Wow! That’s pretty awesome!
one of the things a lot of people underestimate in terms of work around their property
More gifs:
https://tenor.com/search/cutting-tree-gifs
OK...I’m very impressed.
If that’s you in the GIF, I’m impressed.
He was right to give thanks!
(I still have phantom feelings in a limb smashed by a tree that fell not where I intended, in heavy underbrush. A dead tree — unpredictable as article notes and I learned the painful way.)
We heat with firewood I cut myself and live in heavy hardwood forest where all the oak and hickory I need is in the few trees that die each year in our 20 acres and 100 surrounding acres.
I’ve been felling large trees (24” DBH & larger) for almost 50 years, and by God’s grace, only one tree didn’t go where I aimed it. Most have gone within 5 deg. of where I’ve aimed them. Yes, ropes and chains & tension are sometimes required. Just felled a 14” oak at my son’s house last week & it was a bulls-eye.
Professional loggers might get careless, but I don’t. And I always pray before felling a large tree.
God is good. And full of mercy and grace for fools like me.
BTW - I am 75.
Excellent,the guy that did my serious tree removal and hardwood management in Ct could point to the spot he would put it and it would land there.
Noting as serious as smack dab between 2 buildings, nice job
I can generally drop ‘em where I want ‘em, but that - that’s a miracle.
“They want tree fellers, and there’s only two of us!” (Benny Hill)
I posted a similar link recently...
A bit more care being taken also means a bit more time... but still very instructive to see how you can take down a problematic tree with less risk of doing the damage to the surroundings that otherwise seem almost inevitable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rwx6Z3Fzjo
That’s impressive. I owned 15 acres of virgin woodlands for several years. Lots of trees. I owned three chainsaws. My in-laws had another 400 acres a few miles away. Cut a lot of trees. One thing I learned is this: limbing up a downed tree can be far more dangerous than felling the tree. Those limbs are under a lot of tension and you gotta be careful
Worked with a gal in Seattle years ago. Her boyfriend was the logger who cut the tree down for the Toyota 4 doors no waiting ad. She was an Amazon .. he was a beast.
Hoorah! Ahh, a huge R3 Ponderosa Pine dropped right down the hall with no room for error!! Safe tree felling takes a great deal of skill, experience -and- humility... Respect is needed for the trees being felled, respect for the chainsaw and safety equipment and always a great feeling of gratitude, never taken for granted, when things go as planned.. Great response to the successful felling by this sawyer.
Thanks for posting!š
That is indeed impressive.
My buddy and me was looking for work. They said they needed tree fellers, but there was only two of us so we went to the pub instead.
Oh, big whoop. There was at least six inches of extra room.
Just kidding. Very nice job of aiming, and I’d bet that they spent a fair bit of time preparing the landing area, too. A tree can kick sideways when it hits.
I was a cutter on a Forest Service hotshot crew for several seasons. Made a lot of mistakes, but never seriously injured (a few times only by luck).
Nice!!!!!
I’m pretty doggone good if I must say so myself. However, I took out my basketball hoop last summer, because I was cocky. Lesson learned!