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Not really offended, just got aggravated, I tried to agree to disagree, I tried to give credit to different terrain, species, weather, etc... but it seemed like it just wasn't possible for some people to see that just MAYBE things could be different from what they are used to or trained so...

Yes Father, spank me or send me to the corner. :rolleyes: Tell ya what, you do things your way and I will do them mine. Theres nobody else's ass on the line except mine and yours when the saw is running and the trees are falling. I am not in the business of training or trying to teach ANYBODY...

Ive cut very few coniferous trees, probably 100,000 ft or less and that was mostly pine so I cant say as to the differences. Of those I have cut, I remember them being way less prone to splitting than hardwoods though so I can see how getting away from the stump is very viable.

All of this I agree with. I never said I stood at every stump and played ring around the roses with falling trees. In closing, we all do it the best way we know how and so far its worked for us, we are still here! I think it would be a great idea for us to go to each others job sites and watch...

Im sure its different depending on location, tree type, understory, terrain, etc... Where I do most of my cutting is in the hills and once you get the bottom cut out, the ones on the hillside generally will go downhill and I make it a point to try to fell my trees into an already open spot...

:D Who is Brian? I like him already! Along with you too stig! I can relate to both of yall is why! Anybody that knows me personally will tell you Im an asshole and I tend to agree with them on that. BUT Im the type that if I can help you I will and most of the time you don't even have to ask...

JIMMINEY FRIGGIN CHRISTMAS!!! Im sorry Magnus, but theres no way in Hades that Im cutting a heavy leaner, letting it go the way its leaning, with a cable tied in it above my head!!! You know whats going to happen??? I will tell you whats going to happen, that butt cut is going to kick back off...

I can send them to an email, I can send them to another cell phone, other than that Im lost?

Is there a way to post them straight from my phone? I haven't used photobucket in so long I doubt it would work anymore and this computer is so old I don't remember how to do it that way either. I quit posting pics about 7 or 8 years ago for personal reasons and just haven't got back into it...

Trust me Magnus, I know how to cut timber. I average 1 to 1.5 mil ft per year, I will be 54 next week, been doing this all my life and Im a 3rd generation logger. If youre cutting veneer white oak or walnut you dang well better get that cut right.

Im pretty sure the needles you see in the pic are aromatic eastern juniper, aka red cedar. Im in eastern middle TN, about 30 miles north of Cookeville.

That's one way it can happen, that can be prevented. When its a standing tree that's worth more than the saw youre using you better stay in that cut or else you will end up with some VERY expensive firewood when the tree splinters.

Thanks for the welcome Johnny! Yeah logging around here can be a challenge for sure. I normally keep 350ft of cable on at least one machine for the longer drags and sometimes that's still not enough.

That's correct! :D As far as logging goes, its gonna be hard to walk on to any jobsite and start felling trees, that's where the money is. limbing, topping and bucking aren't really jobs for newbies either. Its way too easy to get hurt or worse with those too. Bucking on the yard is fairly safe...

Hebenbush is another old timer name for a tree around here, any idea as to what the correct name is?

:D Ellum! Thanks for bringing back memories! I haven't "heard" that species called since my grandpa got too sick to work in the woods! 3rd generation logger here so Ive heard most of the old timey names at one time or another.

It does look like a type of pine or spruce, but that would be too easy, that's why I said elm. I THINK there are 2 kinds of elm that grow around here. One is red elm and the other Ive always just heard called wingwood elm. The wingwood variety is what that looks like but that's just a WAG on my...

I love looking at these pics! I made the journey this past June out to commiefornia just to see those trees! Anybody in the timber business needs to see them at least once! They impressed me far more than the grand canyon did. The ONE THING that I would like better than seeing them is getting to...

I would say I would take a pic for you the next time it happens but the very first thing I do when putting a new saw into service now days is to remove a set of dogs. I normally remove the inside set btw. Clutch covers are cheaper than crankcases!

Elm.