MASSIVE OAK FELL!!!

[ArboristBilly]

Here is a little video I made of a huge oak we felled the other day (You may need to select 1080p/60 on the little cog setting on the video for better quality)

 

 

[MattyF]

Watch those thumbs ! And get some plastic wedges before you tear a saw of its mounts/ carb .... I thought I was harsh on saws ! 

[WesD]

When I section big stuff if I know it's going to pinch at the top for example, tension/compression I cut a small gob in the top so when I go in underneath I can see the gob closing and my saw never gets trapped. 

 

Alternitively if you reach over and cut into the wood vertically then move the saw round so your cutting in on top horizontally then vertically again on your side of the log the wood will behave in a way showing you where the tension and compression is, if that makes sense. 

[Gary Prentice]

2 hours ago, MattyF said:

Watch those thumbs ! And get some plastic wedges before you tear a saw of its mounts/ carb .... I thought I was harsh on saws ! 

Harsh on saws!   Matty, you win the 'understatement of the year award' for that.

 

I don't think I've ever seen two people try to pull a jammed saw out together 

[Mark Bolam]

Hahahaha!

Honest vid Billy, cheers for putting it up.

Hope you can learn from it.

[spudulike]

3 hours ago, MattyF said:

Watch those thumbs ! And get some plastic wedges before you tear a saw of its mounts/ carb .... I thought I was harsh on saws ! 

Second that and you can often pull out the impulse line and then the machine will idle fast and possibly seize if left unchecked! Seen a few with mounts and impulse lines pulled out.