- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Nasty spruce
- Thread starter Kevin
- Start date
- Location
- In the Mitten...
Was it on the track?
Did it get chipped or do you just cut it up?
Did it get chipped or do you just cut it up?
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
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Your suspenders don't match your saw.
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Yeah... they don't match yer hat neither.
Your suspenders don't match your saw.
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Yeah... they don't match yer hat neither.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
theres some good guys round them parts. And strong too.
- Location
- Wisconsin, USA
Those are some pretty sweet pics, thanks for sharing.
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Your suspenders don't match your saw.
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As they say, the tree doesn't care how you look.
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Your suspenders don't match your saw.
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As they say, the tree doesn't care how you look.
who says that?
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
That would cut into their record profits.
- Location
- That place north of America
That's your retirement package Kevin
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I could most likely get that line clearing job when I retired if I offered to pay them.
They must be thinking everything is going wireless!
They must be thinking everything is going wireless!
chris_girard
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- Location
- Gilmanton, N.H.
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Some nasty stress going on in the trunk.
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That is the first thing I thought of too Kevin when I saw your first picture. These are the ones that make you think closely about your cuts as you're working.
Some nasty stress going on in the trunk.
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That is the first thing I thought of too Kevin when I saw your first picture. These are the ones that make you think closely about your cuts as you're working.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Hi Chris, what are you working on these days?
I like to use a cinch strap on some of those to help keep them from blowing out while cutting them.
The trees that get pulled over and get caught underneath making them spring poles will slap you silly too.
You can see a birch pinned in the picture by the spruce.
I like to use a cinch strap on some of those to help keep them from blowing out while cutting them.
The trees that get pulled over and get caught underneath making them spring poles will slap you silly too.
You can see a birch pinned in the picture by the spruce.
chris_girard
Branched out member
- Location
- Gilmanton, N.H.
Hi Kevin, I've been very busy this fall. Haven't had alot of time for posting on the Buzz.
Yeah, springpoles can be very nasty. I've had alot of them in the logging industry to deal with but not too many in the arbo trade.
Tim Ard from The Game Of Logging has a great way of dealing with them by slowly releasing the tension from underneath.
Yeah, springpoles can be very nasty. I've had alot of them in the logging industry to deal with but not too many in the arbo trade.
Tim Ard from The Game Of Logging has a great way of dealing with them by slowly releasing the tension from underneath.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
I've always cut them on the tension side with a series of shallow cuts.
How does GOL instruct on releasing the tension from the compression side?
How does GOL instruct on releasing the tension from the compression side?
chris_girard
Branched out member
- Location
- Gilmanton, N.H.
Kevin, what they do is teach you where the max. point of tension is and then slowly release the tension from this point.
To locate the max. point of tension, you entend an imaginary vert. line from the base of the tree and a horiz. line from the highest point on the springpole. Where these two lines intersect a 90 degree angle is formed. Divide this angle in half and picture a line going back to the springpole. Where it touches the springpole is the max. point of tension.
The springpole can now be cut from the underneath. Stand about 45 degrees to the rear of the springpole and use the chainsaw (backchaining with the top of the bar) to shave off wood from the max. point of tension. When enough wood has been shaved off, the fibers will slowly begin to break and you can stand back and let the springpole tension release natually.
To locate the max. point of tension, you entend an imaginary vert. line from the base of the tree and a horiz. line from the highest point on the springpole. Where these two lines intersect a 90 degree angle is formed. Divide this angle in half and picture a line going back to the springpole. Where it touches the springpole is the max. point of tension.
The springpole can now be cut from the underneath. Stand about 45 degrees to the rear of the springpole and use the chainsaw (backchaining with the top of the bar) to shave off wood from the max. point of tension. When enough wood has been shaved off, the fibers will slowly begin to break and you can stand back and let the springpole tension release natually.
