A couple of trees to fell, targets involved

[Burnham]

I was asked to take a look at several standing dead hazard trees yesterday, with an eye to felling them. They stand right along the boundary between FS land and a private land ownership. The land owner has recently built a very attractive, and expensive, house and garage/shop/guest quarters within 50 feet of these trees. There is a distribution powerline running parallel to the boundary line on FS land, about 25 feet on the opposite side, between the trees from the buildings.

Took 'em down this morning.

Here's a few pics.

 

[SkwerI]

That's going a bit farther than 'taking a look', Burnham. You don't mess around, do you?

 

[Burnham]

I told the district ranger I could fell them with pretty close to zero risk of damage to the buildings or infrastructure...he said "make it so" yesterday afternoon.

When I called him this morning to let him know it was done, he heaved a big sigh of relief...it turns out he tossed and turned all night, picturing a 36" dbh Doug fir slicing a $300k house in two . I slept like a baby, btw .

 

[squisher]

Lol, keep 'em on their toes!

All's well that fell's well. That just doesn't sound the same when typed?

 

[Burnham]

Swell fell, eh?

 

[pete mctree]

Nice Burnham. Looked like you enjoyed your day out

 

[Reddog]

I don't see any wedge marks must have tipped pretty easy?

But in that one picture, if your going to finish the face with an axe doesn't the sharp side cut better?........

 

[Burnham]

Favorable lean on two of the three I dropped, Wally...one of the reasons for sufficient confidence to proceed. I tapped a wedge in just for SOP, but they went on their own. The third needed just a little nudge with a hardhead, but it went quietly into the night as well.

Is that why it took so long to finish?

 

[woodworkingboy]

Tell the district ranger that he needs to more relax after he calls you. Good job!

 

[canadiantreeman]

Nice cuttin, B.

 

[gf beranek]

Nice work on the stump, B.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Nicely done.... I bet that made the dudes day... Wonder if the HOs heard em

 

[squisher]

I would assume that B had taken the appropriate steps to warn anyone who might travel into harms way, so I'm guessing they atleast knew what was happening? Maybe not though, maybe he just ninja'd in and thumped 'em down.

 

[stehansen]

Way to match em up Burnham.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't understand the need for such a tall face.

 

[Burnham]

Butch, for at least half a dozen years, you've asked me the exact same question on multiple occasions, and for as many years I've tried my best to explain the reason...sorry, but I give up. If you still don't get it, then it would appear that your basic understanding of the mechanics of felling cuts is less than I would expect of a fellow with your level of experience in this work. Since that doesn't really make sense, I can't figure what the problem is.

Let's just say that you will do it your way and I'll do it mine .

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've tried all types of underbeds... I guess I just don't get it!

 

[Burnham]

I guess not.

 

[MasterBlaster]

But hot damn I look good!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Before I'd cut such a tall face I'd slap a snipe in, instead.

 

[lumberjack]

Nice job, Burn!

It must have taken a while chopping out the notch in the first picture, given your technique!

 

[stig]

Before I'd cut such a tall face I'd slap a snipe in, instead.

So you'd waste time putting in an extra, unnecessary, cut.

I know you work at staying skinny, but using work methods that'll make you starve as a faller is not the way to go about it IMO

Burnham, why did you use a conventional face on that tree?

I don't recall seing you ever do that before.

Not getting influenced by the Europeans, are you?

 

[MasterBlaster]

One of these days I'll learn the proper way to toss a tree.

 

[Ed L]

Nice work for sure! Love that stump.

Ed

 

[stig]

Yoiur way works fine for the trees you are falling, Butch.
I just tend to see everything through the eyes of a faller, working to scale.

Also I was teasing you