It's amazing the preferences of the various woodcutters from channel to channel. Excellent job on directing the falls of the ash trees. I have a Stihl 029 with an 18-inch bar. I wear steel toed boots, chaps, and a helmet with face shield. I've had an older pair of chaps keep me out of the hospital. Safety first. Our other difference is I bore cut and use wedges to help direct the tree where I am aiming. Not judging, just explaining our differences. Your work was very good!
Thanks. Most all of these had a bit of lean to help direct them so that helps. Grew up on the west coast where the Humbolt undercut was the standard. I could be more attentive to safety gear. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy Corona 14 inch Razortooth pruning saw! Glad to see you knew how cut them the right way unlike a lot of others I’ve seen. Good thing you got them down before they got to dangerous to cut like they are now.👍🏻
Not too shabby. It's noticable that someone taught ya how to put in a face and that ya have some trigger time. Some of the comments are about how a plunge cut would eliminate the baby barber chairs but I think a small but important detail is to blame, mismatched cuts in the face. At 6:54.5 and 8:18 the face closes and bang, split. The bypassed kerfs of the face cut come together, compress, sending enormous tension into the hinge. Creates a condition as if there were no face at all. Open the face where the cuts meet. Get the back of the face square to the grain with no overlap.
You are correct on all accounts. I'm guilty as charged. hahaha. It's easy to get a little sloppy. You obviously have cut some timber in your day to recognize exactly what the issues were. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I'm a forever student in his 50's, hope to keep learning. I'm in the east but I use many faces, back cut heights, plunge cuts, bored centers etc. as the situation and species dictates. The modern Humboldt face is difficult to inspect because ya gotta get yer head down so low to see when cutting small trees. Thanks for sharing your video. The Macs are sexy, keep em runnin.
Absolutely. I grew up with them. My dad was a McCulloch dealer from the late 40s to mid 70s. Worked on them as a kid and now have about 50 various models in my collection. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I'm cleaning up some downed hardwoods here at home from the ice/snow storm, a friend of mine lives Ash for firewood and wanted me to see if I have any down. Came across this video looking for ash tree identification. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately the ash trees in our area are really taking a hit. I have another 8 - 10 that will need to come down soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I realize its been a while but if you're still responding to comments, I've got a pretty big dead ash leaning the way I want, but its been dead maybe 4 years (?) and I'm worried about it coming apart on me as i cut. Any advice?
I'm assuming you've fallen trees before and you have an appropriate sized saw. If so, put a good clean undercut in it where you want it to fall and then start your backcut about an inch above your undercut. ALWAYS keep watching up while you're cutting for limbs coming down. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wrap it with chains or straps. Open face cut. Bore the back cut leaving a release trigger at the back. Boring the center of the hinge our from the face cut helps too. European/Eastern US style. See game of logging and or afleetcommand.
In all the ash trees I've taken down I've not seen any of the bugs causing the tree kill. Lots of evidence that they were there like trails where they've bored under the bark. Thanks for watching and commenting.
The Emerald Ash Borer has really taken a toll on Ash trees in our area. I probably have another 8-10 that I'll take down this fall. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy At least it's some good firewood. Our native Ash trees in the UK are taking a hammering from a disease called ash dieback at the moment...some expect us to lose up to 80% of our Ash in the next decade
If they’re cracked, you definitely want to bore cut. In this case though, those barber chairs were caused by the wedge. The wedge was closing up too early which was forcing the trunk to split. If you steepen the angle of the wedge and do everything else, you’ll be just fine.
They started to split because the hinges were quite thick. The split was happening as the tree was already committed to fall in the intended direction. So I don't think it was that risky..Ash is renowned for splitting like that a bit even on a good bore cut
I've never use non-ethanol gas and have had zero issues over the years. I use premium fuel and Stihl 2 cycle oil at a 40:1 mix and no problems. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Should be promoting protecting ALL of your ash trees, they will ALL die if you don’t protect them. It’s not as expensive as you think, but if your a tree hater, cut away!
It's amazing the preferences of the various woodcutters from channel to channel. Excellent job on directing the falls of the ash trees. I have a Stihl 029 with an 18-inch bar. I wear steel toed boots, chaps, and a helmet with face shield. I've had an older pair of chaps keep me out of the hospital. Safety first. Our other difference is I bore cut and use wedges to help direct the tree where I am aiming. Not judging, just explaining our differences. Your work was very good!
Thanks. Most all of these had a bit of lean to help direct them so that helps. Grew up on the west coast where the Humbolt undercut was the standard. I could be more attentive to safety gear. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I’m 15 and I’ve cut down about 35-40 of them dead ash trees in the woods. Them ash borers are gettin er done that’s for sure!
That's great. What kind of saw are you using? Hopefully you found this video of interest. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy Corona 14 inch Razortooth pruning saw! Glad to see you knew how cut them the right way unlike a lot of others I’ve seen. Good thing you got them down before they got to dangerous to cut like they are now.👍🏻
Not too shabby. It's noticable that someone taught ya how to put in a face and that ya have some trigger time. Some of the comments are about how a plunge cut would eliminate the baby barber chairs but I think a small but important detail is to blame, mismatched cuts in the face. At 6:54.5 and 8:18 the face closes and bang, split. The bypassed kerfs of the face cut come together, compress, sending enormous tension into the hinge. Creates a condition as if there were no face at all. Open the face where the cuts meet. Get the back of the face square to the grain with no overlap.
You are correct on all accounts. I'm guilty as charged. hahaha. It's easy to get a little sloppy. You obviously have cut some timber in your day to recognize exactly what the issues were. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I'm a forever student in his 50's, hope to keep learning. I'm in the east but I use many faces, back cut heights, plunge cuts, bored centers etc. as the situation and species dictates. The modern Humboldt face is difficult to inspect because ya gotta get yer head down so low to see when cutting small trees. Thanks for sharing your video. The Macs are sexy, keep em runnin.
Love the old macs
Absolutely. I grew up with them. My dad was a McCulloch dealer from the late 40s to mid 70s. Worked on them as a kid and now have about 50 various models in my collection. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I'm cleaning up some downed hardwoods here at home from the ice/snow storm, a friend of mine lives Ash for firewood and wanted me to see if I have any down. Came across this video looking for ash tree identification. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately the ash trees in our area are really taking a hit. I have another 8 - 10 that will need to come down soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I realize its been a while but if you're still responding to comments, I've got a pretty big dead ash leaning the way I want, but its been dead maybe 4 years (?) and I'm worried about it coming apart on me as i cut. Any advice?
I'm assuming you've fallen trees before and you have an appropriate sized saw. If so, put a good clean undercut in it where you want it to fall and then start your backcut about an inch above your undercut. ALWAYS keep watching up while you're cutting for limbs coming down. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Wrap it with chains or straps. Open face cut. Bore the back cut leaving a release trigger at the back. Boring the center of the hinge our from the face cut helps too. European/Eastern US style. See game of logging and or afleetcommand.
See the one at 6:50 that started to split when the face closed? 😉
Made it look like child's play! Nice work
hahaha - Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Earth First! Yeah baby
Do you stop any critters still possibly in the tree when doing this even with leaving the stump?
In all the ash trees I've taken down I've not seen any of the bugs causing the tree kill. Lots of evidence that they were there like trails where they've bored under the bark. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Damn, it seems Ash trees are having a hard time globally atm.
The Emerald Ash Borer has really taken a toll on Ash trees in our area. I probably have another 8-10 that I'll take down this fall. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@elwellboy At least it's some good firewood. Our native Ash trees in the UK are taking a hammering from a disease called ash dieback at the moment...some expect us to lose up to 80% of our Ash in the next decade
You make that look so easy. Usually, only 3 cuts per tree.
Glad you enjoyed it. Sometimes the undercut needs to be cleaned up a bit. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Bucked in the air
Not sure about that but glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Looks like you got lucky those barberchairs weren't serious. I'm no expert but I've heard a bore cut is safer on these hardwoods.
Nah - I just needed to saw the back cut a bit more when they started to fall. All's good. Thanks for watching and commenting.
If they’re cracked, you definitely want to bore cut. In this case though, those barber chairs were caused by the wedge. The wedge was closing up too early which was forcing the trunk to split. If you steepen the angle of the wedge and do everything else, you’ll be just fine.
They started to split because the hinges were quite thick. The split was happening as the tree was already committed to fall in the intended direction. So I don't think it was that risky..Ash is renowned for splitting like that a bit even on a good bore cut
Putting non ethanol gas in your saw is the best preventative maintenance you can do keep it running for years with no issues
I've never use non-ethanol gas and have had zero issues over the years. I use premium fuel and Stihl 2 cycle oil at a 40:1 mix and no problems. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Should be promoting protecting ALL of your ash trees, they will ALL die if you don’t protect them. It’s not as expensive as you think, but if your a tree hater, cut away!
I was told that once the bugs are in the tree, treatment is not effective. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Bore cut ,should have
Or a steeper/deeper undercut and more agressive on the backcut. Thanks for watching and commenting.