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Thread: The chainsaw thread...
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07-02-2019, 02:58 PM #1151Registered User
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https://www.google.com/search?client...ller+standards
lots of good clear concise info in these vidsLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-02-2019, 05:25 PM #1152
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07-02-2019, 05:36 PM #1153Registered User
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the technique I was thinking of was basically this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dBULPgWfUc
Although I was taught to take the bind first - then do the undercut in a way that will allow the tree to come down in a controlled manner
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07-02-2019, 06:29 PM #1154Registered User
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Ok so I see where the " fence posts " are being created in that vid
Thats ^^ what I do when my trees get hung up
Anyone whom is not sure wtf they are doing there is a whole lot of vids online about falling treesLast edited by XXX-er; 07-03-2019 at 09:16 AM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-02-2019, 06:47 PM #1155
in my brief experience, i find a lot more tension / compression (high energy) in blowdown than trees that get hung-up. I slowly work to ease the tension/compression. I'm getting better at not pinching my bar. I get tricked about where the compression is on occasion.
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07-02-2019, 06:59 PM #1156
I just learned what barberchair is...
https://youtu.be/EKzvkRnCF58
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07-04-2019, 07:01 PM #1157
The chainsaw thread...
Oh shit
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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07-04-2019, 07:22 PM #1158
Alder and maple you gotta watch your ass. Honestly, I would leave both to a pro. You need long bars (get as far away from the tree as possible), big and fast saws, and a fucking sharp full skip chain for equipment, and a whole lot of skill with a bit of a willingness to die.
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07-07-2019, 06:34 AM #1159
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07-26-2019, 11:24 AM #1160
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07-26-2019, 11:46 AM #1161
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08-02-2019, 01:38 PM #1162
Cut a bunch of blowdowns today. This thread has really elevated my still very low skillset.
This one is fucked. I just hope it falls...and not on anyone. Right next to a trail.
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08-02-2019, 02:27 PM #1163
That last picture: hard to tell from the photo, but I’d consider getting a rope around it and pulling down, perhaps with a simple rope come-along pulley system that’d allow the puller(s) some leverage and the ability to be out of harms way.
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08-02-2019, 02:43 PM #1164
Yeah, it's a tough one. I thought about what you mentioned and it could probably be done, but I would want help with that. Was hard to get a pic with any sense of scale. To the right there is two main branches compressed up against another tree. I think ideally is climb the thing and cut from up top. Not something I can do though.
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08-02-2019, 02:53 PM #1165
Understood. Hard to tell from a single photo. It looks like a pretty big limb.
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08-03-2019, 08:25 AM #1166
The chainsaw thread...
Anyone use their chainsaw to cut rough timber to use on mountain bike features? What do you use for a mill jig? I’m not looking to rip anything big.
Something like this? https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tool...xoCCu4QAvD_BwE
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08-03-2019, 10:10 AM #1167
You should get the SCA trail work book.
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08-03-2019, 10:22 AM #1168Registered User
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hmmmm, I don't see any mtn bikers doing that ^^ instead they buy wood and figure out how to get it out to where its needed, the local mtn bike association in some cases uses treated beams like for under a bridge which makes sense looking at it from the very long view instead of replacing an entire bridge 10-20 yars down the road ?
My understanding is you need a pretty good pro quality saw the bigger the better, which is then heavier/ more expensive/ burns more fuel and then you got the jig which all presents more logistics problems if what you are doing is trying to mill the wood on site ?
also every cut uses 1/4 " of your wood one of the reasons why bandsaw mills are better, I know people who have bought a bandsaw mill did the wood to build their houses and sell the mill to the next guyLast edited by XXX-er; 08-03-2019 at 02:28 PM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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08-03-2019, 11:24 PM #1169
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08-03-2019, 11:34 PM #1170
A friend uses an AK mill on his little ranch with an ms390. Pretty sure he only uses it on softwoods.
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08-04-2019, 07:06 AM #1171
This might be the place to ask, given the recent discussion. I have a large yellow birch hung up on a maple. The birch is badly rotten for 10 feet or more, but still attached to the stump. Too dangerous to cut the birch or the maple. I have been waiting 3 years for the wind to take it down, but has not happened yet. Thinking about blasting it with some black powder on a rainy day with friends on hand. Never done something like that. Any thoughts?
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08-04-2019, 07:35 AM #1172
Tannerite is what you seek.
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08-04-2019, 09:01 AM #1173
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08-04-2019, 09:13 AM #1174Registered User
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08-04-2019, 09:46 AM #1175
Up in the woods on a ski glade. Couple guys I cut with are a lot better than me with a saw and won’t touch it. Have thought about try to get off with come along but lot of weight. It’s a big tree. If we break it free from the stump and still hung up should be able take down in pieces. Appreciate thoughts
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