Trees you've cut

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

This climbing business is a whole new game. I'm looking at trees with felling them in mind which leads me to completely underestimate how much more difficult they are going to be to climb.
This spruce had to be topped. My original plan was to climb to the top, throw a pull rope down to the groundman and then cut it down in two sections. We couldn't get the rope to the ground for love not money, the branches of the tree were just too thick. The bottom branches were fourty feet long. I then started chunking the tree down but nothing I cut reached the ground, everything got caught in branches and sat there. Ended up cutting off all the branches above where I intended to top the tree then climbing back up to the top, setting a rope, coming down and limbwalking out to free out all the stuff I cut. Any tips as to what to do in a similar situation again?







Also, here's a picture of my hands after climbing that dirty bastard. Sticky business.

 

[davidwyby]

Dropped a dead fir after work, it had a lean in the opposite direction over a 40' conex but a few wedges steered it clear.
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wussat banger?

 

[Woodslasher]

wussat banger?

You've swung it before, told me it was loose too as I recall. Just a no-name ~4lb Dayton head on a 28" straight haft. It's my test-dummy with the electrical tape palm swell. I've wished for a heavier one a few times, but at least 90% of the time it's been a darn good whacker.

 

[davidwyby]

@Woodslasher I disremember. Gettin old I reckon. Looks like a decent poll. Hate to see more dead trees on your place.

My Japanese splitter gained about 3lb today. Not finished yet.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Loony661]

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Pics of trailer?

 

[davidwyby]

Pics of trailer?

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

I nearly tied into this.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

We were doing line clearance and this was just within pole saw height. Someone must have tried to cut it from the ground years ago and either got stuck or gave up.

 

[Hoser]

That’s very common in my area unfortunately. Guys start into a tree and then think it’s too big/sketchy so they walk away. I find it a lot in trees I’ve went back to lower the stump in spring after the snow melts

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

That’s very common in my area unfortunately. Guys start into a tree and then think it’s too big/sketchy so they walk away. I find it a lot in trees I’ve went back to lower the stump in spring after the snow melts

Still not as wild as this roadside Ash that someone notched and walked away from.

 

[Hoser]

That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Notch, maybe start the back cut then just nope right out of it and walk. I’ll bring my phone back next time I spy one

 

[Loony661]

Still not as wild as this roadside Ash that someone notched and walked away from.


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Unless someone started a back cut, or plunged the heartwood out, that tree will stand for a long, long time. Looks worse than it is IMO. Still bad practice and I dislike when people do this as well.

 

[HumBurner]

Unless someone started a back cut, or plunged the heartwood out, that tree will stand for a long, long time. Looks worse than it is IMO. Still bad practice and I dislike when people do this as well.

There's just no reason or logic behind harming a tree like that. Cut it down or don't touch it.

We have a few species around here that make burls, which are common targets for poachers and can bring big dollars. You'll see it every now and again, weird chunks missing out of trees.

 

[Loony661]

There's just no reason or logic behind harming a tree like that. Cut it down or don't touch it.

Agreed.

We have a few species around here that make burls, which are common targets for poachers and can bring big dollars. You'll see it every now and again, weird chunks missing out of trees.

I’ve heard of that.

 

[chiselbit]

Some *dipstick cut an 8’ x 12” beam out of a standing cedar here once and left the rest of the tree standing. Stood for several years

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

Unless someone started a back cut, or plunged the heartwood out, that tree will stand for a long, long time. Looks worse than it is IMO. Still bad practice and I dislike when people do this as well.

The man who did that is just a Dall with a chainsaw. He has no certificates, training or insurance. If a certified, trained and insured timber cutter like me done that I would lose my certs, insurance and reputation. But this bollocks doesn't give two *f-words. And he's getting paid in timber. Dickheahds like him put the likes of me out of business.

 

[Hoser]

Here’s what I was talking about earlier

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

Here’s what I was talking about earlier