The Timber Tool

Paul just posted a video of the boots using the timber tool.

If you're looking for a way to improve safety and predictability of felling trees, check it out:



click to watch: https://youtu.be/MWENKIPUXdU

That's a handy tool for small, symmetrical trees. I thought of using a jackall in a similar manner.

But how many times does the bar get pinched in the notch, which is under tension from the jack tool? That's the reason for a back cut.

From my perspective, this method would be quite dangerous with large, asymmetrical or leaning trees. Caveat emptor. My 2c.

here is the tool



https://amzn.to/428NFhm

Hey, no worries, don't misunderstand me: it's a cool tool. It just doesn't apply to all situations. The right tool for the job, you know? (I'm still curious about details on the ratio of fells to pinched chainsaw bars, having pinched a few myself.)

I currently have several four-storey asymetrical balsam poplars that need to come down, on a 35-degree slope, in a narrow corridor so they don't destroy my apple trees. This is genuinely scary shit, and they are big enough to kill people or take out the adjacent 15kV power line. I have cables, snatchblocks, winches, and a very sceptical attitude as to what can go wrong. This is about managing risk up the wazoo. Wish me luck.

Douglas Alpenstock wrote:Hey, no worries, don't misunderstand me: it's a cool tool. It just doesn't apply to all situations. The right tool for the job, you know? (I'm still curious about details on the ratio of fells to pinched chainsaw bars, having pinched a few myself.)

I currently have several four-storey asymetrical balsam poplars that need to come down, on a 35-degree slope, in a narrow corridor so they don't destroy my apple trees. This is genuinely scary shit, and they are big enough to kill people or take out the adjacent 15kV power line. I have cables, snatchblocks, winches, and a very sceptical attitude as to what can go wrong. This is about managing risk up the wazoo. Wish me luck.

The best way to manage risk here is to hire a competent climber and have them removed in manageable chunks. No professional would try to fell those trees as you have described them.

Actually I think a professional would laugh at my chickenshit precautions, and drop the trees right smartly. Though they might take a core sample first, in the cut zone, to see if the tree has rotted out in the center. I have seen this, and it introduces a random element. Anyway, don't sweat it, the trees will come down safely. Give me a cable and a winch and I will control the fell.

Whoops. I think I have hijacked the thread, which was not my intent.

An update from the bootcamp:

Coolness!