Tree Felling Technique Thread

[XP_Slinger]

Ash with some natural lean. No bore cut but a little fiber pull. I cut one beside it a couple years ago and bored into and when I got the hinge set it set down on the bar. The wedges in it wouldn’t lift and not enough room for more so it had to be pulled over

Howdy Mike. Hope all is well over there.

Why do you think the previous one sat down? Was the tree rotten on the inside?

 

[Skeans1]

Another good way to play in bigger wood


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[hseII]

Another good way to play in bigger wood


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Nice!


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[hseII]

Here’s a gnarly one from yesterday.

Preface- This is a Danger/Hazard Tree.
Please do not take on one of these without Adequate Knowledge & Skill Set.

Lightning Struck Poplar from last week’s storm.

Bark Yard & fence in Subdivision. The only straightforward access is the gate.

Great Climber & Friend. He’s just joined the forum.

See him tied in to an adjacent tree?
Also notice the Trucker’s Straps holding the Stem together. This thing was split from within 25’ of the top, all the way to the bottom.

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[hseII]

Wait,

This is the felling forum.

My Mistake.


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[Skeans1]

Wait,

This is the felling forum.

My Mistake.


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It’s on the ground that’s what matters with no damage hats off to you guys. From time to time there’s days I miss picking up a saw but it’s sure been nicer having the saw carry me.


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[beaglebriar]

Here’s a gnarly one from yesterday.

Preface- This is a Danger/Hazard Tree.
Please do not take on one of these without Adequate Knowledge & Skill Set.

Lightning Struck Poplar from last week’s storm.

Bark Yard & fence in Subdivision. The only straightforward access is the gate.

Great Climber & Friend. He’s just joined the forum.

See him tied in to an adjacent tree?
Also notice the Trucker’s Straps holding the Stem together. This thing was split from within 25’ top to the bottom.

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I bet there's some nice looking boards in that butt log.

 

[Marshy]

I bet there's some nice looking boards in that butt log.

That's what I was thinking. Man I'd love to have that one to mill.

 

[Coltont]

I bet there's some nice looking boards in that butt log.

Yard trees often have the prettiest figure you'll find in wood. Unfortunately 99 percent of the time they are full of metal.

 

[Cat 525]

Ask the owner and they always say no iron in tree! Cut it down and it's blue! Don't usually deal with yard trees to send to mill!

 

[beaglebriar]

Yard trees often have the prettiest figure you'll find in wood. Unfortunately 99 percent of the time they are full of metal.

Very true.

 

[chipper1]

Also notice the Trucker’s Straps

What's the 20 on the truckers straps.
Nice work buddy. I need to sell my little bota and get me one of those big mini skids, very nice.

 

[Coltont]

What's the 20 on the truckers straps.
Nice work buddy. I need to sell my little bota and get me one of those big mini skids, very nice.

Look into vermeer. You wont be disappointed.

 

[mdavlee]

Howdy Mike. Hope all is well over there.

Why do you think the previous one sat down? Was the tree rotten on the inside?

It had a small spot maybe 4” round that was hollow in an 18-20” tree. Never had a good healthy looking tree like that do anything like that before with a hinge and the back trigger area left

 

[beaglebriar]

Ash with some natural lean. No bore cut but a little fiber pull. I cut one beside it a couple years ago and bored into and when I got the hinge set it set down on the bar. The wedges in it wouldn’t lift and not enough room for more so it had to be pulled over

Is that Husqvarna axe in the pic?

 

[chipper1]

It had a small spot maybe 4” round that was hollow in an 18-20” tree. Never had a good healthy looking tree like that do anything like that before with a hinge and the back trigger area left

That stinks.
I had a hard leaner I notched, then bored from the bad side as there was a small tree they wanted saved on the good side, dang thing had stress cracks in it and she sat down on my 24" stihl light. Pulled the powerhead and grabbed another bar from the truck and made a step cut below the first from the bad sideband watched the back half of the stump rip out of the ground and the tree roll onto my bar . Got everything limbed out and bucked up and pulled the round with my bar in it out of the ground and it was perfectly straight, and just when I thought the only luck I had was bad luck lol.

Any thoughts/advice from the more experienced on this one. I kept went to the most solid wood I could on it for the notch, and as soon as I saw rotten chips I stopped. I seem to get nasty rotten ones or they are up against a house/garage/fence or sometimes both nasty and up against something or over something.

 

[chipper1]

Look into vermeer. You wont be disappointed.

Thanks.

 

[Deets066]

What was the point in no face cut

It’s a type of cutting mainly used for high dollar veneer logs. On a $5,000-$10,000 tree you don’t get paid for what direction it falls. Just that it makes it to the ground without splitting or fiber pull.

 

[Deets066]

Notice how low the stump is also

 

[Cat 525]

Good job right there!