Vid's & Pic's from the Redwoods

[Erik]

I'm just a dumbass tree-man, so I don't really know how all the math works when it comes to calculating board feet on a log.  I have been looking at logs long enough that I can usually get pretty close with my guestamations. I keep a little log scale book on the dashboard of my truck if I need to know exactly how many board feet are in a log while on the job. 

 

http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/calculators/calc.pl?calculator=log_volume

On most jobs I measure the length, and diameter (small end) of all the logs, write them down, then use this website to calculate the total board feet for a given job. Super simple and the international scale is very accurate. 

Edited December 21, 2018 by Erik

[Thesnarlingbadger]

23 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Good luck with the job Badger.

Baby-piss for Erik, but that’s a big ‘un over here.

Pics and vids would be great.

Erik, there’s some phenomenal character and colour in the timber in your latest pictures.

Love this thread.

Cheers Mark,

 

 I'll make sure I get some pics.

 

It'll be a fun job but I'm going to have to sort an 88 out for it. The Job will pay for one so I might invest as the 66 just isn't going to cut it, no pun intended. I'm just dreading the sawdust pile afterwords (not going to be able to loose that under the hedges). 

[billpierce]

Cheers Mark,
 
 I'll make sure I get some pics.
 
It'll be a fun job but I'm going to have to sort an 88 out for it. The Job will pay for one so I might invest as the 66 just isn't going to cut it, no pun intended. I'm just dreading the sawdust pile afterwords (not going to be able to loose that under the hedges). 

Cant remember how wide you said it is but cuts real nice. You could defs make to with a 66 on a big bar should you want to. Obvs good excuse to buy an 88 though.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Cant remember how wide you said it is but cuts real nice. You could defs make to with a 66 on a big bar should you want to. Obvs good excuse to buy an 88 though.

Hi Bill,

It’s around 2m at the base on the short side and then a little more on the long side. The 66 will make it through going in from both sides with the 3ft bar on but I’m more concerned about the fact that there is a lot of timber to slice up and my next biggest saw is a 36.

Like you said it’s an excuse and if I do get an 88 I’ll use it again at some point it’s just a fair whack for something that’s likely to come out once a year.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

So here are a few pics of the Sequoia we took down earlier this week. Was a great job to do. Unfortunately I have been told by my doctor that I have a hernia and have to take it a little bit more easy than usual so I had to run the job and let the other lads climb but I did the felling once it was down to around 30ft.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

[Khriss]

On 09/12/2018 at 20:35, Erik said:

When it comes to milling you have to remember that a log is only as big as its small end. Part of the art of being a great faller and bucker (something I am not) is knowing how to maximize your scale on every tree. 

This would problys work ( not on a rainy day - lense scatter ) a laser pointer fixed on the ground, then trig it up like clinometer. ( cheaper option than clinometer. K

[billpierce]

So here are a few pics of the Sequoia we took down earlier this week. Was a great job to do. Unfortunately I have been told by my doctor that I have a hernia and have to take it a little bit more easy than usual so I had to run the job and let the other lads climb but I did the felling once it was down to around 30ft.

Great stuff. Was this the one you were after a bigger saw for? Or was that someone else? Get sorted?

[Stephen Blair]

Amazing work Erik, you have a frame of a super fit 25 year old man and some serious skills. In 43 and feel broken, inflammation and a bit of arthritis and now asthma is slowing me down so to see a man in his 50’s doing this level of work is inspiring!

  I’ll keep coming back to this thread and watch all your vids!  

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Great stuff. Was this the one you were after a bigger saw for? Or was that someone else? Get sorted?

Hi Bill. Yes this was the one. The 66 was not even half way through the main trunk. So it was lucky I got an 88. It was all 88 work from about 20ft down. Great fun