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[@rooster3019]

In first big tree I was looking for the little Elves to come out and protest that you ruined the cookie factory.

[@snappingclam8801]

Greetings from Australia.Great watching a brilliantly skilled worker in action.

[@BobPfohl]

Very nice video… thank you for the closed caption and the extra views of the scenery and roads/ trucks etc. nice touch!

[@TW200]

Again...why all the time to fell this dead trees?

[@mrbudmon2p]

I absolutely love watching you work, especially if I am working too. Thank you for all the knowledge you have bestowed over the past two+ years.

[@robertodebeers2551]

Company bosses: Bjarne's life on those cliff faces isn't tough enough. Let's dynamite millions of rock chips into the trees, so keeping a chain sharp is impossible. Then we'll dock his pay for every hollow tree (every one of them is hollow) and only let fallers work when the wind is above 50 mph. It's a beautiful life, if you survive the first morning!!

[@dws5951]

Ya cant make an omlet without breaking some eggs and YA CANT build a road on a mountainside without blasting rock ... the fallers know well enuf the risks of debris in the bark, so stop panicking ...wind above 50 mph ??? where did you get that thought??? odd that you complain about things Bjarne makes little or no mention of.

[@robertodebeers2551]

I worked on logging roads for a living in Montana years ago. We didn't use much powder, and we weren't working on such crazy steep slopes, either. And I worked as a faller off and on for 20 years, so I've sorta been there. @@dws5951

[@TomokosEnterprize]

WOW BUD, We sure live in a really neat part of the world eh. Just plain gorgeous !

[@bj8342]

@Bjarne Butler You may not know since you are not directly involved in it, when they replant is it a mixed variety to mimic a natural forest or single species ie Cedar?

[@bogan4859]

How long you been logging for now Bjarne?

[@billryan8721]

Love the mic set up and your quality of videos has come along ways. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.

[@larryburrough3024]

Love watching you work young man. I’m 73, I live in MS. Don’t seen any true logging. You are so resourceful. How long have you been in the business? Please be careful and continue putting out these videos. Take Care, Old LB

[@richardthut7071]

I must admit that it saddens me to see the warmth of the old groth being cut down. My reason is the export raw logs shutdown all the saw mills and the jobs sad . I do believe we build or homes of wood what am I missing and the costs of it

[@navydogsadventures3500]

Some beautiful country. I bet the first tree was great listening while it fell.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Hi, Me again. That feeling when the saw stops making saw dust but is still cutting like crazy is one aI really didn't like. Big hemlock was famous for doing that. My guys called these big/hollow cedars "Dance halls" LOL. I sure miss those fellas. Just 2 of the 9 of us still above ground. Fortunately saw the end of their logging days. Cancer was the real one that hit us hardest. Now I have the damn stuff. I AM NOT GIVING UP THOUGH. Lots of firewood left in these old bones. It's just going along to drive (Hand Controls) for them but as soon as the saws start up I'm in 7th heaven eh. I'm glad you got to appreciate the crash. Most big ones hit the ground when they are at your back moving away from a possible widow maker. I have to laugh at the protesters complaining about taking these big old snags. They need to spend more time here to see why we take them. They are for the best part rotten junk. Hardly worth the saw gas to make the slope a safer place for planters to work In/On. I always wondered why rot in/on trees is always on the pressure side. Just kinda makes no sense but, IT IS WHAT IT IS EH, LOL.

[@acidheadzzz]

Another great job Bjarne. Something just occurred to me, the backside of that giant tree I see those three straps around the trunk of the tree are what looks to be like about 15 feet off the ground, you seemed to pretty much disappear when you went around down there and I was wondering how the guys got those 3 straps around that giant trunk so high of the ground?

[@MrMartinious]

There's nothing like a hot cuppa tea on a cold morning!

[@joshuamerritt2014]

I have just started watching your videos and I was just wondering what do you do with trees that big and the ones that have the rot in them really bad

[@thelankylogger]

So my question is. I assume there is a big expense to get these trees to the mill. When they are rotten in the centre will they saw lumber out of the sides or are you just falling them for safety reasons ?

[@tootallno]

Bjarne, I can come and pick that burl up :)

[@batmantiss]

PLENTY of time to get re caulked!

[@franwilson2097]

I want it, do you cut them off??

[@paratrooper7340]

What language is he using???

[@Mike7478F]

Is there a re planting program happening once cleared away or is it just left as is?

[@jonproctor3739]

@Mike7478F Usually not straight away in most cases. They often will do a slash burn beforehand. Or at the very least wait a year or more after harvesting to give the slash time to settle a bit and lose all the needles. Most harvested blocks are replanted sooner or later though. However, definitely not all of them.

[@leonardryan8723]

Bjarne you should be cutting cookies 🍪, probably make a little extra money on the side in cedar cookie 😊😊

[@georgebenz7415]

Enjoyed this one and many of the previous. In my patch, 300 or so South of you the loggers who I knew when I was younger took those cedars in the late 1940’s. The 2nd cutting took place 70 years later. Just after crews came in and went to the old growth cedar stumps and cut them for shake bolts. They were bundled and helicoptered out. I got the 1st row view during elk season. Fun to watch.

[@cassietrethowan]

What’s that music called play in this clip around 40.40 mark ?

[@JanyceEvans]

Great stuff. Flashbacks of my life in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. I am shocked at the price of saws now but hope the day rate reflects that.

[@leeboyd7633]

Man that Jake break sounds good awesomeness by God 💯 stay safe Bjarne

[@AaronTheViking250]

120 cms or in simple terms 10ft that is huge buddy god dam but what a rush that would've been though and the echo in the valley man! good times.

[@polarlab113]

Nice day for falling.was your bar over heating on that last tree?

[@pekerja27]

Durasi yang panjang,

[@valtra7878]

👍👍👍💪

[@timaustin110]

What would be the time frame if that tree was left alone how long would stay standing do you think ???????

[@jamesmitchell5667]

I have been watching your videos for a long time really enjoy it but wonder where you are cutting at the mountains are so pretty

[@jackmill4235]

what is the white wrapping on the tree for.

[@lewispaine4589]

I've heard loggers refer to rotten trees like that as "widow makers"

[@ryanv1279]

Nah, thats just a rotted out tree. A widowmaker is a limb or top suspended in another tree(s) crown.

[@surgereactor8680]

@@ryanv1279I believe those are called snaggers. Maybe I’m wrong though.

[@Johndoe-ob1]

How do they chain down the Hugh loads on there trucks ?

[@iffykidmn8170]

with chains.

[@eddyarundale1566]

👋🏻

[@flyboy6876]

Now that is a logging truck, not one of these sissy logging trucks in the states

[@michaelhoran407]

Cutting down 1000 years old trees is like the sperm whales hunting culture in the 1800s.

[@MrInsaint]

Thank you for sharing your work with us. I appreciate everything. And I now have both my boys with me to watch 💯🫡💯