One Man and His Chainsaw!

I like the sentiment, but I'm the cutter! I have enough sense to keep everything out of harm's way.

 

150 foot tree needs 200 foot line at two thirds way up , pulled taunt after directional cut go's in , then do your back cut , but mine are two foot higher that the first so the stump looks like a chair , that way it won't want to fall back like the guy installing a new skylights in his roof !!

 

where is Darwin when we need him

 

It was edited, it was a lot longer before that, shortening it would have left it a less fullsome experience.

How thick was the tree you were cutting for 2 foot displacement in your back cut????!!

 

Nowhere near the road, had a logging chain plus three smaller cables on it also.

 

sorry, but I was referring to the 118' tree that was dropped well. It Landed in the street and just missed a parked truck. However, had traffic been active, and the timing bad, things could have ended badly.

 

We have two trees like that on our land BT , Both are still 5 foot in diameter at the base where they were cut in 185x's or so . the springboard notch cut's are still in the stumps say 5 to 8 feet up. We were told from old logger's that the tree was left if someone died , So the downed trees that are still deteriorating into the land , giving areas for bats , squirrels etc a home are still there out of respect.

 

I don't think it was great pay back in those days either too...

 

SORRY , YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND : respect is why the trees still lie. & you won't . End of posts on this thread from Us !
Sloth's .

 

I understood it. The tree is a memorial marker, a grave stone.

 

You've misunderstood.

I wasn't responding to your actual post when I posted that, but the one before that.

 

Most were new to the US and from northern Eu countries. Cutting down trees was about the only game in town.