Trees you've cut

[Teewhy]

Nice work to get with a few mates.
2 Leyland Cyprus and 2 Ash to come down,
Basket job, left with a truck load of ash for the stove, happy days
Machine delays mean we’ll have to be back, but it was a good couple days nonetheless.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[chiselbit]

That first one has some pretty wood, is there anything you can do with that?

 

[davidwyby]

That first one has some pretty wood, is there anything you can do with that?

It’s nice and stable unlike Euc. I mill it, sell to tule peak timber, or mostly make “cookies” out of it and sell to ladies for decoration. Or charcuterie boards. I’ve made some good $ doing it. Like 160 cookies for $7 ea..

 

[davidwyby]

I think I made a mistake by putting the back cut through a wound burl.

 

[Ketchup]

I think I made a mistake by putting the back cut through a wound burl.

Those darn short fiber trees like gravity too much. They never initiate the fall until you’ve already taken too much hinge. Then it just tears sideways and goes straight for the lean.

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

Those darn short fiber trees like gravity too much. They never initiate the fall until you’ve already taken too much hinge. Then it just tears sideways and goes straight for the lean.

Beech and sycamore are like this.

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

Western red ceder.
There's lots of it around here.
It was often planted around houses years ago.
There's one mill in the country that takes it, they pay top dollar for it too.

This was only a small tree, I've seen trees seven foot in diameter beside old farmhouses before. They don't usually grow too tall though, given the space they have not growing amongst other trees in a forest. Don't think I've seen one over 70 feet tall. This one was only about thirty feet tall.

 

[Catbuster]

Beech and sycamore are like this.

Honestly, most deciduous hardwood trees are.

Sycamore is probably the worst.

I strongly dislike spur, jump cutting and slick stumping trees but for where a lot of people east of the Rocky Mountains here in the US, it’s the best way to not pull fiber and leave a sellable product.

 

[Hoser]

I’ve been noticing the hand crews locally seem to just face cut, back cut and chase the hinge, which I never liked hanging out on the stump that long, especially with ash

 

[davidwyby]

Honestly, most deciduous hardwood trees are.

Sycamore is probably the worst.

I strongly dislike spur, jump cutting and slick stumping trees but for where a lot of people east of the Rocky Mountains here in the US, it’s the best way to not pull fiber and leave a sellable product.

@afleetcommand has the safe way to fell and not pull fibers down to a science. Open face, plunge and trigger with some stump shot.