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I never heard of such a thing, but I'm from Ft. Bragg, Cali, too. Interesting to think about nonetheless.

And the beat goes on....

Much can be said about wood fiber strength, Ben. It's a cool subject to toss around in internet forums. Peoples practical experience, at present I think, outweighs any science done on the subject. Much can be shared about it on these forums from those with experience, and young'uns can gain...

Where trunk wood meets root-flare the wood fibers are tough, and whenever the corners of my hinge was over a root-flare I've had a lot of wood pulled out of the trees. Pretty consistently with a lot of species in my parts. I've had root-flare rip the whole side of some Douglas fir out...

That's profound, and true. If the world economy suddenly collapsed like a house of cards in a week we would be back to the basics. Crosscut saws and axes.

Wow

Terri told me it was Canuck pine. I figured she was wrong. That ponderosa has a heck of a natural range.

What kind of pine it that?

I hear you, Squish. The numbers in figuring bids for logging contracts are so tight here right now that I wonder how a logger and his crew can make ends meet. It's worrisome to think about. Most fallers I know are driving 10 year old rigs today. That would have been unheard of here 10-15...

A number of loggers have tried feller bunchers here, but there's so much terrain in this region they can't work on it hasn't proved profitable.

A lot of the theory is the same. You don't want big rippers on your apple and cherry trees.

In its pure form the Coos bay is a notchless type of felling. And again, in clearing lays I've used it a lot.

This ought to be good.

That's an eye-opener for sure. Did the guy fare OK?

Clearing lays for larger trees I back-chained a lot of small trees right off their stumps. No need always for face, but you got to know your limitations.