This tree concerns me.

[barbender]

Dead standing tamarack can be, as Jeff said, very unpredictable. Anywhere from absolute rock solid to punky garbage. I think it may have to do with when it dies, if the bark slips and falls off it will stand there solid for years. If the bark sticks on, the sapwood rots quite quickly. I've read that in northern MN, the outbreak of tamarack sawfly (a native pest for once) has wiped out enough acreage to rival the Mountain pine beetle out west. You just can't see it, unless you're up in a plane being that the tamarack is out in the middle of a bog somewhere.

[SwampDonkey]

Neck trip up Ill take a rope and snatch block.

What are you gonna do with that rope? :D Be careful my friend. ;)

edit: Oh wait, I'm too late it seems. Safe and sound.

[Old Greenhorn]

This might be your best video yet Jeff, but they are all good, so it's hard to choose. I like how when you make a reference to something else, you edit in a short clip to show it. That is good story telling.
 As far as the tree goes, you got it down where you wanted and nothing got hurt, so it was perfect in all regards. Perfect hinge too with very little fiber pull and it cleared the stump nicely.
 I noticed you working a bit to get that notch cleaned out properly and one trick I was taught was to make my top cut first, then do the bottom cut as you sight down through the top cut. This allows you to see through that slot and know exactly when the chain reaches the top cut on the far side. It just makes things a little quicker and helps me avoid overcuts. But that is a nit. I have been cutting a lot more than normal for me, probably 50 trees in the last few weeks and that gives me time to mess around and work on technique. When you only do a couple every once in a while, technique only matters in so far as it is safe and well thought and the tree gets on the ground where planned. The rest are just little nits.
 I can't imagine how long it took to upload that video through the phone. A 3minute video takes me an hour to upload.

[Roundhouse]

Looks like a well-executed cut to me. Just curious, is the standing dead tree seen in the distance at around 19 minutes the same one featured at 25 minutes? Feels as though there is always a little more clean-up to do.

[Jeff]

There are several dead large standing. I got to the worst ones that I was concerned on hurting someone when the innitial kill off happened, but we lost over 200 trees, so some of the more secluded trees are still standing, but some new ones have died, as in the one in the video.  The next video is titled ,"Pre Forest Mulcher Trek. Opening up a Woodland Access."  

While back there, I noted the back part of the property has some big high storm hangers that will probably come down most likely on their own. Just to much for one guy in this lifetime.

I found a big recently windthrown bigtooth aspen back there, 40 feet of log, close to 20" dbh with only about 2" of taper in 40 ft. I want that one for the mill!

[47sawdust]

That aspen should be fun to mill.

[Jeff]

Here is pic of that down tree. It was to thick to get a great photo.


 

[SwampDonkey]

I like popple, grows fast and can get 2 crops of pulp or use as firewood or whatever. I like it a lot as firewood. Cuts and splits easy and adds up fast for a cord. I had a lot blow down on a 3 acre piece but I had no way to get or even use it back then, so it'll make new soil. ;D Across the road from my place it is dying and falling down, the beavers are helping. Second growth popple ain't as nice as fire popple up this way.

[Jeff]

Donk, come over! It's been too long! I'd love to have you explore my property. I can't remember how much we did at the cabin before. The 2 Butternuts that are making it, are having thier best growth year. I'm hoping nothing browse it, isn't it walnut related?

[Jeff]

I could bribe you with indoor plumbing!

[thecfarm]

Blow downs and dead trees keeps me warm each winter. That is why I bought a OWB. The Asley stove was not working out to well on the dead part. If it will hold together, I haul it out and burn it. 

[SwampDonkey]

Yes, it has been a while for sure, 2014 I think now.  Ace on the plumbing, but I've lived week to week in a tent lots of times, all the water was hauled. Shower tent annexed on the back. :D

I was up when you was working on the other cabin site by the power line. Wow, 7 years has passed. I think we hit every fish and chip shack within 30 miles. :D

Yes, the butternut is a walnut. I discovered a black walnut here in the yard, had two seedlings one didn't winter last year. However, I did transplant two butternut trees this spring, one 7 footer and one a foot tall.

[Jeff]

Here is pic of that down tree. It was to thick to get a great photo.

Drat on this tree. Running gps it most like on the next door property by a 100 feet. There are no marked lines back there, so I can only estimate. Imsure I have plenty on my side. My trail making is most likely on hold due to more than an inch of rain up there yesterday.