Let’s see some stumps

[Woodslasher]

So pinched and then the tree started going?
I've been there....

Kinda? It was more of a cut, tree started going, tree hung up, cut some more of the hinge wood, pinch, "Go watch for cars, I'll use the excavator to get it down!".

 

[RI Chevy]

Use a little persuasion! Lol

 

[Woodslasher]

Use a little persuasion! Lol

There are benefits to having family members who own heavy equipment! Back to the pics, here's a stump from a few days ago. I got it to go 90 degrees to the lean (it wanted to fall roughly in line with my axe handle) and it ended up right where I wanted it, so I was pretty happy with it.

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice.

 

[davidwyby]

@Woodslasher WTG! Looks like fun, I’m jealous.
I almost overcut this euc. I was bangin the heck out of the wedges with a 3 or 5 lb sledge and taking a smidge more at a time. The unlevel cuts, shadow, and camera angle make it look worse than it was.



https://opeforum.com/threads/todays-fun-tree-work-etc-video-walt-style.26523/

 

[Pincher]

Not the best looking. 28" on the back cut. I did a bore cut from each side because of the lean to avoid barber chair. Wish I had a longer bar saw with but I proved to myself I could get it down safely with an 034 with a 16"

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I had to be graded in a class for this one, timber job cut, a 19" DBH white oak.

 

[davidwyby]

I posted link to YT vid of this tree somewhere…

 

[Hinerman]

I had to be graded in a class for this one, timber job cut, a 19" DBH white oak.
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Why the bore cut into the face cut?

 

[Coop The Cutter]

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Put the "beater" 42" bar on the 395 to save my buddy some stump grinding. Big willow tree...

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Why the bore cut into the face cut?

It releases tension wood in the center of the tree preventing it from pulling fiber and mitigating the potential of barber chair or in the case of timber harvesting it saves more of the butt.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Just whacked down this 16" post oak this AM.

 

[huskyboy]

 

[davidwyby]

This is gonna burn your eyes

 

[davidwyby]

 

[RI Chevy]

Wow. Crack city...

 

[davidwyby]

It gets better.

 

[davidwyby]

I think there might actually have been a reason for the one cut fell. The trees were killed by fire 12-13 years ago. The fire preserved them like wood does here in the desert. They are tall and skinny with a touch of lean here and there. Pounding wedges might result in getting stabbed with a hardened falling limb. I think one guy was cutting with the lean and one guy pushing or pulling…one cut is a lot faster and easier than 3 and when you’re just doing firewood, who cares about a little pull off the stump?

 

[Maintenance Chief]

Nightmares