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Post by Bob Smith (Porko) on Feb 9, 2008 23:52:35 GMT -1
I suggest we find somebody with a good cutting torch and cut us some steel wedges to drive in the trees to help the cutters MAKE sure the tree separate in the right direction. I heard of one guy that had a tree come back on him today. Bill had one that fell correctly, but a "wedge" would have helped a bunch.  |
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Post by leapnlineman on Feb 10, 2008 1:17:48 GMT -1
I like this idea and would only say one thing. I would say that we make them out of wood. It could be worse if someone accidentally hit a metal wedge with a running chainsaw. Fact of the matter is several times las year I simply cut a wedge out of a nearby branch and used that, it worked just fine. However some wooden wedges made out of a hardwood would be better.
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Post by Killian on Feb 10, 2008 1:22:42 GMT -1
out of wood like a 2x4 cut at a good angle? I can handle whipping up a few of those...
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Post by leapnlineman on Feb 10, 2008 1:38:52 GMT -1
out of wood like a 2x4 cut at a good angle? I can handle whipping up a few of those... A 2X4 would be fine, especially if it was OAK. They wouldn't need to be to long maybe around 6 inches and just thin enough to fit inside the cut width of a chainsaw, at the narrow end. |
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Post by Killian on Feb 10, 2008 1:40:25 GMT -1
I think I did get an oak beam in with the latest old wood, I'll have to double check...
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Post by slim on Feb 10, 2008 2:18:05 GMT -1
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Post by Bob Smith (Porko) on Feb 10, 2008 15:53:33 GMT -1
Those are perfect but the 2 x 4 would be sufficient for this exercise (and cheaper!). I will also cut a few this week. It wouldn't hurt for each cutting team to have at least three each. |
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Post by Bob Smith (Porko) on Feb 10, 2008 22:02:29 GMT -1
Nice and simple wedges out of pine. Keep in mind that you are not "knocking the tree down" just inserting the wedges and tapping them to get it to fall where you want it. My guess is that these will work just fine.   |
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