Trees you've cut

[CLEARCUT]

Cutting hazard snags with @HYPERSAWS after work for a local camp.

 

[Kerfed]

Working alone on a funky pine

 

[davidwyby]

Looks kinda like the aleppos we have here. I think one of these days I'm going to end up climbing.

 

[huskyboy]

Been bucking logs...

 

[davidwyby]

@huskyboy

Purty, Walnut?

 

[Hinerman]

View attachment 293603 View attachment 293604 Cutting hazard snags with @HYPERSAWS after work for a local camp.

How do you get it out of that tree?

 

[huskyboy]

@huskyboy

Purty, Walnut?

Yup, it’s actually a white oak. Old one too.

 

[Coltont]

@huskyboy

Purty, Walnut?

Pretty bad when a white oak has enough mineral stain to fool a guy for walnut.

 

[davidwyby]

Pretty bad when a white oak has enough mineral stain to fool a guy for walnut.

I've never seen a walnut in my life, I live in the desert...all I know is it's dark like our mesquite.

 

[Coltont]

I've never seen a walnut in my life, I live in the desert...all I know is it's dark like our mesquite.

No I'm not giving you a hard time. It's a really poor representation of a white oak for color.

 

[huskyboy]

No I'm not giving you a hard time. It's a really poor representation of a white oak for color.

Yup this small one is more of the norm for around here in color. How many white oaks have you cut this week down there? Only got a few this week. Mostly red oaks.

 

[CLEARCUT]

How do you get it out of that tree?

We sniped it out away from the tree it was hung in. It took two tries to get it out, as it was dead-centered into that green tree. Gotta be real careful of it folding in half on you! We cut probably 20 or so, all white fir.

 

[Hinerman]

We sniped it out away from the tree it was hung in. It took two tries to get it out, as it was dead-centered into that green tree. Gotta be real careful of it folding in half on you! We cut probably 20 or so, all white fir.

Can you explain "snipe"?

 

[CLEARCUT]

Can you explain "snipe"?

When I say snipe, I’m talking about making a slanted cut so that the butt slides a certain direction. In that case, we did a normal face and back-cut away from the green tree, so the butt of the dead stem was farther away from the green tree. Then we sniped it away from it again, and it cleared and fell down. It gets a whip motion to it, and that is the particularly dangerous part when it can fold and crumble on you.

 

[Hinerman]

When I say snipe, I’m talking about making a slanted cut so that the butt slides a certain direction. In that case, we did a normal face and back-cut away from the green tree, so the butt of the dead stem was farther away from the green tree. Then we sniped it away from it again, and it cleared and fell down. It gets a whip motion to it, and that is the particularly dangerous part when it can fold and crumble on you.

I would like to see how that works some time. I could have used it today. Got 2 bars pinched on 2 different trees

 

[huskyboy]

 

[CLEARCUT]

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Full load, eh?

 

[huskyboy]

Full load, eh?

Yessir she was

 

[SpaceBus]

Cut five decent sized Balsam Fir trees today. Limbed them on the south side as high as I could reach with the powered and manual pole saw to help fall them in the right direction. The second and third tree pinched my 460 and I had to finish the job with the MS150. I made my felling cuts a bit differently today and tried the bore cut. My felling cuts were much flatter using the bore cut, but with my wife putting tension on the trunk with the felling winch the tree wanted to pinch my bar. The third tree also had a ton of sweep and spun while coming off the trunk and landed right onto the bar of my 460. I don't usually post pics when I fell trees, I just don't have that kind of time, but today was exciting since the trees were 20-35' from the house/power lines!

I'm thinking about replacing the bent 20" bar on the 460 with a 16-18" bar. I have a spare 24" bar and chain for the big trees, so I'm leaning 16", which would also make this boat anchor a bit more user friendly.

 

[davidwyby]

You can straighten the bar. Lay it on rubber and get after it with a soft face mallet.