155. Falling & Bucking High Grade Cedar | WestCoast Timber

[@BestkeyTech]

This video does an amazing job showcasing the skill and precision needed to work with high-grade cedar! The entire process of falling and bucking is explained so well. Truly impressive work!

[@GrantPeacock-video]

Terrific learning opportunity here; thanks for making the effort to do this video Bjarne. This is the first time I have seen this 'split scarf' made at 2 different levels. And as mentioned below - a nod to the difficulty of working on such steep terrain. Well done! Stay safe.

[@GigaTech-ggt]

When the tree falls, this ASMR sound always brings a captivating allure. It’s a blend of soothing and powerful.

[@tinman2420]

holy cow - what a beautiful thing. the weather, the smells- I want to be where you are.

[@andrehak]

Essential gear, sharp saw, educative mindset. You earned another sub, thanks for taking the work to share this sir!

[@RickL-b1q]

You are an absolute treat to watch. You have to be using the vary best in the world for sure .

[@lambadalou]

What a beauty job on today’s movie 🎥 Bjarne. That big Cedar saved right out for a helluva payday!!💰💰💰

[@daelik5401]

that buck at 20min is the scariest thing i think i've seen you do. nerves of steel.. /salute.

[@jbrobertson6052]

I subscribed without even seeing your content I'm on Vancouver Island and 99% of my friends are Fallers and Harley riders or work in the bush one way or other. I had YT running in the background and when I heard the saw I had to check it out. Cheers

[@Chadmcclinton]

Nice work man! Thanks for the good lessons.... Keep your head on a swivel and your feet all clear..

[@nicktecky55]

I love that, when it comes to trees, the diameter is measured in inches, and the length in metres.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I know kinda goofy but that’s what’s on the card 🤷‍♂️

[@peteacher52]

I wondered about that. I find it incomprehensible that the USA decimalised its currency right from square one but hung on to the contorted imperial measurements to this day, except for gallons which are smaller than imperial. Bushels, gallons, pints, inches, ounces, pounds and miles &c. Very confusing.

[@deadtreebark]

Everything is such a jumbled mix of standard and metric. Or at least my toolbox is😂

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

tenth of an inch, tenth of a mile happy? who cares? you metric freaks need to get over yourselves it doesn't matter what you call a unit of measurement.

[@briankaelin7728]

Ya It makes sense if you don’t think about it, lol

[@failedfilmmaker]

The thumbnail on this video is insane. Great shot

[@handlaidtrack]

You have balls of steel to tackle a tree that big. I get nervous felling a. 20 inch tree. Can not comprehend a tree that big. Kuddos and megaa dittos. You are da man!🎉

[@TomStephan-uq5gy]

At least someone is still willing to put in a day's work. Now, the real work begins getting that big beatiful log down to the mill at Pioneer Log Homes!

[@philhey8847]

Greetings from Cortes Island, nice work with the saw and the camera.

[@JoeCornerNetwork]

So many guys watch and think “that’s nothing” . You made it look easy. Great job, be safe.

[@heaven-is-real]

it aint easy and requires training skill experience common sense and thinking things through I'm sure

[@JoeCornerNetwork]

@@heaven-is-real takes time. Most people don’t survive long enough to get to the level of experience you need to master the job. I’m 33 years in the residential, large tree removal business. Third generation on my dads side

[@TitanTech-ttt]

Loved every minute of this video!

[@highwatercircutrider]

My hat is off to you! I would never attempt such a large tree on steep terrain. I come from a family of timber people going back to the 1850's. My great grandfather owned and logged a large track of virgin white pine in Northern Michigan, USA. I myself being Mennonite farmed in the summer with horses and logged a bit in the winter to supply my sawmill with hardwood logs. I thought horse logging was super dangerous until watching your work!

[@Mtlmshr]

Had no idea about all the calculations a logger must make but it makes perfect sense

[@ernestlmorellsr]

Man you look like you're enjoying what you're doing!

[@TheRoguelement]

Her Ernie Have you ever tried to walk thru a Logged out hill top have you seen up close what they leave behind . These Natural resource harvest corporations take pristine Forests and leave behind total devastation that leads to huge landslides the rainstorm run off fills once pristine crystal clear valley streams with silt lowering water quality and once these brooks & streams fill with silt they no longer support aquatic life and die I wonder what will you yall do once they "harvest" the last log the last gallon of clean drinking water and you have breathed the last of the breathable Oxygen . You poor ignorant slobs just do not get it. America has 5% of the earths population yet consumes 25% of all natural resources Do the Math Bro . How exactly do you think you can continue unchecked growth on a planet with finite natural resources . But more to the point how have you not noticed the environmental decline or how about the sky . Have you even noticed the sky's don;'t exactly look the way they did when you were a kid ?

[@bobbyplatt7654]

Awesome job done sir.

[@stevenowell]

Glad you shared the ripping card, I have been curious about that. Would love to see some ripping footage. That has to be a serious challenge in that environment. Respect to you sir. Take good care of your eyes so you can see the gold fines in your spinner pan

[@BjarneButler]

I can’t wait to get outta camp to do some more gold panning, or should I say spinning? Look for guys on the rigging crew on instagram. Lots of picks and videos there

[@Zt3v3]

I love those big Red Cedars, such pretty trees. They make great porches, fences, etc. If I could afford it, I'd pick Cedar over Fir everytime, but them some pricey lumber in my neck of the woods.

[@johnjay5143]

Man, everything went great, right to the end ... And then it decided to go for a skiing trip . I said, well, that ain't gettin' bucked . lol

[@danrussell785]

First 2 laid out nicely for ripping!

[@Pattyboytheking]

Standing downhill of that monster bucking the underside must be an insane adrenaline rush. I was nervous watching it from my couch……woah

[@caru3257]

I have no nails left.

[@WezTexan]

.​@@caru3257lol so true. I'm 65 now but when I was 25 my younger brother and myself bought a house with an old black walnut tree that was rotting on the inside from widest at its base up about 12 feet. We had to get bee keeper to remove a large honey bee hive before we felled it. We got a gallon of honey with comb in the jars. He said he got 2 more from it. A huge hive that was very old. My brother and I tried to aim it in-between 2 maples so as not to tear them up. It fell about 15 degrees off and took a large maple branch off. Oh well good fire wood. When the walnut landed a raccoon jumped out of the top and took off towards my brother causing him to jump and run to the porch, pretty damn funny. We lopped the branches off then topped the log off. After that we rolled it up onto some small logs to keep it off the ground. We were going to take it to a saw mill but they wouldn't do it for fear of nails. So we tried to saw down the length to make boards but oh boy the varied in thickness and skewed making very ugly planks. We did find several nails and dulled a couple of chains. Eventually after drying in the shop for two years I used my table saw and plane to make a good 20 2x4, 6, 8, 10 and twelves. We made a pie safe a table and a book case from it. Gave the pie safe to my mom, the desk was my brothers and the book case mine. We ended up with a bunch of small pieces that I sold to the saw mill owner. It was quite an

[@markbrosius6218]

That was a perfect shot. 🤙

[@mclagett1043]

nothing smells better than cutting a red cedar!

[@edshipman8814]

Bravo. Thats hard work man👍👍

[@destroywoodusa]

Logging isn’t just a job; it’s an art! Did you know each piece of wood has its own story? Share your thoughts on forest conservation and sustainable wood use! 15:23

[@godbluffvdgg]

I've watched many hours of felling...That incline is a beast and You made it look easy!...You're BONAFIDE! Good health to you and yours...

[@urbanlumberjack]

Amazing, beautifully done

[@jasonthomas7414]

Thanks again B!

[@navydogsadventures3500]

I feel your pain with reading small things. I had to get glasses. That was a nice cedar.

[@scottmattoon9054]

Im just amazed these trees still exist..

[@mkay1957]

??? Why wouldn't they still exist ???

[@High.Desert]

This one doesn't anymore.

[@devinkozak5507]

Why do we cut the big ones... I think they're special and should be saved. So many medium wants to be had

[@devinkozak5507]

It's sad to watch

[@Toni-e4l]

Amazingly beautiful

[@Evan-bc6nb]

Bet it smells awesome

[@johnjones4096]

I love the smell of fresh cut cedar ❤

[@lamarjohnson6222]

HEY SIR I HAVE TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT IS DUE TO YOU I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO STAY SO COOL WHILE CUTTING A TREE SO BIG With the elevation so steep with that heavy saw I am a true FAN PLEASE DONT EVER TRY TO CUT A TREE THAT YOU GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT YOU ALREADY GOT ENOUGH GOING AGAINST YOU SO STAY PRAYED UP AND STAY MOTIVATED

[@whytry777]

I'll ad to that there's no school it's experience

[@RandyDeibert]

All about just doing it. Got fifty years of wondering how we do it. I'n fact it's fun

[@kurtkuhne1260]

My style- 1) From vertical- cut front directional chip (20% of dia.), 2) Boreout center 1/3 from front (4"up) full bar & fanned, 3) Bore in from a 4" hinge cutting backward from both sides, 4) Leave final 10%, drive wedges both sides 1/3 from the back, 5) Cut final 10%(still stands?- 2 more wedges tap all 4 sequentially; This for a huge softwood like this, much tighter cuts for hardwood-!

[@northmanlogging2769]

2110bf in the but log 1870 in the second... big wood stacks up fast!

[@Toni-e4l]

Standing on the low/downhill side? Crazy!

[@gerrylarson3675]

Well . . .you might call that "fun and easy". Appreciate you pointing out the little "strategy" details. Great work!

[@loghog4392]

Often wondered if they fly you in or do you do the long slog? Cut a job back in the 80's and it was an hour and twenty minute hike.

[@bj8342]

Watching the Downhill Tree Tops swaying as the top of the Big Cedar Torpedoed down the hill.😀😀😀 Multi-focus reading glasses until the optometrist prescribes glasses.

[@BjarneButler]

Good idea. I just got contact the office and request the weight cards with a larger font

[@hatchetation]

Never seen the inside of such a nice looking cedar before. Really curious about the heavy bark inclusion though - what's rhetorical deal with that? Almost looks like it had multiple stems at one point. Or, is that just common with cedar because of the wavy furrows on the trunk as it grows?

[@daleboe8912]

When the tree starts pop in and talking I’m gone

[@MrMartinious]

I remember as a younger man when I could handle a big chainsaw like a feather duster! My 572 feels like 20 kilos now!

[@Toonseskat]

Watching you keep watching the out of control log crash it’s way down hill, priceless.

[@jwfinley7808]

Thats how its done!

[@alanwatts9232]

Hi Bjarne, you could try one of those fresnel plastic sheet magnifiers, either stick a piece inside the lower part of your visor or on the card itself, otherwise bifocal safety glasses with the top part clear and the bottom part magnifying.

[@BjarneButler]

That an interesting idea. I’ll get one of those lenses and try it out

[@rooster3019]

Bjarne, I am surprised that you are keeping the compression relief valve. You never seem to use it and they are prone to leak sooner or later. I guess the plugs would get hot too.

[@Randpage]

I haven't had one leak on me yet. I usually eliminate them on smaller saws but on the big guys I leave them, when you do need them they are a Godsend.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I never use it. It’s usually removed when I get Donny to Walkerize it but this time it wasn’t.

[@MrMartinious]

Bucking is definitely the most dangerous part of the job bjarne

[@jwgrower81]

U almost hit me with that chunk of wood bro lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@AlbertaClimber]

Have you ever done a video at Walker when you're getting your saws "Walker'ized"?

[@johnlipnicki5109]

Thanks for all your videos Bjarne. Was wondering, is it possible to use some sort of laser attacked to your saw when lining up your initial aim? It is the 21st century after all...

[@heatherfraserdaley460]

When Barney is showing his saw after he dropped it you can see a grey line running vertically up the case side. This line is 90° to the saw blade and is used as sort of a peep sight to know where you’ll be aiming your under cut. You’ll see him sometimes lean back and look to see where things are aimed when he’s making the first cut into a tree. Some times the simple solution is the best solution. Especially in the bush.

[@haydenbretton2990]

Do the engineers that band those trees together have to carry a machine with them or is it dropped down to them by chopper. How do they get in to those locations without a pad?

[@BjarneButler]

They come in once a pad is made. It’s not the engineers that strap the trees but a separate crew. They simply use a pry-bar like tool to synch the straps tight.

[@jimfrazier1929]

I'm wondering why you don't drop the trees staight up the hill, it would fracture less, and not roll when your bucking them?

[@robmcelwee389]

Here in Louisiana 90% of logging is done with a feller buncher and shears. Chainsaw cutting is a lost art. Only when crews encounter big loblolly pines or big oaks are trees felled with chainsaws. Except when cutting baldcypress. You have to cut them above the buttress base. The sawyers stand on step ladders. Sadly the average person can't afford that cedar lumber. The lumbyard i work for sales 1x12x16 cedar for 100 dollars a board.

[@TheCureThatKillz]

What do you cut down the trees for??

[@lughomorain]

Would love to see a video about the removal (by helicopter) of these logs and their onward processing.

[@BjarneButler]

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[@williamfindspeople4341]

What are you using? 660 ported 46" bar??

[@TrevorDennis100]

When the tree got away from you at the end of the video, do you know there is no one working down hill from you? How do you recover the bucked logs? Are they hauled up hill to a loading area? I'm thinking there must be some serious weight involved.

[@almiraferreiradeoliveira492]

Admiro sua coragem vc é uma fera na sua profissão 😂❤

[@Larry-jv6he]

how do you get the logs out and to the mill

[@bunk822]

That’s some big wood man 😆

[@bigpicture3]

The reason that cedars live to be so old and so large, is that they have developed their own antifungal. You will rarely ever see a cedar that is rotten in the center, and broken by the wind. A lot of other species of older trees have rot in the center, and get broken by the wind. That is why cedar is so sought after, it needs no antifungal or anti parasite treatment.

[@joegreenwood1443]

Do you think that "step" in the face cut alters the trajectory of the tree? In example; when someone puts a piece of the pie in the face cut to change the trajectory and throw it one way or another.

[@BjarneButler]

No because by the time the undercut closes together the tree is committed to its direction and the holding wood breaks soon after. 🤙

[@MrMartinious]

Gotta say I had the same thought!

[@MrMartinious]

Been a while since 1tree took the whole video

[@davidevans474]

Nice work

[@PaulHodgson-gm6lg]

what are you guys using to yard that. a chinook, or skycrane?

[@anewthoughteveryday4592]

I think they drag it with a tower

[@christopherblare6414]

Beautiful tree. Very sad.

[@mkay1957]

Why is it sad?

[@investoroncoke]

@@mkay1957because its probably seen 300 winters and was cut down for some greedy prick to make money

[@simeon24]

@@mkay1957Our lives aren’t long enough to see one’s grow this big again.

[@mkay1957]

@@simeon24 That logger would not have been able to cut that tree down unless the US Forest Service marked it for removal. The forests of the west need to be thinned anyway. There are 4-5 times as many trees per acre than there were 200 years ago, due to fire suppression. You can't walk through the forest in many places because there are so many deadfalls, young trees and other undergrowth. The US Forest Service knows this and is clearing large sections of forest of excess trees, deadfalls and undergrowth, and they are allowing more logging. That way, wildfires are not so devastating, because trees aren't bunched together and there are not hundreds of young trees and deadfalls per acre. The native Americans used to set fire to sections of forest in order to burn excess deadfalls and undergrowth. It kept the forest healthy. Our local MiWuk tribe finally got permission to start doing controlled burns and adjacent forest service land, working in conjunction with the Forest Service. With millions of legal and illegal immigrants coming to America, the need for more lumber to build housing has risen, meaning that millions more trees will be cut down every year.

[@mkay1957]

@@simeon24 The logger would not have cut that tree down unless it was marked by the US Forest Service. The forests of the west are badly overgrown, with 4-5 times are many trees per acre than there was before the west was settled. There are places you cannot walk through the forest here in the Sierras because there is so much undergrowth and dead trees on the ground. That, plus too many trees, is the reason that we have bad wildfires that are hard to stop. Native Americans used to burn excess growth in order to keep the forest healthy. And now they have received permission to do that again.

[@ManifestPhil99]

What are the strap information? Don't see much cedar for sale at Home depot as not really dimensional lumber like fir or spruce.

[@BjarneButler]

The straps hold the tree together to prevent splitting when it hits the ground

[@stevenowell]

How do the ripping guys deal with logs that are down in the dirt?

[@BjarneButler]

I suppose they could “repo” them. Either then that, just be careful not to hit the dirt I suppose

[@JeffKatterhenry]

I’d like to know how long from face cut to the finish of the last log you bucked on last tree of this video. It seems it took awhile, but lm no logging, I just really like your videos and the scenery and gold paining.

[@BjarneButler]

Don’t really know. This was filmed on my last shift, so was a while ago.

[@viktorpalekha6177]

You are professional !☹

[@turklayher4794]

So how much was that big cedar worth you cut today?

[@als1023]

Worth depends on where you assess the value ,, finished cedar wood is , I'm guessing , +$10K, @ 2,ooo bd ft ,,, Maybe someone else has an idea of cutout at the mill

[@BjarneButler]

Ya it depends on what phase of the journey from forest to consumer your assessing

[@johncross2692]

Is your saw walkerized?

[@fenceman95]

When measuring over a crowned stump the diameter will be a bit more than it actually is.

[@donavanlafontsee1194]

I would love that job. I just domt wanna leave my family to do it. I'd have to move to Oregon, Washington state, or Canada.

[@joebourke1018]

Perfect absolutely perfect is absolutely correct 👌💯

[@Randpage]

How do they go about ripping the logs Mr Butler?

[@BjarneButler]

With a 6ft bar and 390 or 3120

[@mikesmith2987]

Just curious as to the estimated age of those cedars? Are they leftovers from the last logging or these sites have never been logged?

[@BjarneButler]

This area has never been logged before. The biggest trees are about 700-1000 years old?

[@Mr.Popeye2u]

You are are a true professional sir. You make look so easy. 120 year oaks and hickory on my property they look like babies compared to those giants. Stay safe young man.

[@caru3257]

I don’t think I would’ve felled with my 14” electric chainsaw.😊

[@davefran01]

I hope the earth isn't flat or the last log may have slid and rolled completely off 🤣. Thanks

[@robertmills3554]

Could you please explain what a ripper is? Thank you Sir.

[@Toonseskat]

A log that requires ripping into two pieces to be able to be lifted by the helicopter.

[@C-Wilsons-View]

Bjarne have you tried the protos helmets?

[@BjarneButler]

Nope

[@MrMartinious]

I assume that they like ripping big stuff so it can be quarter sawn?

[@BjarneButler]

Exactly 👍

[@FredFlintstone-e3l]

Fracture s???😮

[@florpdorp7190]

0:21 I don't think that's a burl I think that maybe something called a gall

[@jesseerickson662]

I couldn't do that job. Every fiber in my being tells me not to stand on the downhill side of that log. 😂

[@mkay1957]

He was only cutting halfway through the tree, but yeah, being on the downhill side would make me nervous too

[@dudley5658]

I typically have an extra man with me when bucking logs that big because we have to carry them out by hand.

[@SciOps]

Awesome

[@rooster3019]

Measuring diameter in inches and length in meters?

[@BjarneButler]

Ya that’s how the weight card is made 🤷‍♂️

[@Dan-tx1ch]

How old are you?

[@jimfrazier1929]

If they're leaning more downhill, then drop them straight down hill, so, they don't roll when your bucking

[@joshuafranks3156]

9:39 Bjarne almost takes us all out. Twice.

[@bizzirker]

I know logging is one tough job, but in the end,, Id rather see a tree that size standing.

[@pekerja27]

Saking pohon nya sangat besar bar mesin nya tidak sampai 😮😮👍👍💪

[@kalmurphy5254]

Just wondering how much do you get paid for cutting that tree ❤

[@BjarneButler]

It’s day rate and not enough

[@daniellanier9090]

People should watch this video because they have no clue what it takes to get lumber.

[@rs2024-s4u]

Tree is very stout when video makes saw and bar look puny!!! Ray