davidwyby
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- PNW to SoCal
(Dead) live oak widowmaker close call
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southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
Did you pop off big leads from the lift that shook the tree significantly?
Small bites on crusty, dead, rotten nasties.
'Having room' doesn't dictate big pieces.
Small bites on crusty, dead, rotten nasties.
'Having room' doesn't dictate big pieces.
davidwyby
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- PNW to SoCal
Yes, good point. See pic at :33 in. Big sucker. This tree was a wake up for how brittle and fragile these big dead’s are. Heavy glass…
I used the lift instead of just dumping it mostly because I wanted to remove the limbs that would have damaged the still-green tree - and ironically also because I also didn’t want to be under the dead/hungup limbs banging wedges.
“Climb high, small tops, small problems”.
-Kaveman
Treezybreez
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- Lancaster, SC
Nice work, I like your old Dolmar too.
davidwyby
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- PNW to SoCal
Thanks.
Actually a Jonsered 2188, a red husky 390. Port work credit to Stump Shot Saw Shop in WI.
Should probably note the dead dry coast live oak is pretty hard. Chain has to be perfect. Too aggressive and it will grab and chatter bad. Not aggressive enough and it will just skate. Same with the dry eucalyptus down here in the valley. That chain was a little on the less aggressive side for felling.
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
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- Maine Island
We run one of those with 36” full skip. Really nice saw
Daniel
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- Suburban Philadelphia (Wayne)
that saw was ripping... nice job.. you stay in this business long enough and you;re going to see some strange things...
