78. Falling & Bucking A Big Fir Tree | Calculated Risk Factor

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[@rustyduktape]

"The sun is warm, but the wind is cold!" That put a smile on my face. Makes me want to get out into the woods.

[@MichaelMcIntyre-rv6fn]

Thank you for sharing the dangers and what you do to weigh the odds in your favor. When I started as a bucker in Forks Wa. in 1972, I had no experience except cutting firewood. I had been setting chokers on a highlead side.The falling contractor was getting older and the timber was so big that he wanted a bucker. His two sons were falling everyday also.I made so many mistakes and was so slow that he wanted to fire me everyday but I showed up and gave 100%. He had been falling since hand saw days and was so good that he could put enough wood on the ground in 2 or 3 hours for me to buck for 6 hours.Bucking 3' to 6' dia. trees all day takes a long time. He was good to me and I learned how to fall just watching him.Some of the 8-10 ' dia. took several hours to buck. I am 76 and love watching you. I wish I knew 1/2 as much about falling and bucking as you. You are the greatest faller I have ever seen. Take care, Michael McIntyre

[@deandee8082]

you cut some real good wood over there, that maggot clinton gave a lot of that wood away to Asia where they have it submersed in saltwater, I cannot remember how many supertankers full or wood I saw leave the piers in Seattle during that time, Nafta. clinton, real loser, gave it to them.. the lagging was huge on the pennesula, then one day it stopped cuz clinton was out and they stopped that cutting of our national forests and giving it away to asia, they were taking ancient maple out of the ancient forests... just got greedy, the lines of trucks you would see driving out to forks out of work, some outfits had 20 tractors lined up, no wood to haul .. had they done it right and kept the wood here in the USA and replanted accordingly our timber may be in better shape, the poor poor management all but destroyed it, the lack of proper replanting and cleaning up took its toll... sad really, all that old virgin timber that we never even used... could still be standing tall, that and the lack of spotted owls of course... :-) did you see they are on the come back? someone spotted one or spotted an owl, spotted a spotted owl was it?

[@georgecalder5175]

Logging is the most satisfying, scenic, natural workout everyday that you can possibly imagine ❤

[@user-sk9er8zf1b]

You are one bucking tree faller !nice job buddy,you be safe out there. 😊😊

[@ianfiddes9871]

Worked as a production cutter in Scotland, what you and your felling brothers are up to is on another level 👍 what you call bucking we used to call snedding and cross cuts to contract size, respect !

[@OSHAJobHazardMitigation]

Bro the balancing on those two skinny logs doing a face cut is ballsy as heck. That is some serious sawmenship. I’d love to shadow a guy of this caliber to learn from them. Seriously impressive.

[@Okanoggin]

Full respect to the man at work here, the skill, the careful attention to detail. But damn if this doesn't just break my heart. You're watching the last of these trees fall. They'll never return.

[@markp.9707]

This tree already had rot in the base and it was a dead tree. All trees have a useful lifespan and then they fall and decay. This is healthy part of forest management and old growth is in parts of the forest on federal land. That’s what it’s used for. I own 15 acres of forest in the Bradshaw Mountains in Arizona. I have fir, ponderosa, and blue spruce. There are so many downed 125-150’ trees it’s ridiculous and all that wood is a fire hazard and not good for anything else. The forest needs to be thinned and wood harvest for products. There is mismanagement of forests but this isn’t it. Forestry is good for the forest. Allows young generation of trees to flourish and well as other vegetation. Yes huge trees are wonderful to see but their days are numbered. Use them while you can and nothing goes to waste.

[@lambadalou]

That Fir 🌲 laid right out for ya Bjarne 👍👍 Nice buckin’ on that first log, especially with how steep that is. The walk up in the morning would kill me now lol 😂

[@edwardmarshall5059]

I’m in awe of your knowledge Bjarne.

[@friztinx3153]

ur tha man bro been watchin you for a long time i love it thanks from New Zealand

[@karlbuttler]

Wow Bjarne, you really get into your work, you must be exhausted at the end of the Day, chasing all these trees up and down those steep slopes.......k

[@tonyalways7174]

Awesome scenery and awesome work. Cheers from UK 🇬🇧🍻

[@AkershusogstfoldTreservice]

Good job Bjarne👍

[@bjornsmasher66]

what a perfect timber noise

[@gooseschuerman5097]

that was super awesome and sketchy im impressed

[@diegovd7215]

Big time at 42:53 :O And the Husky is still running! :) Impressive man, congrats on staying safe.

[@RyanToomuchy]

That's what non ethanol fuel will do for a high performance machine....

[@kingslew1866]

Saved out nice... Steeper than a cow's face... Young man's game...

[@mudnducs]

BC? Glorious mountains….great “office”!

[@Boost_Addict]

crazy slope man . Good work !

[@Alexhulk]

Awesome footages man tanks

[@Alexhulk]

Precision buckin!!!!

[@SMJ95]

A nice cool brisk day with an upslope breeze and a gorgeous view! Nice felling and bucking sequence. 👍🏻West Coast Saw for a new axe head and or handle.

[@secondgear6079]

Nice one, as always stay safe brother

[@iffykidmn8170]

I believe😉 Gordy @WCS sells a 28" straight handle for the single bit wedge bangers.👍

[@sergioybarra1485]

Yes sir, Gordy has them at Westcoast Saw. They're 26". Liam makes them for him thru his business at Hoffman Blacksmithing. It's quality stuff.

[@ronschroeder585]

OSHA has entered the chat!

[@Mike-vt6nc]

Nothing like a nice piece of hickory

[@GratefulNachos]

Seems like bucking is more dangerous than cutting. Nice work!

[@RyanToomuchy]

What is your house built of??? God willing you can understand that you eat corn/beans.....and live in a home of wood, this man is sharing what it takes to at least start the process of "everyone* getting the affordable materials to build a "home"......same way a farmer gets those crops to the market.......??? oldest renewable crop ever????????

[@GratefulNachos]

@@RyanToomuchyare you ok? I have no clue what you said has anything to do with my comment. Are you just a troll?

[@ToddAdams1234]

@@GratefulNachosRyan IS right, but so are you!

[@RyanToomuchy]

@@GratefulNachos yeah, I'm great....just get tired of people who don't understand that trees have to be harvested.....that's all, this is how I feed my family and keep it close to h My heart.... appreciate your interest.

[@RyanToomuchy]

I pretty my comment went to the wrong person.... someone said something about him even cutting the tree down... apologizing now

[@joegreenwood1443]

Thank you.

[@marcduclos9789]

I’ve been riveted to this vid. Out on the edge the hole time. I am glad to have seen this.

[@lightning9279]

I can't believe you hunted and killed that tree. You even wore your hunter orange. Nice!!!

[@DeadWoodLogging6996]

Respect !

[@snchilders]

Nothing like the smell of freshly cut Doug fir.

[@morgankruse4666]

Except for Cedar...

[@cumminsnchevy]

Doug fir smells good, but I’m partial to the smell of fresh cut sugar pine

[@Knotaro_bot]

logging in Narnia has its challenges

[@OldBrownDog]

Thanks for the video, we all don't get to do helli logging. 40 years ago maybe .

[@chuckdworak1909]

I've known a lot of loggers in my life and they said a lot of times bucking the log is more dangerous than cutting them down

[@mikehart4357]

It's funny you speak in kilometers and meters, us at the south border have to get our our calculators out to figure it out. Inches and feet here in Oregon. Great video, be careful up there.😊

[@iffykidmn8170]

It maybe Collins? that has a straight handled 5lb fallers axe with a heavy pole designed for banging wedges.

[@Alexhulk]

Wow

[@RobBrown-fe6hk]

Whoa part of the coast? I've worked as an engineer for 27 years. I accept it, it's all my fault. I would love it if u pointed out the engineers errors. Cheers. Rob Brown

[@RecyclingThisThat]

Hi, Love your videos and your skills. On average how tall would a typical big Cedar be.

[@carebear2272]

That’s how my cousin got rolled into the ground by bucking an old growth. he was some what lucky because the ground was semi dry small swamp bog But still suffered brain injury.

[@lancebeinke9576]

Over here 'DOWN-UNDER' our TOOLs with HANDLEs are FIBERGLASS,. Maybe you might consider installing likewise with said HANDLEs, having an added twist? By inserting an aluminium rod for extra re-enforcement, using a handle template as a mould for the pouring around the aluminium rod? 😁👌& angle your moulded handle to sought your trade usages!?

[@ronb4493]

As always, extremely good work, thank you I want to purchase one of your four times extra large raincoats, but your webpage doesn’t allow anything over large. Please let me know how to do this thank you.

[@Alexhulk]

Extreme buckin

[@danillausky1328]

Thought about using a fiskars composite axe? If mine were wooden i'd have broken it 2 dozen times already, nearly indestructible

[@PikemanLures]

Hands like Sandpaper.

[@chadhenwood6007]

Maybe try a buckin special axe😁😁

[@Alexhulk]

Hi hihihihih

[@user-rt6vt8cu1o]

Why did you leave a Dutchman in the uphill side of undercut ,good content.

[@markusmoser7197]

Ich glaube er ist ein guter Holzfäller, sollte mal mit unseren Jungs mitgehn , die sind aber auch gut drauf. Ist ,was ich verstehe ein ganz normaler Arbeitstag. Schöne Grüße aus Austria Tirol Zillertal Uderns .

[@Gibby_gaming]

do you change the chain at all during this or is it all done with the same chain? if you use the same chain do you notice that it gets duller/ slower as the job goes on?

[@Alexhulk]

When you started logging and how old are you now? Bjarne

[@roddraper9921]

Guess you got to design a new axe to go with your wedges.

[@richardmiller4104]

I might be wrong in saying but it looks a small saw for size of trees you do. How many cc is your chainsaw.

[@richardthut7071]

Think you're going to get thim all

[@PierBaz]

just a question men, which brand are your nailed boots? where can I buy them?

[@BjarneButler]

HoffmanBoots.com

[@Inal123-jg7tj]

Hadir sirahturahmi

[@davidklodd4369]

What does a tree like that for sell for to make it worth all the effort to cut and fly out?

[@mke6445davis]

Around 600 a cubic meter and there might be 30 meters in it so 18k ?

[@davidklodd4369]

@@mke6445davis thanks

[@D-EagleMachines-on6dg]

Falling & bucking a big fir tree involves calculated risks to ensure safety and precision.

[@duggaboy]

No shit Sherlock

[@vanquynguyen8298]

Địa hình hiểm trở thế này , tiền gỗ khai thác được , có khi còn ít hơn tiền công ?

[@BjarneButler]

No the cutblock is assessed before cutting. So an estimate of the value has already been done

[@DXT61]

Anyone know how many hours a "shift" is and what a good or bad day is regarding the number of trees felled in a shift?

[@BjarneButler]

6.5hrs on the saw a day. 14-21 day shifts. We don’t count the number of trees we cut in a day. It’s about how many cubic meters a day, on average, you cut. Which also varies depending on the wood type, size, terrain, weather(ie. wind) understory, snags, hang-ups, heavy learners, location of block boundary and block size and shape, conventional or heli and what type of helicopter. Easy walking or thick bush, retention and designated “leave patches”. So there’s a lot of factors that will affect a fallers day-to-day volume of merch wood.

[@DXT61]

@@BjarneButler Thanks!

[@markp.9707]

@@BjarneButlerthanks I was curious as well. Get your handles from West Coast Saws and Gordy. Tell him Mark Lambert sent you. I love his stuff.

[@carebear2272]

Bajarne, how long do you think it took you to get proficient in ambidextrous logging? I had a friend who was left handed and he use to nick up his chaps all the time tell one day he went to deep and bound up his saw. Took me awhile to figure out how he did it tel l I picked up a saw left handed. It brought the power head closer to his leg. Then I was wondering 🤔 do they make a saw for left handed, or is he just a idiot lol 😝

[@room2three7]

Where ya at?

[@jhill2042]

What a beautiful place to work . Little hard on the body but keeps you in shape. Much respect to all who do this work day in and day out . Also is a bit sad to see those beautiful giants fall and likely never be replaced by anything of that size again . Simply too much demand to allow them to grow to that size and that is why these giants are being cut from these hard to get to locations because all the easier ones are gone already. Great work from great men dropping great big trees.

[@eddyarundale1566]

👋🏼

[@BjarneButler]

👋

[@Truthsearcherforever777]

I wonder if they planting trees as much as they r cutting

[@BjarneButler]

Yup, it’s required by law

[@Truthsearcherforever777]

@@BjarneButler but what’s the ratio? 1cut 1planted? Or 1 cut 10planted?

[@modoc852]

Felling

[@toplesstattoo4301]

... Your sister!

[@richardthut7071]

When i started at the beginning of day rate it was 90 dollars day a and that was what a pare corks were i seen the destruction a few years latter i tried to stop the export of the raw log export hens the term save the old growth 😢

[@JackFrost008]

that loks like a very small chainsaw for such a big tree...

[@malcolmpym507]

Concerns about the sawdust damaging your eyes and ingesting the dust A light set of goggles and a face mask would help. Keep those good videos coming and take care in those wild conditions. Not the job I could do

[@duggaboy]

😂

[@Toonseskat]

Maybe it’s time to design and market a special ax for your profession?

[@garethesplin5673]

I would love to get hold of a rafting pattern for wedge banging duties.

[@davefran01]

The axe is a very personal thing to fallers they all have their own preference , Bjarne seems to favor a short one more than his bigger ones. Buckin Billy Ray Smith has a head shape he calls the wood bullet, they both know Donny Walker it would benefit them both to put a ring on a wood bullet and Bjarne to show him what he likes in handles .😀

[@AaronTheViking250]

a maul why u ask the maul on the back has the sledgehammer yes its heavy'er then say a spilter or a chopper but will not crack in the handle. or simply carry a heavy hammer on u and you use that been done that lol.

[@Zewestcoaster]

And to think..... Some small portion of that tree could land up in some anti logging protesters sign....

[@ASJR]

That educational video that no one cares to know

[@septicwhelk3654]

Bucking is dangerous no shiet sherlok ,. Bloody dangerous on the flat , on a cliff nigh on suicidal . be lucky chap .

[@danieloblinger1199]

The word is felling not falling.

[@AQuaaHaZe]

Are you on the mountain felling trees?

[@kode4420]

And here I thought women were going above and beyond to find good wood. 😂

[@BjarneButler]

🤣

[@AndyL940]

I like old style tools and axe’s . I have a few lovely old axes and a couple of double bits however I’ve been using Fiskars for work for 15 years and I wouldn’t use anything else. You should try one 👍

[@heatherfraserdaley460]

I got a Fiskars last fall with a glass handle. It’s great using the blade and it’s nice and light to pack around but it buzzes my hands so bad when driving a wedge I had to go back to a wood handle.

[@MyNewYorkCity.]

Man I give it to you sir🫡🫡