Best cable one man cable skidder operation video on KZfaq! This guy is legit and gets it done!

with the right equipment it makes the job so easy.

I think he did a pretty good job felling the trees. My back hurts just thinking about climbing on and off that deere all day. hats off brother

I think you did a great job you are very knowledgeable on your safety and how to get the job done right.

Great saw and skidder! Excellent video!

nothing like a big green wedge,

Nice work sir, I love the big skidded too. In my 20 years of climbing trees, all my work has been in the city. Would love to drive the big skidder...

J.D. and Stihl, as good a combo as you'll get in the bush.

nice bit of kit

Very nice job of showing exactly how it's done. Nice video. Thanks!

good job 😀

Here in the US trees are farmed, note the young trees ready to replace the old, Great Britten needed all of her trees to defend her country, Now trees there are farmed. Face it trees are a great renewable resource that we need to use intelligently.

Nice mana

You asked about police in the bush. We have a faller certification program. It is guided by the BC Forest Safety Council. Not certified? No work! I am a Forestry and Faller Supervisor through their program. We have certain falling standards and techniques that have proven to be safe methods. These standards are written in blood. Blood spilled by those who made unfortunate mistakes. We strive to teach fallers to avoid those mistakes. We have daily and weekly faller inspections and procedures for correcting unsafe work practices. It's a huge program and it's there to protect our workers. The techniques you've shown would get you and your supervisor fired instantly! Neither of you would be going back to work without retraining. Regards, Harm.

Never seen a tree cut down that way. I been cutting and running a saw for 20yrs but hey it worked be safe out there.

good job nice equipment and nice wood

that machine they are using is completly bad ass lol

like they say down in Georgia "LET THE BIG DOG EAT"

Nice gear and great vid.

Sweet Machine....I want one!

As a semi-retired logger I watched this video and have to agree with some comments being mentioned. Although this was a machine assisted felling operation I would never walk around the front of a tree after felling cuts have been implemented. Its just not safe practice. The remaining stumps show pulled draw wood which indicates the step was either too low or non-existent. Cutting the slovenge would now need to be slightly longer so as to leave a solid wood stem. Forest owners would see lost revenue from that practice, because the "butt" of every tree holds the most volume, hence the reason tree felling correctly is paramount for maximum log value. On a positive note, beautiful wood being harvested by a solid and very professional chainsaw (Stihl 064 or maybe 044)

Pushing it with the skidder....... reminds me when I worked for ashpunt. Those were the days .

I believe this is the Sorren Erickson method of cutting wood. I saw it about 10 years ago here in Mass. I never used it, it is really slow. They were pushing for everyone to take it. He used that last little piece to supposedly hold the tree safe so you could wedge the tree. The machine pushing the tree is called a "Power Wedge" Works better with a pusher on the arch.

He's a hard worker

Krásna práca chlapi 👍👍👍

Nice skidder!

Thanks again far as possible

to the trees its like a scene from a horror movie.

good job and good tractor

This is called confidence gentleman.

I have cut trees that way when they have a heavy lean to them, stops them from barberchairing.

John Deere so strong

He can look away after the tree starts to go because he knows what he is doing and is completely secure in know that he did the job right. All you idiots that act like he is teaching people how to fell need to go back to watching you twerk videos. He is simply showing his technique and by the looks of things he is doing just fine. FYI if you don't know what a bore cut is then don't make comments about tree felling.

.good job and good tractor

He may have a very good reason for doing this way but darned if I can think of it.

Nice job of felling but back in the day we did it with an axe and a 2 man cross cut then put the wedges to it and they be some big Ash and oaks here in NJ . What's with ale the cables and skidder pushin' on 'er ?

I need a skidder!

love the g III

Yep sweet machine

Yes thats what I call logging. Getting the wood on the ground efficiently and safely. Off label chainsaw procedures are common in logging. Who gives ten shits how he fells the trees as long as he does it with minimal consequences. It also appears theirs no wind if a breeze. Hes on a pretty flat patch. Bore cutting or not hes done it more than once. If not his ass would be limping. The Stihl 441 hes using has had the side cover replaced. But it does sound like its been ported. May be used when he got it too. But hell every so often shit happens. As long as time down involves a bandaid and not an amputation. Im impressed. Keep up the good work. Be safe. Look up to see if shit can drop on you. Try to cut from the shadow side on these straight tops. If the shadow dissappears the trees falling away from you.

good job that yu ar doing iz what um doing in zimbabwe now

This video proves that having a saw and a skidder does NOT make you a logger! This guy is headed for becoming a statistic in the near future!

GOOD JOB

Beast

Very good! Hongrie.

Absolutely beautiful!

Wonderful machine

W H Y did i like this film? At first i thought that it was pointless cutting a single tree using a LARGE machine like that, winch etc. Then i saw that he was doing numerous ones. Yep, i can see that it's a small mans operation. Good on you.

You can't beat a stihl chain saw !!!!

I have no idea from where and how I came to this video... :D

WOOOOWWW

fuckin dangerous gettin inbtween the ol skid and the trunk dont ya think?

Talvez se o cidadão fizesse uma barriga ( entalhe maior) na direção da queda da arvore, ajudava no trabalho. Parabéns pelo trabalho, muito bom.

Do you guys that cut a lot of pine ever have issues with tar build up on your saw? If so, do you have any advice for dealing with it?

I could watch this stuff for hours, nice machine too. I did get a wee shiver when you turned your back and walked away after the last chap with the hammer on the second tree. Cool as fck. But. A pal of mine turned his back on a cut tree and sadly Charlie Bain is no longer with us. I don't want to seem like a couch logger though.

well hello there, a proper set of chains. frankly , many other peeps posting b/s videos on stuck forestry equipment, specially forwarders, should take a lesson from you.

Nice

Good

What I would of gave to fall on flat ground like that. Most of us were using 056 supers,great saws. Of course we didn’t get to have a skidded come along and push trees over.

He must have never heard of widowmakers!!!!!

Need an extra hand there ol buddy lol? I got one leg and I used to cut timber.Great job man make that production!!

good

I think you guys are in Windham?! That's my old neck of the woods!

We would like to see you use the 088 would work faster safer love the JD.

good good good

Not how I would do it but it works he's getin it done

Waow, where is the face cut(the cut that tells the direction that the tree will fall)? where is the hinge(The hinge ensures that the trees falls in the direction set by the face cut)? why is the machine so close to the tree while he was cutting(you should always make sure that you have several unhindered escape routes)?

The camera may well distort distances, but it seemed to me that the operator didn't clear enough shit from the immediate work area, leaving trip hazards if the need for a quick getaway ever arose. I'm not a woodsman; however, the owners' manual of a little Stihl saw I had many years ago stressed the need, before felling, to clear an obstacle-free getaway route in case of emergency. Other than that, I appreciated the operator's technique, and the clear, shake-free camera work.

alan its called a bore cut anyone that falls tree should know it!!!

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I see the skidder came from Warrior EQ. Was you in TN or GA cuttin hardwood.

Nice-looking Pine you got there?

Warrior HQ is in Tuscaloosa Al

It takes you long enough to cut the damn thing down

Este tío es una máquina goder ole

Ninja!

Parabéns

that's look like slovakian LKT-81T

Boy I miss doing that....

that was different

Where are you located like the timber

Tree lives matter.

if we got caught pushing like that we were out of a job right there

ok

What’s the point of useing the wedges of your gonna your gonna push it with the skidder

OMG THATS HOW TO NOT CUT A TREE FOR SURE!!!!

My dad has cut timber with a saw for many years, and I have cut my share as well. No one was hurt, but I'm curious as to why there was no face cut (notch) as well

wood is old, largest trees...

Pro.

oh

What's the bhp of that beast

Strange way of working. nice skidder

if you tie up a skidder for for every sawyer you have in a production job you would go broke.

wtf is he doing? madness

Bested way cut this tree

It just hit me! If the earth is spinning at 1000 MPH at the equator, then anytime you cut into a tree, it would immediately fall; or, it would immediately bind the saw. The rotation would see to that. So I think you are using some kind of trickery to make the trees stand for so long. I can't see how you would need a wedge hammered in with the world spinning so fast around and all. Is this video fake?

Imagine that how much time he needs to spend to dig around to put the chain on if that tree falls flat to the ground

His technique here is a good way to get killed. Is he still alive? How about the tractor? Any trees fall on it yet? How he manages to cut through the tree almost all the way without getting his saw stuck is beyond me. Must have edited out a lot of wedge placement while cutting.

Как вы долго пилите одно дерево,подбивайте ещё дощечки. Ещё и техникой пользуйтесь,долго вам ещё до настоящего русского лесоруба.

very at new model