Tree felling vids

[davidwyby]

@Burnham yes, nervous and moving about more than needed. I'd be moving a lot too, not enough exp to just nail it without looking, but not so much with the saw. I wouldn't have narrowed the hinge for sure...also more careful about shape of hinge at back cut as it got closer to going...err (thick side) on the side of the less expensive damage...and higher back cut! :-D

@stig would like to see some turning. Some friends of mine turn, I'll put some pics up. I keep threatening to put a whole root ball up in our vertical lathe here at work and make a giant art bowl...

As with any art, one need to get famous to be able to charge enough to make a living.

 

[stig]

Look at the wood turning thread.
There are some turnings of mine.

 

[sotc]

I don't know if I ever shared this one here, one of my favorites, you can see one of my guys standing on the deck, little yellow speck.

 

[treebilly]

Nice work Willie. Much more tree than I deal with

 

[flushcut]

But a mere toothpick! Lol
Big big tree for sure, but I gotta say the last few minutes of the go pro under water really captures what it must be like drowning. Either way a sweet video and foremost a dead nuts drop. Well done!

 

[SeanKroll]

It's astonishing how durable electronics are, nowadays.

 

[Bermy]

For a second there I thought you were filming from the top of the tree in person, thought I was going to see sections falling...then the whole thing went kerrplop into the 💦💦

 

[davidwyby]

 

[davidwyby]

I think the rope should have been higher, and a higher back cut…?

 

[Nutball]

I don't know what the goal was, but that's a lot of stress to put on a rope.

 

[lxskllr]

Looks like the rope was just a tether to keep the stem from ruining a walking path or garden? Definitely a lot of force on the rope. I wouldn't want to use my good ropes for that, but it looked effective. Not sure what else you could have really done keeping the stem on a sort leash. Maybe tie it to the stump, and have it tethered up front.

 

[Nutball]

Tie it higher and lower it with the port a wrap, so the leverage doesn't stress the rope so much.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I do.that a lot on slopes when you dont want it to run down hill to potential targets. I tell the guys, "we'll put a leash on it". Should actually tied it lower with less travel to = less impact force on the rope. But I have broken 5/8ths before on a big log. But it never made the highway
Used chain before as well on super heavy stuff.
Rope is a consumable. More so than valuable targets.

 

[greengreer]

Looks like it was used to keep the butt from jumping around. Stem was kind of a banana and dropping it on those rocks...

We use them all the time to keep a stem from bouncing or sliding down the hill. Usually try and use 3/4 on anything decent sized and just take wraps on the stumps as to not shockload a POW or turn one into a cannonball if something lets go.

Agreed, rope is consumable. I tend to use "retired" ones for the stump ties. Broke a 7/8 piece of stable braid once. Big old Beech, stopped it before it slid too far off an near vertical embankent. Worked perfectly!

 

[SeanKroll]

540 wrapping on the felled tree and anchor tree, multiple times, would give the benefit of many legs of secure rope, from my arm chair.

 

[Burnham]

I like a hefty cable choker for that application. I have some 5/8 inch chokers with ball and bell closure on one end, swaged eye on the other that worked a treat. Around 30K lb. breaking strength, iirc.

Like this...

WoodlandPRO FSE Cat Logging Choker (5/8

Wire rope logging chokers from WoodlandPRO. FSE logging chokers are commonly called cat chokers, because they are often used in the logging industry with a

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Just me, older school perhaps.

 

[lxskllr]

I have one of those for skidding logs. How do you keep the choker tight for a situation like the above? Maybe wrap some cord around the cable?

 

[Burnham]

I'd usually set the bell and ball closure on the piece that is being felled first. Then pull the slack out towards the anchor and begin wraps until the eye could be attached back to the choker with a nice stout clevis. I never had trouble with keeping the bell and ball attached, if that's your question. Just make it all snug enough to bind. If you have to you can wedge the cable in the bell with a little piece of wood.

I'd try my best to arrange things so when the load hits the cable, the choker is straight away from the anchor rather than put in a bend on the clevis. How you run the wraps can do a lot for adjusting to the right length and orientation.

 

[sotc]

Put a stick in the bell along side the cable, piece of cookie

 

[gf beranek]

The old 'stick trick'.

As a climber in the woods, logging and setting steel rigging in trees, the 'stick' is the only thing that will keep a choker from sliding down a bare trunk.

Straps are another thing.

 

[davidwyby]

This guy is good at swinging trees.

 

[biggun]

Dude, Bro, Dude, Bro!

 

[davidwyby]

Broooooooo! Western Californians, haha. (As opposed to this eastern Californian, haha)

I only say dude once, and never bro. I only have one brother…maybe two friends almost that close.

 

[gf beranek]

He did good. Got it where he wanted.

 

[davidwyby]

Same guy…maybe posted before.