Lombardy Fell Incident

[Stephen Blair]

That tree could of went over with the help of the wind, even if it was at 90 degrees to the fell. The cutter just hasn’t a clue what he was doing!

 

[carlos]

12 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

That tree could of went over with the help of the wind, even if it was at 90 degrees to the fell. The cutter just hasn’t a clue what he was doing!

 

how does that work?

[HuntingHicap]

This Oak was pulled over against a slight lean and with a lot of back weight. Land Rover anchored to a ranger due to soft ground and using a snatch block off the apple tree. 

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

4 hours ago, carlos said:

how does that work?

By leaving adequate holding wood in the hinge and taking the wind into consideration whilst setting it up.

 

[Stephen Blair]

how does that work?

Really? Keep the holding wood and cut as it goes. Don’t try it with sycamore or even with a pop in that situation, because that’s not wise in an urban environment, but if if I’m felling in an open field, or wood and it’s windy, I’m not carrying a felling lever or wedges with me, I use the wind to my advantage! You won’t fell straight into it, but use it to coax it over.

Bartlett’s would of got away with it if it wasn’t for social media and a video phone! Just another story for a handful of folk to share!

But these days it doesn’t work that way!

[carlos]

41 minutes ago, Stephen Blair said:

 

Really? Keep the holding wood and cut as it goes. Don’t try it with sycamore or even with a pop in that situation, because that’s not wise in an urban environment, but if if I’m felling in an open field, or wood and it’s windy, I’m not carrying a felling lever or wedges with me, I use the wind to my advantage! You won’t fell straight into it, but use it to coax it over.

Bartlett’s would of got away with it if it wasn’t for social media and a video phone! Just another story for a handful of folk to share!

But these days it doesn’t work that way!

 

oh ok i understand the principle of the wind blowing a tree over, i just didnt really see how the wind could of helped in the video but as you say not a great idea given the setting. 

[Rhys_Rad]

Anyone got a link to the video pinned?

[Mick Dempsey]

2 minutes ago, Rhys_Rad said:

Anyone got a link to the video pinned?

Go to page 35.

[Rhys_Rad]

Go to page 35.

Thanks bud[emoji106]

[stewmo]

25K does seem like pocket change for a company whose turnover and profit is in the millions of pounds....easy enough to be business as usual for them I'd say.