The History Channel; Ax Men

[Chisel Tooth]

Yep watch a rerun last night.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I like how the gimp hand guy ain't afraid to spend some money on the helo, smart move.

 

[Al Smith]

Yep,that old boy has a "get'r done attitude allright,get's er done too .

 

[top hopper]

State of hockey phwahh, this is the country of hockey!!!!

And let's not get into who's produced worse musicians eh.

Hockey was invented here bud!


You Canuckians simply saw a good thing and rolled with it.



sorry for the derail, back to your regular programming

 

[squisher]

Canadians are known for rolling a good thing.

 

[rbtree]

I was rather appalled that they tried to push that tree over with the mainline tensioned against it....major fuc k up!

 

[rbtree]

Canadians are known for rolling a good thing.

fatties, eh?!!

 

[squisher]

I haven't seen the show (as I've mentioned probably to many times now). But! I have used the lines to fell trees before. It can be a great advantage for felling a tree in a direction that it doesn't want to go.

 

[Al Smith]

I was rather appalled that they tried to push that tree over with the mainline tensioned against it....major fuc k up!

I think a lot of these scenerio's are meerly fabrications to dramatize the show,nothing less .Even a flatlander like myself wouldn't do some of that stupid stuff .

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

I have used the lines to fell trees before. It can be a great advantage for felling a tree in a direction that it doesn't want to go.

Yeah, I could see it working, but this guy put his cuts in all wrong, and the tree fell down along, and then into the cable. They showed him putting the cut in, and I though it looked funny from that angle...and then as soon as it committed, I thought, "he's gonna hit that damn cable!"

Sure 'nuff!

 

[sotc]

that definatly sounds bad!!

 

[sotc]

heres a video that shows alot of whats happening. even some downhill for ya squishy
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[sotc]

some good stuff here to. never seen grapples like the loader on here has
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[MasterBlaster]

Good find, Willie!

 

[inztrees]

I just watched a bunch of those

 

[Al Smith]

Excellent vid. A thought on this matter with objectivity.

Here in the midwest the farmers harvest a farm crop yearly.The hardwoods are selectively cut about once every 50 years .In the Carolinas and Georgia on this side of the US the clear cut is around 35-40 years .Evidently the PNW cut is around 60 years .

All are just a harvest or a needed commodity .It's nothing more than simple farming except payday is a long time in between .Food for thought,perhaps .

 

[sotc]

glad some folks get it

 

[MasterBlaster]

Damn, he's fixing to top a tree with only his lanyard on. Wow.

I mean, I've done it but I wouldn't let anyone film me doing it.

 

[squisher]

Let me know how it goes?

 

[MasterBlaster]

He topped it.

 

[squisher]

I'm guessing he did a good job of it then if no one is posting about how badly he messed it up.

 

[sotc]

we never had a climbing line in the woods. fundamentals was the first i saw of that

 

[fishhuntcutwood]

Damn, he's fixing to top a tree with only his lanyard on. Wow.

I mean, I've done it but I wouldn't let anyone film me doing it.

Like I said last week, these are loggers climbing, not climbers logging. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a second line when cutting. I'm surprised he was wearing a helmet! The climbing gear you see out here is spurs, a saddle, and a line...often manilla.

 

[stehansen]

Like I said last week, these are loggers climbing, not climbers logging. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a second line when cutting. I'm surprised he was wearing a helmet! The climbing gear you see out here is spurs, a saddle, and a line...often manilla.

You'd think the OSHA or WC guys would be all over them.

 

[sotc]

they rarely leave the landing when they do show up. usually its a pole belt