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CLIMBING HAZARDOUS OAK TREE
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SomethingWitty
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Goddammit, Kenny. Will you hang out and talk?
Kenny your chain seems tight and chain dull. Why are you rushing these cuts like that. Take your time and perfect your notches and line your back cut up perfectly. Your cutting positions seem like they could be improved a bit. Just looks rushed and positioning uncomfortable. Keep plugging.
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I’m more active on here now. Let’s talk!
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SomethingWitty
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Yeah?!
So, my first observation is that half of that tree already fell. It was definitely a little sketchy. Why not just pull the thing the other way where half of it was already down?
I couldn't see if it would fit for sure, but it seemed that it should.
So, my first observation is that half of that tree already fell. It was definitely a little sketchy. Why not just pull the thing the other way where half of it was already down?
I couldn't see if it would fit for sure, but it seemed that it should.
I remember the first time I saw one of your videos my initial impression was that you needed to slow down. That is the exact same impression I got when watching this vids. Slow down and lock in on making perfect under-cuts and back-cuts every fucking time, and for the love of Gawd please stop destroying your hinge Kenny! Pretty please?
Obviously your chain was painfully tight, and to say that chain needed a touch up is a bit of an understatement.
Again a solid job, but you just need to keep working on tighten that shit up Bro.
I have included a short video of one of the the best in the biz. This man has been doing this for a very long time but still takes the time to get things perfect. Cleaning up his under cut, and sighting his lay. A little more touch up and re-sightng his lay again. Just as it should be!
Obviously your chain was painfully tight, and to say that chain needed a touch up is a bit of an understatement.
Again a solid job, but you just need to keep working on tighten that shit up Bro.
I have included a short video of one of the the best in the biz. This man has been doing this for a very long time but still takes the time to get things perfect. Cleaning up his under cut, and sighting his lay. A little more touch up and re-sightng his lay again. Just as it should be!
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Tree had very significant lean, GoPro doesn’t do justice to it. At the top I was a good 15 for off that stump. I cut through my hinge so I wouldn’t put any tension on that stump in the current conditions it was.
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Hey bud,
This is one is an old video, in this case I cut through my hinge becuase I didn’t want any tension on the stump in the condition it was in, it actually cracked a bit as that top was coming down. I we hardly had any space to fell it into the woods and I couldn’t and definitely no space in the backyard unless we topped it first.
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Thanks for tuning in brother. Yes indeed chain was dull and super tight. This is an older video, posted here for this same reason, so you guys could enlighten me on some of the mistakes/tips/advice etc. I cut through it quickly I didn’t want that too holding at all, was afraid of semi shockloading that stump.
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By the ways thanks for the video. I’ve seen his other more famous vids like the mountain ash etc. I love his stuff, Graeme McMahon is a legend.
Those two tops were prime for a salami cut. Slide those fellas straight off the bar. Nice fast cutting saw and be done. You would not even notice any movement. Slide them straight in the hole. Use that slight lean and gravity to your advantage. Notching is used on mainly vertical wood. On leaning limbs a snap cut is also good. Allows limb to land flat. A proper hinge can be used to turn those leaners though away from a target.
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That top would have come down one me if I would have cut through it without notching it. Yes tree trunk had significant lean was lean, but that top was vertical, trunk leaned hard, too turned and shoot Straight up, so I definitely disagree with you on that one. Snaps cut it was also not an option, if the branch was parallel maybe, I still wouldn’t have done it, when you snap cut it tends to jump of the cut creating even bigger shockload.
SomethingWitty
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I have never heard that called a salami cut. I like it.
@SomethingWitty . Spear cut might be common. It is a fav of mine working in tight drip zones which I do often. Need fast cutting saws. But I know you know this cut.
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To avoid this on a salami cut, cut most of the way through and then pause to allow it to hinge slightly/your cut to open up. This will get the wood above you to move away from above your head, you only need to let it open a few degrees. Then power through the cut, just make sure it's a strong saw with a sharp chain.
Chaplain242
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Can also double kerf on the fall side to give it room to lean, or even a narrow notch for more lean.
Can also install dead twigs as sliders, or fit sideways as rollers so kerf edges don’t grip. Especially if use lean prior to finish spear cut.
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