Pour a cup of coffee, this is a long video! We've had wind and cold, plus company for a few days, but today was a great day to be outdoors with a chainsaw. Punch cuts were made for chain attachment points, sections were cut off, and that black oak came out of the pond with ease. It will be bucked up, split, and stacked in the barn to dry. It has a lot of drying to do! Many thanks for visiting!
13. Clear your work area and your escape path of brush, vines, and other hazards that can trip you or catch your saw.
14. Escape from the bullseye when the tree tips. 90% of accidents happen within 12 feet of the stump. Go more than 15 feet, and stay out of the bullseye until things stop falling.
15. Keep spectators away more than twice the height of the tree in the direction it will fall.
16. Don't cut alone.
17. Keep your body and the swamper's out of the line of the bar in case of a kickback.
18. Set the brake when taking over two steps or when moving through tripping hazards. Keep your trigger finger off of the throttle when you are moving.
19. DO NOT operate a chainsaw from a ladder! Operating with your feet off the ground requires special training.
20. Do not cut above your shoulders.
21. Springpoles must be shaved on the inside of the apex between the ascending and descending sides. If the apex is higher than you shoulders, stand under the springpole and cut it low on the descending side. It will release upward, away from you.Leaning and heavily loaded poles that are too small to bore cut for a hinge should be shaved on the compressed side until they fold.
22. Do not cut a tree that is holding up a lodged tree. Do not work under a lodged tree. Think about a mouse trying to steal the cheese out of a trap.
23. Instruct your swampers and helpers to NEVER approach you from behind or the sides to within the reach of your saw when you are cutting. If you pull out of a cut with the chain running, or have a severe kickback, the swamper can be killed if he is coming up behind you!
24!! Quit When You Are Tired!
4 comments:
nice job !!
being a person nowhere near as good as you with a chain saw--I would not have attempted to cut holes in the logs,
just put a chain under the log and lifted it a few inches off the ground. -- and then wrapped 3 (or so) wraps of chain around the log and attached the hook to the chain as close as possible to the wrap
It won't come off during the pull
I also would have kept the bucket to log chain length short to keep the bucket from having to go so high.
having been in that "only 3 tractor wheels on the ground" position a few times --I have adopted the "philosophy" of keeping a loaded bucket as close to the ground as possible at all times,
and keeping the object being pulled and the bucket arms in as straight of a line as possible
these comments aren't meant as criticism -- just observations.
I've watched several of your felling jobs -- and you really have some great skills with a chain saw.
Good plan and skillfully done.
I saw the skim ice on the surface and was glad I wasn't the one standing in the water.
John, I was wearing my Muck Boots, so my feet were warm and dry!
Yes, a high bucket is uncomfortable. You move carefully and must be ready to pause, and let your load down. I was re-hooking off camera to drag the pieces out to the pipeline. If you can visit Southern Illinois, I can have you bore cutting quickly. It really makes a saw more versatile.
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