Not So Pro 3

[SOS Ridgerider]

Good morning folks,

today’s training:
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13" bars and Scandinavian branching method.......
It boils down to how to effectively pruning a tree where you use your body as little as possible, and also reduce the vibrations.......
The first thing is to plan, to see the terrain, to use the necessary small trees as supports for those you are going to fell.

5 steps, branching.
Blind side, allow the chainsaw to slide on the front of the chainsaw body while pruning the blind side, no longer than your normal stride length.
Flip the chainsaw so the chain cover is the sliding surface, branch the top of the tree.
Let the chainsaw slide down between you and the tree, leave the transition between the chainsaw and the handle on your right knee, step forward and you branch your side using your knee as the tool instead of your shoulders.
One step to the same method with the knee.
Saw the top of the tree as described earlier.
You will now be back to the blind side again without actually using your shoulders.
Every other process you have to branch at the bottom which is the only time you have to use your shoulders.

And quite obvious why a 20" bar is not suitable.....
And no, I don't think you choose regular chainsaw polishing lol

Ah, the 13" bar mafia in Norway. They're all over every single social media platform talking about 13" bars. It's comical to me at this point. They'll use a 13" bar to take down anything, even if it doesn't make any sense.
I brought some chains home to my uncle one year, he logs a little in the winter, and this was before I spun my own chains. The place that spun them up for me kept asking over and over if I knew what I was talking about, asking for chains that short, because they didn't believe there were bars that short. Lol

 

[SOS Ridgerider]

lol well say we heard his pizza sucks lol
you better be quick with the foot
we know work wasnt your excuse to not be there lol

im ok coffee time and doing ok

Coffee time here too.

I don't need to be quick with the foot when I sneak up behind you, and all you see is the toe of my boot hitting your sack...
Nutsack ambush.

 

[GCJenks204]

Keep it up there

Funny thing is it comes up hereafter going through/starting in Colorado / Montana. We might get lucky and the colder arctic air coming over the pole might keep the heart of it below us.

 

[JoeDirt]

Well I aint liking that Joe.
Hope its not as bad as they think.
Prayers sent.

Thanks Brent. Hope so. She's real upset about it and definitely in pain. The ER wasn't able to say much other than nothing is broken, but that doesn't mean her rotator cuff isn't torn. Thankfully the orthopedic doctor was able to get her in right away. We'll see what they say today.

You better take care of mom
She’s the only one you have

Absolutely.

 

[dall]

Ah, the 13" bar mafia in Norway. They're all over every single social media platform talking about 13" bars. It's comical to me at this point. They'll use a 13" bar to take down anything, even if it doesn't make any sense.
I brought some chains home to my uncle one year, he logs a little in the winter, and this was before I spun my own chains. The place that spun them up for me kept asking over and over if I knew what I was talking about, asking for chains that short, because they didn't believe there were bars that short. Lol

and thats why they run huskies
because thats all longer of a bar huskies can pull

Coffee time here too.

I don't need to be quick with the foot when I sneak up behind you, and all you see is the toe of my boot hitting your sack...
Nutsack ambush.

thats how i got gunner at kevins gtg

but you are not that quiet

 

[nbbt]

Good morning all. Rains expected starting early afternoon. 50 to 59 today.

 

[3browns]

Morning folks, 22 and clear, going grocery shopping later today so headed to the bank first to try and get a loan

 

[3browns]

Morning folks. My mom had her right hand operated on about a week and a half ago to fix some arthritis. They fused all the bones in her palm together, kind of a bigger surgery as far as wrists and hands go. Then last night she slipped and fell while she was brushing her teeth, she fell on her left arm and probably tore her rotator cuff according to the ER. So I'm at the orthopedic doctor with her this morning. She has minimal use out of either arm and can't drive.

Been there and done that on the rotator cuff, torn bicep, etc

Physical therapy is the key to recovering

Best wishes for her

 

[Bilge Rat]

Good mornin.
Got back from a week of being on the beach watchin bikinis in Orange beach AL.
Lots of good food and no schedule to worry about.
The wife was happy staying in the condo that belongs to her niece right on the beach.
The gulf is calm as a bathtub compared to the Atlantic.

 

[Mastermind]

Jeremiah is doing great today. Different hospital. From ICU just yesterday.

 

[farminkarman]

Jeremiah is doing great today. Different hospital. From ICU just yesterday.

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That is great news!

 

[41FanForLife]

Guys are much happier being in the shop today than sitting in the classroom and being bored to death

 

[Tor R]

Ah, the 13" bar mafia in Norway. They're all over every single social media platform talking about 13" bars. It's comical to me at this point. They'll use a 13" bar to take down anything, even if it doesn't make any sense.
I brought some chains home to my uncle one year, he logs a little in the winter, and this was before I spun my own chains. The place that spun them up for me kept asking over and over if I knew what I was talking about, asking for chains that short, because they didn't believe there were bars that short. Lol

Very true.
I would almost say that 13" has become even more popular in recent years, not only applies to Norway, it is the same in Sweden as well.
Most people who sell firewood have wood processors, and of what is sold there are 36-50cm diameter machines, so you hardly need anything bigger than 13" to fell those trees.
In spruce, last time I delivered, a maximum of 55cm was accepted as timber log, from 55 to 75cm in diameter the log goes to paper production. Anything over 75cm in diameter is worthless on spruce.
It may be that it has become a little different since I have been doing it.

 

[JugHead27]

Got a vision now gonna be beautiful after get everything grasses over and planted

 

[nbbt]

Morning folks, 22 and clear, going grocery shopping later today so headed to the bank first to try and get a loan

Did you ever talk to an extension office regarding your yard. The U of Minnesota has a soil testing program that the taxpayer can send in stuff to get tested.

Jeremiah is doing great today. Different hospital. From ICU just yesterday.

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Great to hear that a change of personnel and treatments methods employed by this different hospital are once again providing beneficial treatment. Hopefully home soon.

 

[3browns]

Did you ever talk to an extension office regarding your yard. The U of Minnesota has a soil testing program that the taxpayer can send in stuff to get tested.

Great to hear that a change of personnel and treatments methods employed by this different hospital are once again providing beneficial treatment. Hopefully home soon.

I did and the state and university ag offices do not offer soil testing, I will have to send it to an outside lab

Honestly with everything else I had going over the last month I quit worrying about it and will revisit the issue in the spring

It is kind of wild but I swear the Fescue in the mix is still growing despite temps down as low as 17 F, it is green and healthy looking

I know it's a cold climate grass and I could be (probably am) full of crap but in certain areas it is an inch taller than when I cut it last which was after the first freeze into the 20s



Just went out and snapped this

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Morena E Hoas.

 

[maulhead]

Morning folks, 22 and clear, going grocery shopping later today so headed to the bank first to try and get a loan

I kinda figured a smith & wesson, and good daiwa or orvis would get you all the food you could eat up that way.

 

[3browns]

I kinda figured a smith & wesson, and good daiwa or orvis would get you all the food you could eat up that way.

A: I hate fish in any way, form, or fashion

B: I love to hunt but even up here the cost doesn’t pencil out

If I put meat in the freezer so much the better

I filled our freezer with mostly caribou when we lived in the bush and some moose now and then

 

[Mastermind]

Found my sick calf. Dead in one of the ponds. Got it out, looked it over good. Bullet hole in its eye.