Search results for query: *

The select cutting my outfit does on private land, I mark the trees myself. That makes for a more even thinning than having 3-4 fallers doing their own interpretation of how they feel it should be done. Some fallers work without marking the trees, simply cutting and selecting as they go. I...

Just to freak out the west coasters: I'm thinning that stand with a 441 and an 18" bar. It is a bit slower than dragging the 660 and 24" bar around, but so much nicer on the body.

No it was marked for felling with a tool that cuts the bark away, like a ringshaped drawknife. Then it was overlooked. Those stripes cut into the bark don't show up very well unless they are real fresh. The forest service stopped using spraypaint because of the fumes that were harmful to...

Good thing you aren't kneeling under this one, Andy!! Wouldn't be much left of you. I had plenty of stumpshot, so when the tree hit another one, it didn't come back off the stump. I very carefully cut the part of the stump that was holding the tree into a sloping ramp and lifted the butt with...

Exactly. I really enjoyed the way Jerry demonstrates how it affects the fibers differently. The only bad thing I can say about the videos, is that they make a lot of the discussions we have here moot. The last word has been said on a lot of things with those videos!

The combination of a level backcut and a kneeling faller is not good. The lack of stumpshot combined with lessened mobility of the operator will eventually bite you in the butt. In an urban setting like Butch is working in, where the tree usually is falling clear of obstacles, no big deal. In...