Chogging down

[Pete Mctree]

this is what i call chogging down. If you have the balls to get up there first

 

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[Rich Rule]

I like...

 

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

Thats something I would have a lifetime wish of doing but dont mind admitting I would have absolutely crapped myself

[Mozza]

Have you seen some of the other vids on youtube??, That graham mcmahon chap climbs some seriously massive trees, theres one that he tops out and the movement of thing made me feel queasy just watching it :thumbup:

[Rich Rule]

part 1

 

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[Stephen Blair]

can never get bored watching that. awesome

[MattyF]

I cut mine in to rings ,cut one then start the next pushing off the first ring when the weight of the saw is in the next cut but prefere rigging larger stuff but as stated it gets to a point where you have to crash out timber any way usually around 10ft due to rope stretch or in extreme cases ive had to build scaffold towers to advoid dropping stuff once you cant rig out the spar any more! makes slicing and dicing with a larger saw easyer though but ideally cranes are great!

[SouthSoundTree]

Rig down what we can then when it gets too low have plenty of tyres/logs to cushion the fall. Sometimes cut across the grain to section pieces into smaller manageable/throwable bits.

 

I've recently wondered if a few steel splitting wedges and a single-jack (about 1.5 kg sledgehammer would work faster than ripping when using a crosscutting chain. Less sawdust, just hang the saw on the tree, use a wedge and hammer pouch or splitting maul on a rope.

 

Anyone ever try it? I never have, but in the US, we usually cut rounds/wheels/circles to 16" or more, whereas it seems you all have a shorter length firewood market there. Some of the maple and madrone that I've been splitting at 16" and straight-grained could barely withstand the 2.5kg splitting maul hitting it before splitting ever so easily. It almost felt like I must be cheating.

[High Scale]

I think Rupes done a little aerial splitting?

[Stephen Blair]

when i get a trunk down to about 8 feet i will usually plank it vertically with a big saw, much easier carrying out table tops with 2 guys than huge thin rings