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So what, your tape measure's broke? Pretend I'm from Missouri n humor me, eh? Jomoco

8 foot wide chipper? Show me? Jomoco

Then put a pintle hitch on the front, and push that chipper to the victim, and broadcast! I love the way you guys get all bent outta shape bout your miniature chip Trucks! Don't make me post pics of my Orwellian Toy n make yuz look even sillier! Nice Mog Steve! Reminds me of one of those Mini Coopers! Jomoco

I'm a sub, so it varies. But an 1800 Vermeer, or a 2400 Morbark'd fill that thing in a few minutes! Jomoco

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Boxcuts make sense for hollow conifers able to flex over 90 degrees and hold to the stump tenaciously. Hardwoods? I seriously doubt it! Eucs? Suicide fur sure! Jomoco

Looks kinda boxcuttish to me! Jomoco

Old school loggers just stand their Filson double tin loggin britches up in the nearest corner! Dang things cost a couple hundred bucks these days! Oil Finish Double Tin Pant | Filson Jomoco

Yum yum! Slime flux! Does the misses make yu undress in the garage too? Jomoco

Looks like some kinda stinkin poplar to my eye TreeFolk! Jomoco

The only tree I've ever wussed out on dropping? Was a huge hollow Coulter Pine with three heads, leaning over a three story mansion, on the lake arrowhead shoreline. About five foot diameter, ivy encrusted base, bouta 100 feet tall. So I attach a 7/8ths 150 foot bull line to the two outer heads, a pulley in the middle, another bull line from the pulley to a big tracked skid steer on the beach. But once I'd cut the Ivy from the base, I discovered a cavity big enough to walk into and raise my elbows, the dang thing only had about six inches of good wood, all the way around it. So I call the third generation logger that owned the outfit I was subbin for to apprise him of the dicey situation. He says no problem Jon, just use a boxcut with about six inches of face, chase it to the top leaving the same amount of hinge, and she'll hold onto that stump till she hits the ground! So I explain I'd never heard of a boxcut, much less how to cut one, and would he kindly come on over and show me how? Grumbling he said he'd be there shortly. And sure enough, he cut a two foot deep rectangle, with a six inch face out, using a vertical plunge cut. Then chased the finish to hit the top of the face, all the way around til there was six inches of hinge on each side. Yelling go he hotfooted it outta there as the skid steer dug in, and my big bull lines got real skinny before that tree stood up and fell towards the beach. And just as Matt said it would, it held that stump until it bounced and slid down hill a bit. Seeing's believin! Jomoco

Here's just such a moment caught on camera.

There are situations unique to strategic takedowns that demand one handing your trimsaw as the dynamic ride starts for goodness sakes. That moment when the top you just cut free becomes weightless, as the stem your on floats backwards, then snaps forward quickly as the head's weight hits the speed line. You think keeping two hands on that saw's more important than maintaining your equilibrium n balance during the action? Yes, you can pull that trigger with a handsaw on small stuff, but not big stuff, IME. I'll be damned if I'll let that stem break my nose to keep both hands on the saw! But there again, I may well be one of those climbers who should never be emulated period. Jomoco

For a climber? Yes. A bucketboy? Not so much. Method, good methods, trump physicality IMO. Seems like most the horrendous mishaps occur when high production expectations combine with physical exhaustion. Jomoco

I wondered how long this thread'd go before the issue of fitness standards'd raise its ugly head! Personally I think being mentally fit enough's more important than the physical aspect. A one armed or one legged pro could still get er done IMO. Jomoco

I find boot scabbards far more readily accessible meself.

Shiny new stuff like that's a telltale giveaway that a rookie's somewhere nearby! Boot or belt scabbard for your handsaw Darrin? Jomoco

We all stand on the shoulders of great men Champ. Picasso was indeed a master of bulls and the bull ring. Keep up the great work mate. Jomoco

You might like this article Mario. Sizing up South America's oldest living tree I know you'll love the photos. Jomoco

Very powerful. Exudes brute force! Just a smidgen of Picasso too. Impressive carving mate. Jomoco

I first read about wiley old loggers using the dominoe affect to yank a sunken bulldozer out of a lake, as a child in the fourth grade, before ever climbing a tree for money. A great children's book, written in 1951. Bookride: Stephen W. Meader. Bulldozer, 1951. Jomoco

Did you even read Bernie's article on Trump n United Technologies in today's WaPo Ted? Or do you just prefer hearing only the Fuhrer's side of the issue? Jomoco

So's being an independent sovereign nation now a bad thing Ted? Sell out your fellow American citizens livelihoods for a few pesos, eh amigo? Jomoco

Hey Vesp! What about just simply returning to set precedents that worked just fine n dandy? Like only trading with countries whose standards either met or exceeded our own? Protecting the rights of a countries lowest strata of citizens just as zealously as the highest? Instead sellin their livelihoods overseas n borders for pennies on the dollar? How friggin far in debt do we have to be before you staunch conservatives determine cutting taxes is counterproductive n suicidal in terms of solving our fiscal woes? Jomoco

Funny, how an old socialist so easily shows the new emperor's nakedness behind the curtain of blarney. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/01/bernie-sanders-carrier-just-showed-corporations-how-to-beat-donald-trump/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.d559a946c429 Jomoco