the winter

Which wedges do you use for each season?

Thanks.

Philbert

in all seasons I carry the Black Bear yellow stackable wedges. For the winter,I use the Double Taper "Super-Tuff" wedges,they generally don't break,softer plastic

 

[2manyhounds]

Tried Stihl wedges, Redheads and the yellow cheapies out of Ahlborns, they all break if you hit them enough,or maybe just not square enough. The Stihl ones just seem to last me longer cause they're expensive and not the first ones I grab

 

[jeepsnchainsaws]

@Deets066 watch this bangover!
Three redheads stacked in Fir, banged it for half an hour with a 8lber.

 

[RI Chevy]

Awesome video! Real nice job. [emoji106]

 

[Deets066]

@Deets066 watch this bangover!
Three redheads stacked in Fir, banged it for half an hour with a 8lber.

He shoulda used the jack he was talkin bout in the beginning of the vid.

 

[Homemade]

I stacked three on top of each other a couple days ago. Any advice on how to stop them from kicking the wedges out?

Try sprinkling a little saw chips between the wedges helps them from spitting back out. Dirt works better as it’s more abrasive, but I’m usually cutting when the dirt is froze. I’ve only used this on stacking never had too much problem with single wedge spitting out.


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[Philbert]

As a follow-up to an earlier post; a colleague told me that he was concerned about chemicals released when cutting / sanding plastic wedges with power tools, and recommended that they be re-shaped with a sharp block plane.

I tried this. It works. It just takes a bit longer. But if you don't have the power tools, or want to do something in a quieter, more peaceful manner, you can try this. It helps to have some type of vise or clamp to hold the wedges. Although, I am sure that you could also carve out some recesses in a block of wood to hold the wedges in different positions for shaping with the plane.



Philbert

 

[RI Chevy]

I sometimes use metal splitting wedges if the tree has enough girth to fall the tree. They are thicker, and bite better. Take a better hit too. Once again, as far as I can create enough distance away from the outer cut with bar and chain. Tree goes over faster. Lol

 

[BrokenSVT]

I use the Stihl ones. I've not broken one yet, but I have taken a chain to more than one inadvertently.

 

[RI Chevy]

I cut a yellow Oregon wedge a couple of times already. Lol

 

[Philbert]

They are a 'consumable' item. Designed to be sacrificial. But you still might as well get as much use out of them as you can.
Being 'thrifty' and all that.

Philbert

 

[RI Chevy]

LOL. Yup. And I still use it first.

 

[junkman]

I cut a yellow Oregon wedge a couple of times already. Lol

So you have colorful sawdust too then .

 

[RI Chevy]

Lol. I never saw the chips. I was too busy looking at my chain and swearing. LOL

 

[jakethesnake]

So you have colorful sawdust too then .

I’ve cut the metal ones my chips weren’t very colorful. They sorta sparked some which was sota neat.