flushcut
TreeHouser
I don’t know but I think the property was damaged. lol Padding log was just about useless.
Tree felling vids
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Kaveman
Treehouser
Gun cut, face cut, back cut. Toggles are switches, or hold jewelry on, they're not for trees. Unless you're paid by the hour I guess...
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
I could see Gunning that accurately and being fine…I could also see it bouncing bad
davidwyby
Desert Beaver
Grim reminder
Mick!
TreeHouser
Quite.
As I understood it it was one tree hung up in another with a hung up branch that did for Jed.
But yes, point taken, even the best can have fate chuck a curve ball at you.
Mick!
TreeHouser
As it goes had a sliding doors moment today.
As part of a bigger job, I had a 18/20 ft dead oak spar to take down today, surrounded by shrubs I put on the spurs and flip line and thought I’d run up and knock a few bits off.
Then for some reason I thought ‘stuff this, knock it over and to hell with the shrubs’
So I put a gob in and started the back cut, but as soon as it stared to lean over the whole lot uprooted and hit the deck.
Not big, wouldn’t have killed me, no real drama, but could have bust an arm or leg if I’d got up there and taken the ride to the ground.
As part of a bigger job, I had a 18/20 ft dead oak spar to take down today, surrounded by shrubs I put on the spurs and flip line and thought I’d run up and knock a few bits off.
Then for some reason I thought ‘stuff this, knock it over and to hell with the shrubs’
So I put a gob in and started the back cut, but as soon as it stared to lean over the whole lot uprooted and hit the deck.
Not big, wouldn’t have killed me, no real drama, but could have bust an arm or leg if I’d got up there and taken the ride to the ground.
Mellow
BCMA
After seeing hundreds of trees being felled, I've noticed a disturbing trend. Your typical residential, urban forester feller will stand by idly watching the tree go over, or even try to "steer" it as it falls. Conversely, every logger/forester I've ever seen will beat feet and get the heck out of Dodge as soon as the tree starts to move. There's no good reason to stick around near the stump when a tree is falling.
