Everyday day man's tree work and cutting thread

[MustangMike]

Saturday's job.

Can't tell from the pics, but is that a White Oak??? Nice wood if it is.

 

[Normzilla]

Can't tell from the pics, but is that a White Oak??? Nice wood if it is.

A dead Tan oak. From sudden oak death

 

[Normzilla]

I️t was back-leaning a bit so I️ tried that trick I️ learned on the Intertube.

Turns out it works.

Nice. It work out?

 

[hseII]

Nice. It work out?

Yessir.
Twice.

 

[MustangMike]

A dead Tan oak. From sudden oak death

OK, Thanks, never seen one, we don't have em around here, but the tree formation looked real similar to White Oak.

 

[Derf]

Yessir.
Twice.

That looks like some kind of neat trick. Can you explain it? Looks like you took a section out from the middle of the backside and stacked some wedges to create lift? If so, what’s the advantage?

 

[hseII]

That looks like some kind of neat trick. Can you explain it? Looks like you took a section out from the middle of the backside and stacked some wedges to create lift? If so, what’s the advantage?

It was Back leaning smaller diameter tree: around 15”. Rather than a 1/3rd face, I cut more shallow face, then stuck the bar thru the heart to give me a wedging area.

Set my wedges, & started easing my back cut in about 3” high, tightening my wedges every so often, watching the crown.

I left a heavy hinge & kept wedging until the tree went over Center towards the intended fall area, & viōla.

Jeff Jepson’s “To Fell a Tree”, Feeling Difficult Trees, pg. 81.

The header says 6-12” trees, but it worked good with these 15-18” trees.


Also,

 

[Frank bierce]

With that groove in there...as long as the holding wood holds...there is only one place for that tree to go!! Nicely done

 

[Derf]

That’s awesome!

 

[Normzilla]

OK, Thanks, never seen one, we don't have em around here, but the tree formation looked real similar to White Oak.

I've heard of white Oak, never seen in person. These tan oaks you get a lot of bark with your wood

 

[Normzilla]

Yessir.
Twice.

Cool buddy

 

[hseII]

With that groove in there...as long as the holding wood holds...there is only one place for that tree to go!! Nicely done

That’s awesome!

Yessir.

When there are things that need not be hit, it’s either that or a rope, or climb it & piece it down.

That way looked more straight forward.

 

[mdavlee]

I've done the back cut first with a wedge slot the same height as the back cut in smaller trees to be able to wedge them.

 

[Normzilla]

Happy Thanksgiving to the working man.

 

[hseII]

Happy Thanksgiving to the working man.

Happy Thanksgiving to You Norm.

 

[hseII]

This M7060HD keeps surprising me.

4BT out of the Bandit 250 we bought.

Reid is on top of things.

 

[Frank bierce]

Happy Thanksgiving to the working man.

Happy thanksgiving to you too Norm. Stay safe and healthy!!

 

[Normzilla]

Happy thanksgiving to you too Norm. Stay safe and healthy!!

Absolutely Amigo. Volunteered with our Church. Cooking and serving at our community vets hall.

 

[Coltont]

Long time no reply. Hope everyone is staying safe.

Standing dead elm tree. Another customer of mine was driving by and took this of me in the lift

Standing dead cottonwood tree

Last section of trunk from an ash tree I was taking down

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Hellish bypass on the notch on the big tree.

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[Roadfxr]

Took this maple down for friend out of his fence line. Wish they were all this easy. Took a huge ash tree out of the same fence line about 4 years ago


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