DarkWeb
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Wedges.
What did you accomplish today?
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cannabineer
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Expound, elaborate and give us the skinny please
Chunky Stool
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How’s your herb garden?
I lost power for almost 8 hours and got PM on fan leaves and a few stems.
it took a couple weeks to get rid of it completely.
Had to do a full defoliation of large leaves.
What a pain!
solakani
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Wedges are designed to do two things: (1) keep your bar and chain from getting pinched when making the back cut (or felling cut); and (2), tip the tree over in the direction you want it to fall.
Using wedges to fell trees - UW-Madison Extension Forestry
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DarkWeb
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cannabineer
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Wedges are designed to do two things: (1) keep your bar and chain from getting pinched when making the back cut (or felling cut); and (2), tip the tree over in the direction you want it to fall.
Using wedges to fell trees - UW-Madison Extension Forestry
tweetshareemailWedges can help control the direction of trees falling even when they are leaning the wrong way. In a previous article, I talked about my use of wedges for bucking logs. In this article I willRead More...woodlandinfo.org
Thanks! I’ve never handled a chainsaw.
raratt
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Not really needed, a good undercut will guide it, as long as it isn't leaning or lopsided. .
Singlemalt
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too early to tell: I have some 2 month old OG Kush in a tent; because it gets cold here at nite I have them on 18hr light from midnite to 6pm; the power went out around 5 am that first day so they had a 5 hr day and a 24+ nite; then intermittent for 2 days. If the power stays stable I may avoid any problems but we'll see
DarkWeb
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No you don't always, but it will also help guide the tree and reduce a chance of a roll which can be very dangerous.
Singlemalt
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it is now lol,and the trunk at cut level is is over 3.5 ft diameter. It's close to house and my mom's granny cabin. Biggest trees I've ever cut down were about 2.5 ft dia and not over 30-40 ft.
edit: the fallen branches are on the side I wish it to fall, so now it's weight wants to go towards both our places
raratt
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Discretion is the better part of valor. I felled a 125 foot doug fir, but it was symmetrical and on pretty much level ground. I was prepared to leapfrog backwards if it went sideways.
DarkWeb
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Yeah that's a big boy definitely. Do you have a saw?
raratt
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Time to call the tree guy, I wouldn't mess with one close to buildings.
Singlemalt
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I'm almost 71 yrs old and I don't like heights. I'll tackle just about anything with my feet on the ground (the ground pounder's credo). It would be around $1500 to pay for it.
Singlemalt
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yeah I have saws, just thinking as to whether this is beyond my pay grade lol
cannabineer
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Yeah you are dealing with considerable stored energy.
Bareback
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Those look just like the ones I stole from the the stop signs around the time traffic accident rates began to increase. Hmmmm I wonder if they were connected.Some years back a part of my fence blew down. I replaced all the wooden posts that broke with the metal postmaster posts. They cost around $30 a piece but I'll never have to replace them.
This isn't my fence just a picture I found online. I'm too lazy to go out in the rain and take a picture.
DarkWeb
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I've dropped a bunch, I'm no pro. I've seen some crazy shit.....logging is big up here. I'm good friends with a retired crazy mf'er. Older guy jumped out of helicopters in Vietnam and was a tree climber. I work on his 34' Ford for him. Super cool dude and still looking for that adrenaline
DarkWeb
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It would be a good idea to have it taken care of.
natureboygrower
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@Singlemalt do you have a come along? I've guided some leaning large crowned hardwoods with them before. You'd still have to get the rope up the tree a little bit though. It would help guide it in the direction you wanted it to drop. 70' is no joke! No matter how straight up and down it is, the pucker factor would be in full effect til that one was on the ground.