a nice cut for hung trees

[skyhuck]

I wouldnt particularly describe this as advanced techniques treemeup. Its no different to what experienced cutters have been doing for years. The whole point is, it just isnt the safest method. To be honest if I had to categorize it, i'd say its a lazy mans technique. Its far quicker to bosh a tree down in this manner than to go to the effort(and expense sometimes) of doing it the safe way. And despite what Daniel claims, its impossible to judge where the tension is or exactly what a tree of this size will do when its cut, anyone who believes this is well...just plain gullible.

In my pool playing years, this technique is probably what I would have referred to as a 'hit and hope'.

 

In closing...its fun, gets the adrenalin pumping, and i've done it heaps, so im not criticizing Daniel for doing it, merely stating what I see as a more accurate assessment(in my opinion)of the danger involved.

 

Yours Lazily

 

 

Very well put!!!!!

[Le Sanglier]

come on everyone......!!

 

who is going to spit out how to rotate it!

 

Well I've used a breaking bar when it's almost cut through to rotate it if that's what you mean. (to try and free it)

[combined tree services]

The new name of all my futrure threads is going to be "dadio gets lucky AGAIN"

 

I must be the luckiest tree guy walking the planet... its a big universe though...

 

So then can the luckiest guy walking the planet please talk me through the procedure once my saw is pinched and can not be freed please ? you know where i put my next sequence of cuts and what the next sequence of cuts will be ? at least than i can make better judgment of your new technique ,

[skyhuck]

So then can the luckiest guy walking the planet please talk me through the procedure once my saw is pinched and can not be freed please ? you know where i put my next sequence of cuts and what the next sequence of cuts will be ? at least than i can make better judgment of your new technique ,

 

Once your saw is stuck, you should know where the tension is, so you can make a second set of cuts above or below the cuts with the stuck saw, without getting this saw stuck.

 

Could be worth having a third saw ready, just incase

[silky fox]

Very well put!!!!!

 

Well put indeed Steve:thumbup:

[combined tree services]

Once your saw is stuck, you should know where the tension is, so you can make a second set of cuts above or below the cuts with the stuck saw, without getting this saw stuck.

 

Could be worth having a third saw ready, just incase

 

haha and a fourth !!

 

cutting above = cutting above head height (if cutting 12 inches away from trapped saw) or do you cut 12 inches below the trapped saw and risk damaging the trapped saw through the controlled and calculated guess at what the tree is going to do and where its going to go !!!

[Spruce Pirate]

haha and a fourth !!

 

OK, at the risk of de-railing, who holds the record for the most saws stuck in one tree?

 

I'm not going to admit mine yet, but it's more than 2!

[Le Sanglier]

Well if in doubt take the power unit off the bar to reduce the cost of a cock-up.

[treemeup]

I wouldnt particularly describe this as advanced techniques treemeup. Its no different to what experienced cutters have been doing for years. The whole point is, it just isnt the safest method. To be honest if I had to categorize it, i'd say its a lazy mans technique. Its far quicker to bosh a tree down in this manner than to go to the effort(and expense sometimes) of doing it the safe way. And despite what Daniel claims, its impossible to judge where the tension is or exactly what a tree of this size will do when its cut, anyone who believes this is well...just plain gullible.

In my pool playing years, this technique is probably what I would have referred to as a 'hit and hope'.

 

In closing...its fun, gets the adrenalin pumping, and i've done it heaps, so im not criticizing Daniel for doing it, merely stating what I see as a more accurate assessment(in my opinion)of the danger involved.

 

Yours Lazily

 

haha, fair enough it is a tad iffy but....

 

Sometimes I do think that techniques which are frowned upon, although used daily by most of us could be taught in a "safest method of unsafe methods" kinda thing, might save a lot of injuries...... or might do the opposite

[tuttle]

on the video (imo) its seems that everything is done 100% chance element, saw, body position and over-reach is all very much a high risk/death factor.

 

so this industry is about control....right? if you don't agree and its an adrenaline sport....fair game.

 

 

But if want to use 100% control and 100% safety, then these techniques should not be attempted.

 

you roll a hung up tree...Thats no.1 Priority, to rotate it away from the hung point.

 

then do that again, if it fails to free use a winch to pull it back from the base.

 

I have 'hung up' over 20 4>8ton trees on purpose, to use these techniques (i'm sure some have done more!) and this method is fail safe and you have complete control.

Edited December 22, 2012 by tuttle