Forestry speak

[Stubby]

Soft Dutchman ! a series of cuts under one side of the face cut which collapses one side of the gob to fell a tree in the opposite direction of its lean . ( side lean )

[SteveA]

When felling and its a really cold day I shout "Timbrrrrrr!"

cheers, steve

[treequip]

Not sure can so easily blame the tree

 

My definition of a barbers chair would be when the faller cocks up.

 

This....

[drinksloe]

Is bucking not more of an americain term?

Never really heard it used i this country, well not the sites i've been on as usually the harvester does it all as it processes the tree. (Althou i do call the spikes on saw bucking spikes)

 

When u watch likes of axe men it tends to be them converting the long poles into sawmill sizes, but even when i've felled for skylines here the harvester still does all that.

 

 

Is a 'soft dutchman' wot u use for trying to unhang a hung up tree, when u sevre 1 side of the hinge after 'letter boxing the middle of hinge?

Never heard it called that before, but not really up on the cuts different names

 

Only 1 i can think of adding is

Sometimes in my area they call brash 'haag' and 'haaging up' is when the forwarder driver is taking brash/haag out to repair his running track to stop it becoming a bog

 

But i'm sure loads of regional variations for the same thing

[Stubby]

 

 

Is a 'soft dutchman' wot u use for trying to unhang a hung up tree, when u sevre 1 side of the hinge after 'letter boxing the middle of hinge?

Never heard it called that before, but not really up on the cuts different

 

No . Its what I described it as .

[Mortimer Firewood]

Soft Dutchman ! a series of cuts under one side of the face cut which collapses one side of the gob to fell a tree in the opposite direction of its lean . ( side lean )

 

I was shown this cut by an old boy a long time ago but could not remember the name can you suggest a video which shows it well??

[Stubby]

I was shown this cut by an old boy a long time ago but could not remember the name can you suggest a video which shows it well??

 

If you put it in google there is a youtube vid near the top of the list ere an American faller demonstrates it very well . You can see it correct the side lean as the steps of the Dutchman collapse and then come over in the direction of the intended fell .

[PeteB]

"Coffin Sets" - a measure of sawn timber, a good forester would have an idea how many were in standing timber.

[PeteB]

"Kettle wedge" - the chunk knocked out of a ton with an axe.

[MattyF]

Widow maker is one that gets me , I always thought it was a dead or hung up branch that falls out and hits the faller when the tree starts moving when the back cuts finished although the Americanised version seems a widow maker is any dangerous tree.