The Official Work Pictures Thread

[Peter]

Back chaining is the most efficient way to shower your co-workers with sawdust. An integral part of making the day more enjoyable so supersedes any and all safety concerns. When an opportunity to douse a co-worker in sawdust confetti arises it must be taken.

I agree Jed it's bad form at the stump, with a wrap handle there's really no need for it.

Damn straight, especially if they are walking round the tree and you can follow them with the bar. I like to do it while chogging down stems.

 

[Peter]

Flopped some uglies in close quarters today, nasty bark inclusions and splits, mostly heavily back/side weighted.

Last pic is some dirty hinge porn for Jed, but it might be just too nasty!

 

[TheTreeWiseMen]

Dropping shitty Leylands in British back gardens...takes me back!

 

[Mick!]

It's actually been scientifically re-named as the Mortgage Tree.

 

[Peter]

I loves me a Leyland!

50 cube of chip off site so far, and he's keeping all the timber! About 15 ton in the main stack, hope he's got a big wood burner!

 

[Mick!]

I'm two days into a three day leylandii topping job around a garden.
Hateful repetitive work, but the money.....turns an average month into a bumper one.

 

[Page]

Did a cherry removal today.
I brought it down to 15 foot. Thought it looked like a hand. I wanted to carve a seat into the palm of the hand but it didn't work out. Also I wasn't sure about leaving such big chunks of wood on a rotting cherry so I did this instead.

 

[woodworkingboy]

That's cool! Very throne like.

 

[Jed]

Last pic is some dirty hinge porn for Jed, but it might be just too nasty!

Not at all man... I'm a perv like that. Only porn my priest lets me look at. He actually thinks it's quite innocent! Here's a Leyland from last year that will make the most hardened Atheist run to confession...



And here's todays' res. Fir. 125'x 32" on the stump. 8' from the house and not much space. Wind howling, but thank God... mostly in the right direction...

 

[cory]

Nice simple explanation of the backchaining question, Jed.

Interesting comment, Squish. In this area imo, it's bad form not to back chain at the stump.

 

[Jed]

What's the reason given Cory?... as it's logically or even popularly understood?

Ohhh! Page! Almost forgot to tell ya: that was really awesome.

 

[cory]

Btw,,Nice pics from aloft, Jed. I saw them after posting.

Well, I would say that if one can accurately back chain when making the face or the back cut, it means you can cut the tree while standing in one spot, not needing to move to the far side of the tree for one of the cuts (unless it is wider than the bar length). That saves a little time and it can also contribute to making the face and back cut on the same plane which is usually a good thing.

 

[canadiantreeman]

Ok, been a while, guys and gals. But, after spending all night with 2 upchucking little boys and a few loads of laundry, I climbed about a third of small row of lombardy poplars we had to prune and said, see ya later. So, I went home and did some admin, met a few clients and found myself with some time to hit the House up with a few pics.

BTW, you folks all kick a lot of butt out there, some great tree pics since I last logged on!

This was a couple lil pines we were contracted to remove. We ziplined the brush out, because it would have been a real chitty drag, and I wanted to show some rigging skills to the lads. My brother, Daniel is climber, and Lucas is rocking the Kask. The dump operator is my son, Tay, who came with me to the dump after we went to his ball practice.




Cheers, all!

 

[RegC]

Back chaining with the power head underneath, gives you the best view when you're creating a hinge at chest height....be that in a tree or in the ground. Way easier to gauge how you're doing on the far side of the cut. And no sawdust spray in your face. Try it up a tree, Jed.

Nice pics on the cottonwood Tom

 

[RegC]

Back chaining

 

[Grendel]

Slaying dragons Reg. Great pictures.

 

[squisher]

It's hard to argue with that.

But of interests sake unless it's changed back chaining at the stump is an instant fail on the bc fallers cert.

 

[squisher]

Cory you mention not having to move around a tree by back chaining which is negated by a wrap handlebar. So that a pull chain, not a pushing chain can be used in all positions. One of the big dangers imo with back chaining is if the chain strikes hidden hardware. It can be sent towards you quite violently.

I'm not saying I've never back chained just trying to discuss some of the differences or risks it brings into the equation.

 

[squisher]

Not throwing hardware at you. If you hit hidden hardware like a spike(or whatever) while back chaining the saw can come at you.

 

[cory]

Interesting points, and nice pics, Reg

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Did you hear something?

 

[squisher]

surprised you haven't figured that out Willard. There's a reason it's called a push chain ya know.

 

[Page]

I've seen and felt it. Got a good gut punch with the 395 once hitting some hidden hardware in the tree. I still back chain.

 

[squisher]

See you do it Page aware of some risk. Reg makes some good points for the use of it I think, interesting and certainly worth keeping in mind. That's all I was trying to bring up. I do all sorts of dangerous things, trying to be as aware as possible of all the risks.

Willard.... He's got nothing to worry about I guess. Probably has a blue ox in that trailer too I bet.

 

[squisher]

You talk like you haven't run a saw all that much Squish.....you were a choker man or something on the coast?

Choker man, rigger. Climbed and cut more big trees than you've probably ever even seen prairie boy.

Is that what you are looking for. A chest beating f-u contest? Whatever flips your switch Willard you shouldn't post while doing it.

As I had stated I was just trying to discuss it a bit further but......