In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

me Tarzan, you buZZsaw!

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Mar 18, 2020.

  1. Flamestead

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  2. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Forgot to post this pic with the OP. Some did look like snakes. IMG_2064.JPG
     
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    I’ve cut poison ivy vines 4” here. My place was over run in places when I bought it. PI and wild grape is what we have here. I cut it every time I’m close to it. Glad you got them trees down safe.
     
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    Looks like a real mess. I'm sure it wasn't fun getting the rounds out of there.
     
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    That could be some pretty carving wood...
     
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    Wasnt too bad OAKley Dokley Used the saw kinda like a machete. I backed the truck close to the edge of the woods which helped.
     
  7. NH mountain man

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    That's how I hit my chaps with the saw idling down from high speed in one hand, just after letting go with the other hand to move a cut branch. It's dangerous cutting in a mess, the kevlar from the chaps wrapped in the chain and stopped it. I've been doing this for 45 years, but that one day, I was glad I was wearing chaps. I always do now.
     
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    NH mountain man thanks for the safety reminder. I find myself not wearing chaps the majority of the time. Not smart.
     
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    A follow up you wouldn't think of, I now was standing in the crown of a tree I had just dropped, with a saw bound up with kevlar attached to my thigh. I couldn't put the saw down, I had to unbuckle my chaps and drop them, to lower the saw to the ground. I have a friend who is a professional logger who cut into his calf but good, limbing a tree top. So many tripping hazards there, far more dangerous than the actual felling unless you have a barber pole. Stay safe.
     
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    I kept a bunch of maple sapling sections that are vine-scarred. I just need to figure out what to do with them

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    Look for a piece you can make a cool walking stick from. Good to hear from ya!
     
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    That one would make a sweet shillelagh. Even a forged axe/fantasy piece would be cool.


    Good to see you to. I have just a little spare time before the next big project.
     
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    Don't we all, I know you've been busy at the new ranch.
     
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    They have controlled a lot of the kudzu in many places. We have pockets of bamboo and wisteria...I hate that stuff...
     
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    I'm just glad don't any of us have the strangler fig, that grows in tropical climates. This is a couple trees wrapped in the fig vine. The vine grows out on the limbs and then sends roots down around the tree, taking water and nutrition from the host. It will kill the tree in 30-40 yrs. That is the root network you see there. This was in Belize in '18... IMG_20180501_113446065_HDR.jpg
     
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    Uncontrolled wisteria...pretty when it blooms and smells good, that is soon gone though. Tree at plant where I work. 0321201818.jpg