Pine removal . Hello my name is Travor

[Travor]

That is what I Call a snap cut .

 

[Bucknut]

Gotta be experienced to use that salami method. I can see a young guy going too steep on the angle with a tall piece and getting blasted in the head. The butt slides off fast, rotates the top down.

No danger of that in this vid. Nice job.

 

[southsoundtree]

Is the snap cut the same as the rocking chair? Opposing cuts, the second being an inch or two above the lower. They then pass each other and all that's left is to grab the piece, snap it off, and chuck it. I've dropped some 8-10'ers this way with a good shove.

Second one must be lower! Avoid a saw snatcher!

Your offset depends on width, etc. As I snap-cut my way down the spar yesterday, my offset got shorter, as I had more width of wood to seperate along the grain to break it free.


Looked like skilled salami cuts. What are the considerations while using it?

Those looked well aimed without the top of the log bouncing off the top of the spar (or climber), which is my concern.

 

[owScott]

Is the snap cut the same as the rocking chair? Opposing cuts, the second being an inch or two above the lower. They then pass each other and all that's left is to grab the piece, snap it off, and chuck it. I've dropped some 8-10'ers this way with a good shove.

Yes that's a snap cut. If the wood is vertical or close if you make the cut flat the wood will sit there. No need to snap cut and wiggle it off. With big wood a snap cut is not necessary, in fact some times its hard to even shove it off without a small slant in the cut. I generally down climb and make my cut where I can reach up and touch the top of the piece which is usually triple fire wood length which helps when its time to buck the rounds up into firewood length. I favor several smaller cuts quickly and efficiently over less bigger cuts. Only cut what you have control of. A 10 foot piece I would notch and hinge for sure. And if the ground crew can just move it verses having to cut it up the job will go faster because they are not having to work in my drop zone and I don't have to wait.

 

[owScott]

Gotta be experienced to use that salami method. I can see a young guy going too steep on the angle with a tall piece and getting blasted in the head. The butt slides off fast, rotates the top down.

No danger of that in this vid. Nice job.

Great point that's why I keep my pieces small or with 8-10 foot pieces i use a notch and hinge it.

 

[owScott]

theres times I'm chunking 10' pieces say. no way like a salami cut be in my mind. making more cuts cuz the pieces are smaller is more energy in my book

You still have to cut the wood up on the ground usually . Same amount of cuts and you have to roll the log around . You may get the tree down quicker but it makes the clean up harder with big pieces piled all over each other. If the cleanup doesn't matter to me and I have room I bomb big pieces. I look at the overall job and use which method is appropriate not what is easier in the tree at the moment.

 

[Wesley Full]

You got to love being able to bomb chunks down. Most of my clients would have a shit fit if there was one divot I couldn't repair. Welcome to the buzz!

 

[colb]

Gotta be experienced to use that salami method. I can see a young guy going too steep on the angle with a tall piece and getting blasted in the head. The butt slides off fast, rotates the top down.

No danger of that in this vid. Nice job.

You can go bigger with the pine 'cause it's less dense.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

Git it homie!
I like the music/vibe to that video. I like to think that's the music I imagine is playing whenever I walk into a room.


And props to your rope guy, from the video is seems like those big brush balls / tops didn't shake the stem too bad for a short run distance