Another ugly stump

[Burnham]

Clowns felling for kicks or whatever...just dropped a few across a major FS road and left them for some poor shmuck to hit in the dark, I guess. Too bad they managed to survive, somehow.

I took a few pics of this prime example of the tree fallers art :lol:.

[Burnham]

Here's another beauty...though he does display a certain consistancy :roll:.

The yellow paint was applied by some good samaritan to make the butt more visible where it was sticking out into the travelway.

[MasterBlaster]

What a dumb thing to do.

[Paul B]

idjits.

[sotc]

haha, dont look for a pro as the culprit!

[Al Smith]

Really dumb .Not to worry by the looks of things you will get them although they may be a little flat when you find them .Like in pancake .

[MasterBlaster]

http://www.eiaonline.com/uploaded_images/captobvious-738633-747223.jpg



haha, dont look for a pro as the culprit!

:lol:

[PCTREE]

Thats the face cut I use on real dead stuff:lol:

[Mr. Sir]

It's hard to tell from the pics just how big those trees were. They look small, but I'm guessing they are bigger than they appear. Right?

[Burnham]

Not so big at all, Brett. Some bit less than 24 inches.

[woodworkingboy]

If whoever did the handiwork is caught, they should be made to say a hundred times, "Yes, I will read The Fundamentals of General Tree Work".

[Al Smith]

If that is national forest land they will thankfull if that was all the punishment will be . I don't old Sam ,like in uncle takes too kindly to people foolen with his trees .Even less of some fool that dropped them across a roadway .

[gf beranek]

Burnam. The evidence of the techniques pictured in your photos shows no expertise. Indicative of some poor untrained sucker trying to keep his family warm, or an inexperienced wood pirate.

Too bad either should happen.

Training is essential either way.

[CurSedVoyce]

Looks like a stump cut I went over and looked at today across the street.. OMG I should have a picture I thought. But here ya posted them B.. LOL
Neighbor across the street dropped a leaning Bull Pine snag. It was ugly!....

[Treeslayer]

They left the wood behind, right Burnham?
My guess is kids, or just some other dumbass prankster/vandals.

[Burnham]

They left the wood behind, right Burnham?
My guess is kids, or just some other dumbass prankster/vandals.

You got it, just left across or into the road...there where 4 in total, scattered within about 5 miles of road segment. Main road, too.

So no wood thief. Those guys go back on the little dead end spurs for the most part.

[Frans]

That looks like it could really hurt someone if they hit into it with a motorbike or even a car or truck.
Mean thing to do.

[JonnyHart]

Yeah that's makes no sense at all, which points to teenagers... or idiot(s).

[Treeslayer]

Yeah that's makes no sense at all, which points to teenagers... or idiot(s).

whats the difference? :D

[Burnham]

Lots of alcohol and the words, "hold my beer and watch this!" come to mind...
:roll:

[JonnyHart]

Some famous last words there Burnham.

[CurSedVoyce]

There are cases of actual tree huggers doing this to block roads for further work they don't agree with like logging. Makes no sense. But vandalism is more common than we would like to think.

[squisher]

That's ridiculous. Bastards should be whipped with a thousand willow limbs and left for dead. Beyond stupid.

[CurSedVoyce]

YUP! I agree squishy... But I would use something more thorny ;)

We need to make this the stump shot thread and add to it... Take our ugliest and best and put em up bros. Seriously...
I know we would learn from it. I wandered some stumps today that others have done in the neighborhood. YIKES.. I need a camera. Makes my ugly look good.. LOL

[Gord]

They're lucky they tried that on Douglas-fir, most woods are no where near so forgiving.

[TheTreeSpyder]

Pretty neat to be able to look at something like that and foresically read what happened, and even learn/ reaffirm from other's miss-takes.

[sotc]

Couldn't find the ugly stump thread. This one caught my eye at 55mph. I put my hat for size reference, last pic shows stump and targets including wire across hwy. fall was across the road! I'm guessing he didn't understand what was meant by bore cutting the head leaner:dur:

[MasterBlaster]

Crikey!

[CurSedVoyce]

YIKES!

[Stumper]

Burnham, If that feller divorces his wife will she still be his cousin?

[NickfromWI]

This gives me an idear...Imagine a forested area that was planned to be cleared, but didn't have to happen fast- and you charged tree guys a little bit of money so they could come in and fell for you, so that they could practice techniques?

It'd be good practice for a lot of people!

[Newfie]

This gives me an idear...Imagine a forested area that was planned to be cleared, but didn't have to happen fast- and you charged tree guys a little bit of money so they could come in and fell for you, so that they could practice techniques?

It'd be good practice for a lot of people!

They call those logger training courses around here.:D

[Burnham]

Burnham, If that feller divorces his wife will she still be his cousin?

Must have been pretty exciting when that one came apart on him...do y'all think a lesson might have been learned, or not?

Justin, I can't begin to guess...but if it happens in the forest when no one's around, she'll still know he's wrong.:D

[Altissimus]

Stumps Don't Lie ... er or something like that ...

[MasterBlaster]

<kd>

[Bounce]

What's with the chicken in the top of that tree? I don't get the symbolism.

[rumination]

It's a rare and endangered spotted chicken.

[MasterBlaster]

It's a dove.

[Al Smith]

--not to be confused with a partridge in a pear tree .

[Jamin Mayer]

Where did that photo come from :? I like it. It's different.

[Bermy]

They call those logger training courses around here.:D

Yup...I've got work like that next month...taking some of the Regiment out for two weeks of chainsaw training, using nature reserves that need invasives culled out - definite Win/Win situation!

[CurSedVoyce]

Found this one today... Was scorched in the fire last year. Looks like the fence guy may have cut it or HO... Still looking for who did the deed. And a couple of pics were it went.... and were it could have gone... couple of nice clearings down below... I knew the tree and it would have been easy to place it in the other two spots with minimal brushing. And guess who gets to clean up the mess:roll:

[MasterBlaster]

Heck, that's a left handed stump jumper! :lol:

[CurSedVoyce]

I think he was going to try the 2nd LZ I picked in the second LZ pic... and it went backwards on him.. Best guess mang:lol:

[stehansen]

It looks like those fancy artworks in front of a big office building with all the random shapes.

[woodworkingboy]

That's so ugly it's beautiful!

[Skwerl]

That needs to go in the 'ugly stumps' thread.

[gf beranek]

Looks like the "dog salmon flip cut" to me.

[CurSedVoyce]

I can't find the ugly stump thread .. only this one. :(
But this will do :)

[Burnham]

Lovely, just lovely.

[Paul B]

okay, so I am learning here, is it the left handed stump jumper or is it the salmon flipper? at first glance I thought it was the PNW spin drop....

[Burnham]

Paul, you must know that the PNW spin drop provides a right hand movement before going over backwards, and the dog salmon flip is an end over end. Come on, boy.
:D

[Paul B]

I remain the humble student.

[sotc]

:lol:

[CurSedVoyce]

Yous guys crack me up:lol::lol::lol:

[stehansen]

Sounds like some skateboarding tricks.

[GASoline71]

Paul, you must know that the PNW spin drop provides a right hand movement before going over backwards, and the dog salmon flip is an end over end. Come on, boy.
:D

Also, a circular saw is required to do the spin drop properly... :D

Gary

[rumination]

Nonsense, I've done it with a sawzall. Or maybe that was the dogtooth diagonal spin drop...

[Burnham]

In a half pike?
:D

[Newfie]

I think you guys are missing the subtlety of cordless power tool written all over that stump.

[CurSedVoyce]

Wonder how many batteries it took:/::lol::lol:

[MasterBlaster]

I saw this today and chuckled a bit.

http://www.clipartof.com/images/free_hosting/large/0180-0909-0321-4544_barberchair005.jpg (http://www.clipartof.com)

[sotc]

Wow! Now some one knows what a barberchair is!

[MasterBlaster]

Frickin' crazy, ain't it?

I'd give my left nut to have been videoing the event!

[klimbinfool]

didnt find someones head layin around there did ya ?

[stehansen]

:lol:

[CurSedVoyce]

Dayummmmm That had to have caused a change in shorts!:lol:

[Skwerl]

I don't understand why so many people don't finish the cut. Why leave the evidence of your screw up like that?

[MasterBlaster]

Ha, I agree. I woulda wanted to hide my stoopidity, too.

[gf beranek]

I never did that. :^o:

[MasterBlaster]

It only took one time for me. Hell, I nearly kilt myself!

[Burnham]

Ye gods...that had to be scary.

Do you think someone like that doesn't even understand that's a screwup? Could that be why they left it?

[sotc]

Probably left it to show someone what this crazy tree did! Or he was packed away in an ambulance

[thattreeguy]

Burnham,
its interesting you posted those pics

i met some local high schoolers that had done something similar to a group of "outsiders" who were using their wooded party area

bunch of city types

so figuring none of them had a saw or chain in their suv's

they left a good half dozen trees down accross the way out
those folks most likely had a long walk ahead of them, and the laughs the locals had

interesting cuts the pics show, no cutting theory thats for sure

[Blinky]

I saw this today and chuckled a bit.



Take a close look. Not a typical barber chair (I say that having never actually seen one happen). If the tree was leaning toward the face, the saw would've pinched in a major way unless he was just burning in and it all happened at once.
From what I know, which is limited, a barberchair generally goes when you start the back cut and the weight from the lean cause it to split out before the hinge goes over. There's no back cut there.

Would somebody edify me on that.

[Skwerl]

Chip, the only cut made was the back cut. I'd guess it was a fairly heavy leaner and the cutter simply made one cut from the back.

[sotc]

That was my assumption also

[squisher]

Yah, that's what it looks like to me too.

[Blinky]

Oh duh, I totally missed the boat on that one... it was leaning the other way.


...never mind.

[Strikermike]

Maybe he was just to skeered to pick up a saw again.

[olyman]

Maybe he was just to skeered to pick up a saw again.

you mean soiled jeans??? maybe hes leaving it to make a chair out of!!!!

[rumination]

It only took one time for me. Hell, I nearly kilt myself!


Same here. That had to have been quite the surprise for the sawyer...

[squisher]

No sawyer was cutting on that tree.

[MasterBlaster]

Ha, no caca! ;>)

[GASoline71]

That was the longest "back" to a barberchair I've ever seen. :O

Gary

[MasterBlaster]

I thought so, too - and so narrow!

[Reddog]

That was the longest "back" to a barberchair I've ever seen. :O

Gary

:shoot: I have seen acouple like that before. But at least they had face cuts in them.
Ash is just wonderful for that.

[woodworkingboy]

The first incident of barberchair in my experience, I didn't know what it was...that there was a name for it. I just suddenly realized that tree work was more dangerous than I had previously thought, and the cautionary about trees with lean registered. I thought it was unsightly to leave the mess, and quickly cut it off, after somehow getting the saw unstuck. It wasn't a particularly large tree, but revealing dangerous enough then when I drive through the area, it still comes to mind.