Todays job

[frans]

I cut this Douglas Fir down today.
Covered in Poison Oak and very rotten up top.
When I made the first cut of the face cut, the entire tree leaned away from the cut and the cut opened up alot. About three widths of a chain saw bar!
When I made my back cut the tree wanted to fall towards the back cut. I had a 5/8" bull rope and a truck as back up, but the damm thing wanted to go the wrong way.
So I ended up cutting too far but the tree went the way I wanted it too.
Thank goodness!
The second picture is of the stub of a cut poison oak vine which is about 6" diameter
The black sap on the cambian layer is the stuff to watch out for. Put many a person into the hospital....

 

[frans]

Close up shot of the poison oak vine....

 

[Old_Monkey]

I don't miss poison oak jobs.

 

[Leon]

Nice work Frans. Having the tree sit back on your saw bar never makes for a good feeling. Neither do poisonous vines for that matter...

Here's my poser shot from today. It's not so visible in the photo but almost the entire inside of the tree was punky.

 

[Peter McS]

It's always an eye opener when the tree shifts backwards when the face cut is placed. Did you have any pretension on the line?
Glad it went well in the end Frans

 

[TreeCo]

It sounds like luck was with you.

Hopefully the truck you had for backup wasn't still stuck on those rounds! LOL

 

[frans]

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It's always an eye opener when the tree shifts backwards when the face cut is placed. Did you have any pretension on the line?
Glad it went well in the end Frans

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Yes, had alot of pre-tension especially when the trunk shifted! I ended up breaking a 5/8" bull rope on that job pulling that pig over...

 

[frans]

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Here's my poser shot from today. It's not so visible in the photo but almost the entire inside of the tree was punky.

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Man, what a spreading crown on that! Good work getting it to go where you wanted!

Ahhh, Hawaii. The weather must be nice. frost on the ground this morning

 

[Colin]

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Yes, had alot of pre-tension especially when the trunk shifted! I ended up breaking a 5/8\\" bull rope on that job pulling that pig over...

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The breaking strength of a 5/8 3 strand bull rope is only around 8500lb

http://www.samsonrope.com/index.cfm?ind=13&app=26&rope=23&inst=1

If it were a higher grade Tree Master rope it would be close to 13000lb

http://www.samsonrope.com/index.cfm?ind=13&app=26&rope=22&inst=1

What was the angle of the rope to the truck?

How high up the doug was the bull rope?

Was the truck pulling forward or backward?

Was the truck pulling on flat ground?

Where did the rope break, at knots? If so what knots were used at both ends for attachment?

Time to scrutinize practices like this where there was no backup installed knowing as early as a face cut that the tree was back leaning.

We truly need to know out fathers calling and not be fooled by the ignorance devil.