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[hunt4570]

Yes.... I'm sure there are many others too...

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Game of Logging competitions are a fun way for participants to demonstrate their skills and compete for prizes.

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I wish I had taken one of those back in the day! I'm 65 now and my chain sawing days other than just some basic stuff are coming to an end anyway..

 

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Remember this they call a dangerous job a game that’s a great indication of what they think of this job. If you did that kind of cutting that’s shown in those courses on the west coast you’d be done before you finished a job. Things like back boring with a strap, conventional faces, shallow faces, are all good ways to get someone hurt fast.

Western cutting is a wholly different enterprise.
My visits out west to see tree cutting methodology 30-40 yrs ago, encompassed a complete aspect of different training.
I don't know what you have left out there timber wise, but trees w 3 or 4ft dbh's and approaching 125-150' tall called for a new skill set from my type of logging here in the east.

What struck me the most was having these massive tree takedowns on slopes you didn't want to stand on with no chainsaw let alone with one and to say nothing of the under brush. What was just as dangerous if not more so, was quartering these trees on these slopes for extraction.

In my opinion, cutting is way more dangerous out there and what we talk about here as the average firewood gatherer, is of no comparison.
I don't ever recall having a notch wedge weighing 200-300 lbs. (well, maybe a few times when we dealt with 4' or 5' wolf trees)

 

[Loaderman22]

Magician accidently kills assistant with chainsaw – Deceptology

Looks like someone found a creative way to lose a wife, but keep 100% of his stuff....

 

[Molalla1]

I wish I had taken one of those back in the day! I'm 65 now and my chain sawing days other than just some basic stuff are coming to an end anyway..

Wait until you're 78 . . .

 

[Jstpssng]

Remember this they call a dangerous job a game that’s a great indication of what they think of this job. If you did that kind of cutting that’s shown in those courses on the west coast you’d be done before you finished a job. Things like back boring with a strap, conventional faces, shallow faces, are all good ways to get someone hurt fast.

As we've pointed out before, the tree size where you are requires different techniques.

 

[Molalla1]

As we've pointed out before, the tree size where you are requires different techniques.

Oh boy . . .

 

[Skeans1]

Western cutting is a wholly different enterprise.
My visits out west to see tree cutting methodology 30-40 yrs ago, encompassed a complete aspect of different training.
I don't know what you have left out there timber wise, but trees w 3 or 4ft dbh's and approaching 125-150' tall called for a new skill set from my type of logging here in the east.

What struck me the most was having these massive tree takedowns on slopes you didn't want to stand on with no chainsaw let alone with one and to say nothing of the under brush. What was just as dangerous if not more so, was quartering these trees on these slopes for extraction.

In my opinion, cutting is way more dangerous out there and what we talk about here as the average firewood gatherer, is of no comparison.
I don't ever recall having a notch wedge weighing 200-300 lbs. (well, maybe a few times when we dealt with 4' or 5' wolf trees)

What’s wrong with quartering across a hillside? It’s safer then uphill and will save wood out. A lot of the stuff that’s left is 150’ smaller stuff but there’s still a lot of “oversized” 200’+ where skill is required to save wood out . All that said a lot of the techniques shown on here are more likely to get you hurt or make you tired which will lead to injuries.

 

[Skeans1]

As we've pointed out before, the tree size where you are requires different techniques.

We hand cut smaller trees as well the techniques are the same start with good basics and it will all transfer across the board. The GOL is teaching bad techniques which can be used in certain situations most of which shouldn’t be tackled by most here. I’m not being high and mighty but seeing someone promote chairing out a tree really is a good way to get someone killed fast. Back boring is a good way to have someone get tired for one, two it’s a great way to get kick back especially running a short bar on a high power saw.

 

[hunt4570]

Wait until you're 78 . . .

Yeah, I have an MS362 Stihl I bought just before we moved here and its getting too heavy for me, probably has a whopping 10 hours on it maybe. I should sell it but I dont think I would get much for it.

 

[Skeans1]

Yeah, I have an MS362 Stihl I bought just before we moved here and its getting too heavy for me, probably has a whopping 10 hours on it maybe. I should sell it but I dont think I would get much for it.

You guys got always to go, one of the guys I broke in under was in his late 70’s still running 395’s and 3120’s with long bars.