Trees you've cut

[sawmikaze]

I agree Ryan. Have you ever had oiler holes plugging on your tsumura or “total” bars? They seem to plug the oiler hole more often for me since it’s not angled like the oregon/sugi ones. It’s just a round hole on most of the stihl mount tsumuras. It can be annoying sometimes. Good wearing bar though.

On certain species of wood. Yes.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Wasn’t big in diameter as some ash I've cut but this was probably one of the finest ash I’ve cut in quality. 70ft to the first branch no knobs and straight as a arrow... and it was alive. You don’t see em like that often especially with the majority of them dead here. View attachment 246546

Nice log, small heart. Really rare in ash these days

 

[logger nate]

Some nice spruce today

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

I bought a new splitter on Tuesday simply because I'm sick of my axes getting stuck in spruce with all its damn branches.

 

[pwheel]

One of several Oak snags that had to come down today, thanks to the gypsy moths:


Any chance this ailing 32" dbh Oak (below) can recover?

 

[XP_Slinger]

One of several Oak snags that had to come down today, thanks to the gypsy moths:
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Any chance this ailing 32" dbh Oak (below) can recover?
View attachment 246729

I hate those frigin moths. A few spruce trees in my yard got infested with gypsy moth caterpillars last week. I think I saved one of them.

I would give your oak til next May to see if it recovers a little.

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

God damn gypsies!

 

[pwheel]

I would give your oak til next May to see if it recovers a little.

Done. I already have more snags on the ground than I can burn in three years. Damn moths.

 

[logger nate]

 

[XP_Slinger]

Certainly didn’t need my 395 to flop this cherry but I need to get this Rattler broken in. Don’t even have a full tank through it since Mike did the cylinder work. For shame lol

32” bah.

 

[RI Chevy]

Wow. Nice Josh. Big cherry trees up there. Looks nice and fairly straight.
Saw is balanced perfectly on the lower dog spike. Lol. [emoji16][emoji106]

 

[XP_Slinger]

Wow. Nice Josh. Big cherry trees up there. Looks nice and fairly straight.
Saw is balanced perfectly on the lower dog spike. Lol. [emoji16][emoji106]

That’s how Hooskies roll


Just kidding...the saw fell just after I snapped the pic lmao!

 

[huskyboy]

Decent sugar maple. You know the brush is bad when the top disappears in a pile of invasives. It was as low as I could get it with the rocks all around the stump.

 

[XP_Slinger]

Decent sugar maple. You know the brush is bad when the top disappears in a pile of invasives. View attachment 247531 View attachment 247533 It was as low as I could get it with the rocks all around the stump.

Nearly no heart. Looks like a veneer candidate if the log is clean.

And thick brush sucks...spring traps lol

 

[XP_Slinger]

Why did you punch half the hinge out @huskyboy ?

 

[huskyboy]

Why did you punch half the hinge out @huskyboy ?

We do that when cutting veneer timber mostly to eliminate a lot of fiber pull. It’s a good idea when cutting ash or hickory usually as well. It greatly reduces the risk of a barberchair. For obvious reasons on a heavy side leaning tree or weaker trees you wouldn’t want to do this because it would compromise hinge strength. As with anything... the technique can make certain situations a lot safer and certain situations a lot more dangerous if used incorrectly!

 

[XP_Slinger]

We do that when cutting veneer timber mostly to eliminate a lot of fiber pull. It’s a good idea when cutting ash or hickory usually as well. It greatly reduces the risk of a barberchair. For obvious reasons on a heavy side leaning tree or weaker trees you wouldn’t want to do this because it would compromise hinge strength. As with anything... the technique can make certain situations a lot safer and certain situations a lot more dangerous if used incorrectly!

I assumed, thanks. No need to yell lol

 

[TheDarkLordChinChin]

lol I was about to ask where the rest of your hinge was!

 

[Skeans1]

Works great for domino setups as well.


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[XP_Slinger]

Works great for domino setups as well.


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Sure does. That heart punch is what I use and what I’m used to seeing. Small hinge on both sides, nice pile O sticks man.