Felling video thread

I used to do a lot of work for a guy with similar saw skills. I finally gave up on him and he's back to selling trimming work he can reach with his power pruner for the most part.
 
I had an interesting day, wish I'd have had someone to video it for me!
I had an Oak that was leaning uphill, pretty odd in the are I cut, but it was. Dad was all freaked out it was going to come back on me. I faced it, then started the back cut, I played Stig today, the "big" saw stayed in the truck as my back wasn't up to it. Made the backcut on one side (25" tree with an 18" bar) dad was really freaking out now. I walked to the truck, grabbed two wedges and a hammer. Went back, stuck one in, cut on the other side, stuck it in so it wouldn't setback on me and set the hinge. Dad about crapped his pants as I used a 16oz (yes, 16oz) hammer and made it drop where I wanted it.
Then I had a good screw up, yes I admit it!
Standing dead Oak but there was a rats nest built up around the base. Rat or Possum, either way I didn't want to play with a pissed off critter! I made the face, damn nice face mind you! BUT!! I went to low with it, then the backcut was way too high! I wedged it over, but certainly not something I was proud of! I screwed up and learned from it!
Everything else was an ALAP, I didn't want to leave wood behind!
 
It's amazing how many different ways something can be done to accomplish the same thing. It would be really cool if you could keep standing up the same tree and let different people go at it. Bound to be educational and hilarious at the same time.
 
sotc said:
Some folks think a wedge is for when you screwed up.
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So true.




What I said before about a lot not knowing about effective wedging probably doesn't apply to a lot of timber fallers, nor those that are willing to work at them.

Wedges are most likely to seem/ be inefficient to those that are inexperienced with them. A lot of people would rather face it up and pull because it is faster in those times where they have access for a machine or to an anchor. The more one does anything, hopefully the more finesse they achieve, and with finesse can come results with less effort. The learning curve.


A wedge is one of the six simple machines. We have the wheel and axle at work on wood/ brush carts, incline planes for loading wood into a trailer/ truck, pulleys for mechanical advantage systems, a lever with a felling bar...if only we could work in a screw at work, we'd have it all covered.:D
 
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How would you rate this guy stig?
 
I only watched the first tree.
4 tries to match the corners of the facecut up?
And what is with all the backchaining.
Most weird.

Those wedges suck big time, Butch.
The beech "handle" absorbs most of the force of the hammer/maul/axe blow.
you can beat on them forever and get nowhere. I tried them when I worked in Switzerland.
 
A lot of silliness. i couldn't sit through more than half of it. Does he ever get around to using those silly wedges he keeps grabbing for?
 
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This was cool, things don't always go according to plan. Pretty good back weight

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Those are Silveys i'd bet, they are designed for trees, the plates are built in.
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How it's s'posed to be done. One of the best fallin' vids I've seen in a long time. This cat knows his stuff... :)

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Gary
 
I hope he joins. We can take up a contribution and get him a wedge pouch. I liked his gander at the far side to see how his hinge is setting up. That's real.
 
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