Beech fell

[Stephen Blair]

nice one mate, sorry i had to double take when i met you the other day, i had only met you when you were sitting down before, i didnt realise you were so tall ha ha.

[Peter]

Plus I didnt have my Lab with me. No worries.

[Stephen Blair]

yes your BIG lab would of been a give away ha ha

[18 stoner]

Yes.

 

As it was, there was plenty of holding wood, I bored through the hinge, so I knew there wasnt much hold in the discoloured areas, and left the sound hinge wood thicker to compensate.

 

Nice one Peter, obviously the outer parts of the hinge are the most important part and i realise you bored the center, but with a hollow tree or one like yours, you can sometimes wish you had a little more to play with.

 

Glad we are singing from the same hymn sheet:thumbup1:

[Big 'Ammer]

I usually bore the middle out of a large tree anyway, as I prefer to use a smaller saw where possible.

 

The other good thing about boring the middle is that you can 'feel' where the sound wood is on a rotten tree - not all decay is always bang in the middle of the stem - this means you can take a bit more out on the better side to compensate if need be.

 

If you wade in with a long bar from one side and encounter more decayed wood than you'd anticipated in a particular area of the back cut, its less easy to adjust mid-fell.

[18 stoner]

All spot on too Nige.

 

My point was, if dealing with a tree where the center is mush, on a deep gob you only have whats there, whereas, if you can choose where the solid timber is wider in the hinge you can choose how much good wood to leave when boring!

 

Hope that makes more sense:blushing:

[Big 'Ammer]

Its all clear to me, and some good points made by all.

 

I like felling technique discussions.

[18 stoner]

I like felling technique discussions.

 

So do i, but i like your felling technique practice runs you do even more Nige, you know, the one you do before a fell when you dont even have the saw in hand:001_tt2:

 

Its a very good way of running through the operation, and Im not critcizing, but it gives me a BIG smile when i see it:biggrin:

[Big 'Ammer]

So do i, but i like your felling technique practice runs you do even more Nige, you know, the one you do before a fell when you dont even have the saw in hand:001_tt2:

 

Its a very good way of running through the operation, and Im not critcizing, but it gives me a BIG smile when i see it:biggrin:

 

Works for me!

 

I never thought about what my strange hand waving looked like to anyone else!

 

...but they're always right on the money!