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What do you have for equipment and whats your skill level? What have you got for saws?
If unsure I do a bit of "nibbling" to try and see what is going on then proceed to jam my saw.
More pie cant be wrong
One thing with blow down is run a long bar on a big saw you can use a face as mike is saying, an open would be a choice or a humboldt face. Best advice when cutting timber I’ve ever gotten was if you have to ask how don’t do it, you need a someone with the knowledge to learn from.
Quote from: Skeans1 on September 25, 2018, 02:19:20 PMOne thing with blow down is run a long bar on a big saw you can use a face as mike is saying, an open would be a choice or a humboldt face. Best advice when cutting timber I’ve ever gotten was if you have to ask how don’t do it, you need a someone with the knowledge to learn from. Blowdown is just flat Deadly. Fresh blowdown is the worst. Everything is loaded like a grizzly trap. You NEED a long enough bar so that your dogs never come close to touching wood. BECAUSE, you WILL GET HUNG UP !!!! No part of If you get hung. Just how soon after you start cutting and how many times. A 562 will pull a 28" bar. That's a short bar, but the longest small Husky mount. Perfectly straight cutting , razor sharp chains are necessary. Always start on the bottom tree. And if possible start at the top of the bottom tree And work your way to the butt. Sometimes I run 4 kerfs . more often I make 3 kerfs and run them all the way . You need a spare bar of the same length and spare chains. Bucking Blowdown is really a job for a professional timber faller. Honest and true . Its just stupid dangerous.
Cut some on the bottom of the tree near the stump, Cut from the top till the tree falls off the stump, watch the stump. Pull out with a tractor.
Quote from: Tramp Bushler on September 26, 2018, 05:09:54 AMQuote from: Skeans1 on September 25, 2018, 02:19:20 PMOne thing with blow down is run a long bar on a big saw you can use a face as mike is saying, an open would be a choice or a humboldt face. Best advice when cutting timber I’ve ever gotten was if you have to ask how don’t do it, you need a someone with the knowledge to learn from. Blowdown is just flat Deadly. Fresh blowdown is the worst. Everything is loaded like a grizzly trap. You NEED a long enough bar so that your dogs never come close to touching wood. BECAUSE, you WILL GET HUNG UP !!!! No part of If you get hung. Just how soon after you start cutting and how many times. A 562 will pull a 28" bar. That's a short bar, but the longest small Husky mount. Perfectly straight cutting , razor sharp chains are necessary. Always start on the bottom tree. And if possible start at the top of the bottom tree And work your way to the butt. Sometimes I run 4 kerfs . more often I make 3 kerfs and run them all the way . You need a spare bar of the same length and spare chains. Bucking Blowdown is really a job for a professional timber faller. Honest and true . Its just stupid dangerous.Yeah it is and many good fallers have been killed over the years bucking the stuff. Hey now take it easy on my little 562 it’ll run a 32 it’s a large mount husky.On a side note how’s Tramp doing? How’s the truck been treating you these days?
I thot the 562 was a small Husky mount. Showing my age I guess. I'm prolly thinking of the 262 or 362.
a feller buncher on tracks if there's alot more then in pic
Quote from: HolmenTree on September 26, 2018, 07:06:16 AMa feller buncher on tracks if there's alot more then in picI would be concerned that a buncher would get the $10K disc wedged in some of those. Then what do you do?
Oh - not saying it can't be done, but I don't want to be sitting there when you hear the disc suddenly stall out as the stump shifts and she is stuck. $10K for a what - $50 tree? Not me. I prefer the idea of a heavy piece of iron working at it from the bottom end, dig, pull, or push, 40,000+ lbs of iron will give a guy a lot of protection.
I use my pole saw attachment pretty often on tangled messes, just start where the branches are 4-5" and work my way bigger. I like the extra distance and reaching over some to get at others is nice.
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