goodaking
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Nice job Boston! Did you make a landing pad to protect the ground and ease your cutting?
Oak from yesterday
- Thread starter BostonBull
- Start date
- Location
- North of Boston
Jomoco
yes I used my 150' rigging line and tied another 25' piece to that. the rope is above the camerawoman in that pic. we had to go into the neighbors yard to be able to get the guys far enough away from the tip of the log. there was also a garden, shed and fence to work over with the rope. I set 3 wedges in it too, had a small backlean towards the street.
no landing pad! the log sunk 2-3' intot the ground. I wouldve sunk those pieces outta sight. HO was aware of the dents we were about to make. Mark C said it best show the lawn no mercy!
Thanks guys!
yes I used my 150' rigging line and tied another 25' piece to that. the rope is above the camerawoman in that pic. we had to go into the neighbors yard to be able to get the guys far enough away from the tip of the log. there was also a garden, shed and fence to work over with the rope. I set 3 wedges in it too, had a small backlean towards the street.
no landing pad! the log sunk 2-3' intot the ground. I wouldve sunk those pieces outta sight. HO was aware of the dents we were about to make. Mark C said it best show the lawn no mercy!
Thanks guys!
- Location
- North of Boston
JeffL
I used a 460with a 25" bar. I knew id be cutting from both sides! took 2 tanks of fuel just to cut that log to 20" rounds. I wouldve needed a 48"+ bar to only cut from one side.....460 did fine. and didn't wear me out like a big saw & big bar wouldve.
I used a 460with a 25" bar. I knew id be cutting from both sides! took 2 tanks of fuel just to cut that log to 20" rounds. I wouldve needed a 48"+ bar to only cut from one side.....460 did fine. and didn't wear me out like a big saw & big bar wouldve.
Nice work Jimmy
Cool beans, Jim. It was fun to work with ya.
The heat was definitely killer... and today wasn't any better. We'd have been there much longer even bombing big wood; better to just drop the sucker and get home to the pool.
The heat was definitely killer... and today wasn't any better. We'd have been there much longer even bombing big wood; better to just drop the sucker and get home to the pool.
- Location
- Hawaii
What type of oak?
jp
jp
Quercus palustris
- Location
- Tha Dirty Bean
Not bad for your first time!
guymayor
Branched out member
- Location
- East US, Earth
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Quercus palustris
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Well when red oaks get a lot of wounds the owner has s tough decision to make, and a lot of heartwood exposed from a codom tearout is ungood, but....
It would have been much more fun as a prune job.
I'm just sayin'. Honest!
Where's that defect? Through the chipper? Say what you want about forgetting your camera; it smells like you destroyed the evidence on purpose! jk
Quercus palustris
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Well when red oaks get a lot of wounds the owner has s tough decision to make, and a lot of heartwood exposed from a codom tearout is ungood, but....
It would have been much more fun as a prune job.
I'm just sayin'. Honest!
Where's that defect? Through the chipper? Say what you want about forgetting your camera; it smells like you destroyed the evidence on purpose! jk
- Location
- North of Boston
Guy,
Quercus palustris in Boston is pin oak.
HO didnt want anything but a pruning cut 12" from the ground! lol
I feel like such and A-hole for forgetting that pic! I just called the HO she is going to try and take a pic tonight of the scar. the log is still on the ground, and only cut up to where I cut it, below the scar if I remember correctly.......??
Quercus palustris in Boston is pin oak.
HO didnt want anything but a pruning cut 12" from the ground! lol
I feel like such and A-hole for forgetting that pic! I just called the HO she is going to try and take a pic tonight of the scar. the log is still on the ground, and only cut up to where I cut it, below the scar if I remember correctly.......??
- Location
- North of Boston
here is the scar I was mentioning. it is about 5' long and goes pretty deep in the tree. As you can see I was rigging decent sized pieces 10'-15' above that defect.
- Location
- North of Boston
Closeup of the scar
guymayor
Branched out member
- Location
- East US, Earth
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Quercus palustris in Boston is pin oak.
[/ QUOTE ]as it is here and elsewhere, but "red oak" is a subgenus, the Erythrobalanus group. this will be more or less clear after October... These are in general decline and that affects mgt. decisions so that 12" preferred height is somewhat understandable. With that scar like that--bad!--, there is probably a better use for the space.
Quercus palustris in Boston is pin oak.
[/ QUOTE ]as it is here and elsewhere, but "red oak" is a subgenus, the Erythrobalanus group. this will be more or less clear after October... These are in general decline and that affects mgt. decisions so that 12" preferred height is somewhat understandable. With that scar like that--bad!--, there is probably a better use for the space.
Is NETree part of Mayers? Why no bucket and who gets to split the wood? BB now you know TB will give you heck for the one handed chainsaw in the water picture. Well done, need more action shots.
- Location
- North of Boston
NETree is part of New England Tree. This was NOT a Mayer job. It was for my mothers neighbor out in the backwoods of MA.
Didnt have a bucket. Tree was safe to climb. The HO and neighbors will be splitting the wood....there will be plenty of it.
If you read any of my posts you will know that I see one handed chainsaw use as a tool in the toolbox. It has its place and comes in handy when used in a common sense, SAFE manner. The stub I was working around in that pic is the stub I wanted to come down on, so I left it. I deemed it to be a safe practice, for that particular cut.
Didnt have a bucket. Tree was safe to climb. The HO and neighbors will be splitting the wood....there will be plenty of it.
If you read any of my posts you will know that I see one handed chainsaw use as a tool in the toolbox. It has its place and comes in handy when used in a common sense, SAFE manner. The stub I was working around in that pic is the stub I wanted to come down on, so I left it. I deemed it to be a safe practice, for that particular cut.
Boston, I one hand all the time and have no problem with it. Just busting ya before someone else did. As for the bucket question, I'm in love with Mayers 75 footer and would love to see more pictures of it in action. I'm not questioning your methods by any means. I just couldn't figure out why, with all Mayers equipment, you would have to climb. Job well done.
- Location
- North of Boston
ill grab some pics for you! if it was a Mayer job you wouldn't have seen me in that tree with a rope and saddle! haha!
- Location
- Sioux Falls, SD
Excellent point about the one-handing Boston...
- Location
- Asheville, NC
Nice job BB. Looks like it was a long, hot day.
"It has its place and comes in handy when used in a common sense, SAFE manner."
I understand the above statement. I agree in certain scenarios. I don't want to open that can of worms.
That being said, I don't understand how the picture shows common sense, or safe practice. Using a saw without a long enough bar to go through big wood, any Certified Arborist can see the potential for kickback. Doesn't one-handed chainsaw use here seems not only dangerous, but even dubious?
I understand it was a hot job, and sometimes my crew has to be reminded of safe procedures when outside stressors such as high heat present themselves.
Kickback happens to all of us, and you can't prevent it when you are one-handing. I am not wholesale against one-handing, but I don't know if what is pictured is defensible.
"It has its place and comes in handy when used in a common sense, SAFE manner."
I understand the above statement. I agree in certain scenarios. I don't want to open that can of worms.
That being said, I don't understand how the picture shows common sense, or safe practice. Using a saw without a long enough bar to go through big wood, any Certified Arborist can see the potential for kickback. Doesn't one-handed chainsaw use here seems not only dangerous, but even dubious?
I understand it was a hot job, and sometimes my crew has to be reminded of safe procedures when outside stressors such as high heat present themselves.
Kickback happens to all of us, and you can't prevent it when you are one-handing. I am not wholesale against one-handing, but I don't know if what is pictured is defensible.
- Location
- North of Boston
are you referring to the pic in the tree? if so the bar had an extra 2" or so.
the pic on the ground where I am asking for a bottle of water? saw wasn't cutting chain was stopped, there is some dust in the air in that pic still.
you never fell a tree or cut a log with a bar that won't reach through and have some extra on the other side?
I appreciate the criticism!
the pic on the ground where I am asking for a bottle of water? saw wasn't cutting chain was stopped, there is some dust in the air in that pic still.
you never fell a tree or cut a log with a bar that won't reach through and have some extra on the other side?
I appreciate the criticism!
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