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Mick!
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They said that when things go ugly the half second or so it takes get on your feet and hightail it is the difference.
Peter
Treehouser
Because you can't move as fast from a kneeling start.
I've been clobbered by a big hanger while felling, they can come at you like an express train. Seconds or fractions of a second can make the difference between being hit and avoiding it. Think like a boxer, on your toes, moving like a butterfly.
I've been clobbered by a big hanger while felling, they can come at you like an express train. Seconds or fractions of a second can make the difference between being hit and avoiding it. Think like a boxer, on your toes, moving like a butterfly.
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Hella vid.
I frequently cut a high stump when felling for better safety and ergonomics, flush it off later. And as a general rule, cutting from feet rather than knees is definitely preferable. But I think kneeling has its time and place.
I frequently cut a high stump when felling for better safety and ergonomics, flush it off later. And as a general rule, cutting from feet rather than knees is definitely preferable. But I think kneeling has its time and place.
Sure, genuflecting has it place when in a Catholic church.
In the woods, not so much.
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pete mctree
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That is exactly how I would do it. The strap could be left on the high side making a quick getaway easier. On thick barked trees like that, I recommend removing the bark prior to setting the strap, as it can be far too easy to cut past the timber.
Second that.
Might be rotten enough to simply take off on you as you set your back strap, but then you'd still have your hinge size down, so the chance of a barber chair would be way less.
The low back cut didn't help either.
He sure had the falling experience to know when getting the hell out of Dodge was a good idea.
That saved him.
Might be rotten enough to simply take off on you as you set your back strap, but then you'd still have your hinge size down, so the chance of a barber chair would be way less.
The low back cut didn't help either.
He sure had the falling experience to know when getting the hell out of Dodge was a good idea.
That saved him.
Limbrat
TreeHouser
Cory, they are also supposedly "chemically treated" to extinguish any flames and that agent supposedly degrades in time with washing so they issued new ones every year. What the chemical they were treated with is, I have no idea.
I like to cut a high stump too but on the bigger stuff if I can make one cut instead of two I'll do it. I know some westerners are saying "bigger stuff? Where?".
Limbrat
TreeHouser
A couple more from Sap City
To me spars are very dangerous to fell, they can bounce back, up and over really far like Stig said....Im way more cautious on spars than full trees.
Ive done crazy amount of bark beetle kill pines these days and a lot have to be limbed and topped to make room in a residential area.....
Jed
TreeHouser
Stig: As a residential arborist with zero cimmercial timber cutting experience, please understand that I am asking this in all of the possible humility that an apprentice faller could muster. What I'm struggling to understand is how a faller could ever keep an eye on the top from a standing position while cutting low stumps. (And that by Euro standards!) Lean and mean power-squat?
The B.C. Faller Training Standards (I'll try to shoot a video link in a bit,) recommend falling from a modified kneeling position (one knee on the ground and one in the air) for best ergonomics (keeping a straight back) and fastest get-away while watching the top for the greatest duration of the fall.
Anyway, that's how I cut these two windrow Poplars at Boeing yesterday. The first, an easy one wedger, and the second: a back-cut first, leaner. (Buckin BR style
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Ray! Great pics. Love the beautifully low and level stump! Thing of beauty.
The B.C. Faller Training Standards (I'll try to shoot a video link in a bit,) recommend falling from a modified kneeling position (one knee on the ground and one in the air) for best ergonomics (keeping a straight back) and fastest get-away while watching the top for the greatest duration of the fall.
Anyway, that's how I cut these two windrow Poplars at Boeing yesterday. The first, an easy one wedger, and the second: a back-cut first, leaner. (Buckin BR style
)Ray! Great pics. Love the beautifully low and level stump! Thing of beauty.
Jed
TreeHouser
Stig: Oh never mind the fiber-pull you stupid Viking... I'm an arborist for crying out loud!
Anyway... here's the vid I was talking about. This guy's amazingly good, by our West-coast standards, and I would imagine that you'd exhibit similar skills, albeit differently adapted due to the regional variation that our geographical seperation warrants. Please let us know what you think.https://youtu.be/X1hHzJYUUSc?t=138
Anyway... here's the vid I was talking about. This guy's amazingly good, by our West-coast standards, and I would imagine that you'd exhibit similar skills, albeit differently adapted due to the regional variation that our geographical seperation warrants. Please let us know what you think.https://youtu.be/X1hHzJYUUSc?t=138
pantheraba
More biners!!!
That was a good link, Jed....thanks.
hahaha...I'll take that as a compliment!
Here is one way to escape from a kneeling position...I'd have to leave the chainsaw behind though
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hahaha...I'll take that as a compliment!
Here is one way to escape from a kneeling position...I'd have to leave the chainsaw behind though
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Limbrat
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squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I'm from BC. One knee is fine form. Two knees? Save it for church.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Nice job Ray. I can only imagine the sap running in the heat right now.
Great stump once again Jed.
I agree with Justin and that's what I tell the guys I work with.
Great stump once again Jed.
I agree with Justin and that's what I tell the guys I work with.
Gary, I meant it as a compliment.
I figured you'd have the flexibility and leg strength to make it work.
After getting bad arthritis in my left knee I can't do stuff like that any more.
Since we do most of our falling in winter, kneeling is not done, not only for safety but for the simple reason that you get your pants wet.
I powersquat and place my elbows on my thighs, letting my legs take the weight of the saw.
That means I can isolate the back and keep it straight.
As for looking up, never thought of that as a problem.
Having smashed two hardhats over the years, I'm extremely paranoid about what comes down, so I look up a lot.
I figured you'd have the flexibility and leg strength to make it work.
After getting bad arthritis in my left knee I can't do stuff like that any more.
Since we do most of our falling in winter, kneeling is not done, not only for safety but for the simple reason that you get your pants wet.
I powersquat and place my elbows on my thighs, letting my legs take the weight of the saw.
That means I can isolate the back and keep it straight.
As for looking up, never thought of that as a problem.
Having smashed two hardhats over the years, I'm extremely paranoid about what comes down, so I look up a lot.
