Cut some old oak that I have been passing for at least 3years up in the air and still a solid heart. Was fine stuff I cut last year. Cut a hickory limb fork that fell, a small elm that was leaned over and half of a fallen oak and felled another small dead oak. Those were not super solid but will burn. Didnt have time to load the bed totally but that allows a spot for the gear. Uses the Earthquake 3814 to limb and some small stuff and the 372 for the bigger or where I wanted to go fast.
Felling small dead oak.: Here is the last small tree I cut for the day. Not a branch over the size of a matchstick left on it. What you see happening when I keep messing with it is there is a branch about a foot from it that it fell into. It didnt have enough momentum or weight to break past it. I was trying to make it fall just to the side of the limb. There was also a similar sized tree behind it on the ground I got the lower half of till it got too punky.
That ranger has pulled wood like this for the 12 years or so that I have had it. More in the last 5 years with the stove and when gas went up so high. Its got over 300,000 miles on it and going strong. Was a daily driver up till about 5 years ago.
Yea the little ones are fun to try and pinpoint to a spot. This one I saw the limb that it would hit before I ever started it. I notched it with the 372 then realized it was kind of sitting back and I wanted to put a hand on it to help it along. So I went back and grabbed the small saw so that I could easier one hand it. Thats when I decided to set up the camera and why you dont see the notch cut. I filmed the last huge 20" oak that I cut and dropped perfectly but the file was corrupted cause of a bad card and it never played
I wish you'd been here a couple days ago. Actually most anyone. We used to have a lot of fun when logging. Someone would drive a stake part way into the ground and then the feller had to finish driving it into the ground using the tree. So a couple days ago I decided to drop this one ash that was crooked. Not really that big but decent. I did not want to drop it where it looked the easiest because it would all be in prickly ash. Nasty stuff. In addition, it was on the south side of the woods. I wanted to fell it to the NE and I pictured where it would be best to work on if I could get it there. In the end, I don't think I would have been off even an inch left or right. It fell perfect. Isn't that how it goes where there is nobody else to see it?
Yep I drop a huge white oak right in the road while camera is "filming" and I hit it perfect. Video is no good. Camera actually filming and recording I have the tree sit back on my saw and the only thing to do is pull the power head off and cut the bar free sending the tree 180 degrees from where I want it !!! Got it all on tape until I stopped the film. Then promptly deleted the evidence
Oak from the load split. Now to load it back up for the trip to the shed in background. Yes I should of unloaded right at the shed and split it right there and just loaded it. But wasnt sure which shed or where I was gonna stack it and I didnt think.
I like practicing on tree felling with the smaller ones. That way I have more confidence when it comes to the big/ tricky ones. I also like to save the tricky ones for when I have at least an observer if not another skilled cutter on hand. Too many times I think I have a perfect drop about to happen, and it goes not to plan.
That can be a good idea or a bad idea. Mostly it depends upon how big or small it is. I had a fellow come once and wanted to practice felling and all he wanted to cut was the little 6-8" diameter stuff. You won't learn much on that. Also, whatever, take some time to determine what you think will happen. Look at the tree from all angles. Look at a distance but whatever, make sure you stand at the base of the tree and look up. Now go all the way around that tree looking up. Many times it will surprise you. You may have thought it would drop one way but then you suddenly see a slight curve or notice so much more weight of limbs on one side or another. And never forget to look up and take note of anything that might be a widow maker.
