6ft cedar and a stubborn snag

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[@willybowles85]

Byarne you are amazing at what you so young and knowledgeable in showing the dangers in what you do

[@peterchristensen1058]

The tree was part of Timber Cruise plot and the blue line is to reference where "diameter at breast height" (dbh) was measured. Did thousands of these back in the day as well as engineering roads and cutblocks in similar country on Vancouver Island and the Mid Coast. Your Videos bring me back to my days in the woods. Thanks for these great videos.

[@BjarneButler]

Cool thanks for the info and thanks for watching

[@garryherron9081]

You are a good man in the bush,you work vary care full,You are a man whith a grate big Heart GOD BLESS YOU.

[@willybowles85]

There is no way to show how mentally and fiscally demanding this job is you make it so easy

[@rjildhGraham]

Thanks for your videos with your great attitude. You show the real life of a faller. I play with my own property and always wanted to play in woods but I got into construction and I poured concrete for a living . I poured concrete and some building from the 70eds now I'm 67 years old and own a few saws. We have 5 acres of timber that thin out and mill with a little woodmiser mill . I have 7 saws 660 , 44, 31 , with light bars . Thanks again for showing your skills it helps us work safety and how to do it . Happy falling !😉

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks for watching. Milling wood on your own property sound like fun. Good money with wood prices these days eh

[@dean-zb9nt]

No matter what they say, your OK. be careful out there. God Bless

[@bitspieces3885]

No one better Bjorne. You do great video’s and are mindful of positioning your camera to give your viewers the best experience. Your explanations are very helpful for non-loggers like myself. This logging is a whole new world I’ve never had insight into before I came across your video’s and Logger Wades. Thanks man!

[@BjarneButler]

Cool. Thanks for watching

[@Hoojammyflip]

Great video thanks for posting I will have to watch some more. It was a YT recommendation after binge watching a friends logging channel 'The Log Father' in Nova Scotia 😁 - subscribed

[@chadrides914]

Looks to be a nice Husky with a Stihl bar. Beastly skill working that rough ground and big wood. Impressive.

[@pluffer96]

What a beautiful country Canada is, love to get there one day. 🇨🇦❤🇬🇧 Happy New Year!

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks. You too Peter

[@thebr00klynz00]

I always wondered what the next process was after you lop them down. Thanks for showing the super snorkel.

[@eriknelson6529]

Guess I should watch before I comment. My bad. I could hear it in your Last videos

[@mikenorton62]

I subscribed after the first video of yours I saw couple years back... Enjoy every one. Thanks for sharing! I fall timber as well but not in as rugged of country... Stay safe

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks for subscribing Mike. I hope to keep on making good videos in the future.

[@adriansperlich7519]

I'm happy to hear you saved back on cutting the yew tree. Hope Forman goes along with it. Stay safe.

[@leeboyd7633]

I'm from Georgia..So what type of tree is a yew tree??Never heard of it..

[@erikb8172]

@@leeboyd7633 It,s an Evergreen. Taxus Brevifolia( Pacific Yew) is what Bjarne is probably talking about. 1 of about 30 species in the Taxaceae family. I,m also on the East coast as well. North east. We have many species from the Taxaceae family over here From Maine all the way down to Florida and all across the country.In the North east>(Common Yew,English Yew,and European Yew) are a few common species usually seen as box hedges and foundation shrubs but can grow into trees if left alone..VERY Cold Hardy Tree/Shrub. Funny thing, I have 2 English Yew trees in front of my house roughly 40ft tall,35ft wide crowns,2ft trunks at base. They,re both well over 100-130 years old at least, and living here LONG before my house was built! That,s big for these around here. Biggest ones iv,e ever seen. EXTREMELY poisonous too!! Both Red berries and Foliage. Hope that helped.

[@victoriousvictor7978]

Look at that beauty...none snow covered ground. Sure took a turn after we left camp. 🤣

[@steppoffaith8426]

You run iron horse ported saws in the bush.

[@victoriousvictor7978]

@@steppoffaith8426 no. Walkerized.

[@fern6114]

Thanks for the hole year 2021, stay safe, cheers and happy 2022 from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Europe

[@MrMok70]

Saw sound excellent,, Sharp chain makes er pull in the wood !! Love your videos on here

[@josephpalanuk1034]

Great job out there and thank you again for the sweater , i love it !

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks. And thanks for buying one 🤘

[@danrussell785]

Bjarne, thanks for some great vid's these past few years. As this year closes I want to wish you a Happy New Year, stay safe and looking forward to next years vid's.

[@BjarneButler]

Thank you And Happy New Years to you too

[@marcopolo5365]

Making a monstrous foot print on Mother Nature's beauty🍁🍁🇨🇦

[@jimmycurran5355]

Awesome video.

[@poparamiro]

So beautiful!!! Best regards!

[@mikepici5553]

Glad I found your videos Bjarne, I would love the opportunity to come out and fall with you, if your ever in n.western pa look me up you can cut timber with us you'd like the hardwoods, all be it nothing as big in diameter but still a very fun day in the woods 🪵

[@steelcityperformancesaws]

nice work! Great content!

[@eriknelson6529]

Some video of that machine working would be cool Bjarne. Be safe. Keep up the good work 👍

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I gotta start showing other stuff about logging in general. Just don’t want to give away where I am. Don’t want the hippies to make a big stink

[@eriknelson6529]

@@BjarneButler I understand Bjarne. My how times have changed. You know what to do. You have to walk a fine line unfortunately. The good news is I'm sure everyone would love to see it. Your a great cutter,and your videos are very well done. Keep it up, and thank you for replying to my comment.

[@Mike-vt6nc]

So Cool

[@justinweaver8787]

Happy new year!!

[@dujeamizic3588]

Another great video.Happy New Year

[@gerrycoleman7290]

Probably some real nice glacial till in those landscapes. Spodosol soils likely. Very photogenic. Nice.

[@kingslew1866]

I'm so glad that I don't have to fall those damn old dead cedar snags anymore. Long retired...

[@BjarneButler]

Ya they can be nerve racking sometimes

[@2990rick]

I got a chuckle out of that cedar giving you one last fight ... he didn't go down with out a fight lol ..👍 nice video's thank you !! I don't do tree work but I like to watch

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks for watching

[@bryanmarks4070]

Man I would love to come out and fall with you there. Stay safe!

[@dougsmith548]

What is up real close as if we were standing beside you. Stay safe 🇨🇦

[@Gus123]

Happy New Year yall.

[@davidpowell5504]

Surprised the weather is so nice! This must be a couple of months ago. On the Washington coast it has been mostly wet since late October.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya this was a few weeks ago

[@flyboy6876]

wicked looking beast

[@JS-oy6nn]

Best falling videos on KZbin hands down.

[@BjarneButler]

🤘

[@afleetcommand]

Feel vindicated now, I had to use a chunk of wood stacked with wedges two weeks ago on an ash tree that just wouldn't go, didn't want to put it on video. Love this channel, best out there in my most humble opinion! Thank you for building these videos ! ( Channel could be called "adrenaline junkie logging" )

[@HubertofLiege]

Call that a glut

[@oldmanfred8676]

Walt!

[@petehendry4756]

Hi walt !

[@dennisthemenace57]

High praise from a prolific youtuber and a man who knows his saws. I can only agree. We get to see an artisan at work and enjoy a video look at the beautiful PNW

[@JS-oy6nn]

Now I know I’m not the only one who has encountered an ash tree that wouldn’t go down without a fight. I never get to cut one that’s just a little bit dead, they’re always a waiting death trap hoping the top doesn’t break out before I get it on the ground. (Mainly why I’m cutting them) anyway, safe cutting.

[@allenhuling598]

Another great video, Bjarne, I look forward to every one! Regarding that stubborn snag; friend of mine likes to say, "I don't know why stuff fights me, I'M GONNA WIN!!" :-) Happy New Year!

[@BjarneButler]

Lol that’s a good one

[@ajw6715]

My father always said when the work is hard and the wages are low you take your time and go quite slow. Hahahaha.

[@jasonking2059]

Love the sweater and would love to order one but I can’t get my size

[@thanhtamtv78]

Anh cưa cây to quá khéo 👍

[@joetexas9884]

I have several nice pieces of Pacific Yew- There must be at least 50 rings in one inch of wood!

[@BjarneButler]

Yew wood is very dense wood and strong too

[@dougsmith548]

Give us a thrill real close as if we were standing right there. I think that would be a great charge.

[@BjarneButler]

Ok I’ll make a GoPro video next time I’m in camp

[@zagwua]

In the mid 90's when I timber cruised with my dad in the summers we used to bring loads yew bark back from Haidai Gwaii to pass off to somebody that was doing research. I think they were extracting some kind of chemical from the bark for cancer research at UBC. I found a good sized log in Holberg once too, that had probably been yarded by mistake. I got it into the truck, cleared it with the manager and took it home to a friend that had a wood mizer mill. Made nice decorative planks that my dad mounted a stuffed salmon on. One short log, only about five feet dulled two blades on the mill before it was all cut up. It's a shame that you have to cut it down, but I'm guessing that it's tree farm, so, profit is the game.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya a big Yew is rare. And they are very dense and heavy. I hear people make bows from them

[@zagwua]

@@BjarneButler Thanks for the reply! There are other species of yew in Europe that were also used for bow making. Once it's sanded smooth and varnished or lacquered, it's very beautiful. But boy is it hard and heavy.

[@mcporter03]

Are you seeing any Madrona, or Maple there? I have not seen any in your videos, I am South in Western Washington. Love your videos, gives me the old sounds, i MS, so my felling days are over.

[@douglasthompson2740]

That snorkel looks pretty light duty for full extension picks even with all the standing rigging. I am kind of amazed it is holding up. Looks like a steep hillside with some awkward picks to perform.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya it was quite steep on the low side of the road. I don’t really know anything else about snorkels

[@zagwua]

The snorkel is just to get the hook out there. The drag line goes back to the base of the snorkel boom, so the pole doesn't bear any more than the weight of the grapple. It's still pretty high up, so they should get some clearance on the close end of the log. In my experience, snorkels are usually used for loading, especially off of decks on a high bank. I've seen road cuts with banks as high as 8 or 10 meters with slash a few hundred meters up to the top end. You can't even come close to seeing the top end standing on the road, and a hydraulic loader couldn't even reach the top of the cut, never mind the top of a deck of logs. If there isn't a lot of distance to the back end, then they'll use the snorkel to yard. It may also be the case that the grapple yarder is busy somewhere else. Besides, the snorkel is cheaper to operate and could walk it to the next opening if not too far. They may want to clean out smaller stuff like hemlock, fir, and balsam with the snorkel before bringing in the grapple yarder to yard the cedar. The big cedar will just destroy all that small stuff if they yard it over top of the small stuff or stack it on top. I have'n't been to a setting or talked to any foresters for over 20 years, so I could be talking out my arse.

[@user-xi3sk5ko9p]

TOP

[@dogit1840]

salud

[@paulmacdonald9234]

Hey Bjarne, love your content, great entertainment and also a great learning tool. Can you tell me what you preference is 372 or the 572 and why? Thanks a lot, keep em comin!!

[@leeboyd7633]

That's a 390

[@erikb8172]

@@leeboyd7633 Correct..,But he also has a 372 and a 572. Refer to his older videos.

[@leeboyd7633]

Erik B8 yes sirr I've watched all his videos I know he has those other 2 saws as well

[@gsxrdoug7521]

How often do you change/sharpen blades. Appears you cut most trees like they are butter.

[@valtra7878]

👍👍👍

[@BjarneButler]

🤘🤘🤘

[@shanegiggie]

I wonder how old them cedar would be?

[@22turn13]

It's looking very good. I respect it. Sorry for the question, may I ask what camera you are using?

[@sjekkie8299]

Bjarne how you feel about a 36inch on a 572? I mostly do wood like 25-30 inch thick, happy to hear about feedback. Wish all of you including the Followers on this channel a HAPPY NEW YEAR, Stay healthy and safe. Greathings from Europe

[@BjarneButler]

My 572’s are modified. I have run 36” but only to cut cedar. Of your cutting up to 30” consistently then a 36” bar is a good choice

[@rockhopperdockhopper5261]

New years greetings from Scotland Bjarne, does Donny Walker port your saws and are you running 0.58 or 0.63 chain on your stihl lite bar? great content as in all your videos.

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks for watching. Ya Donny ports all my saws except the 390, I bought that one on the spot so he didn’t have time to modify it. But I did put a modified muffler on. I use .063 chain

[@rockhopperdockhopper5261]

@@BjarneButler Thanks for the reply Bjarne you have exceptional skill and amazing content in your videos

[@Jona_Villa]

Very beautiful video. But are the forests where you work all coastal? How much Douglas fir is in there? Thanks Happy New Year Bjarne.

[@BjarneButler]

Yes I work in costal area only. There are areas of large Fir stands but i of the coastal area is predominantly cedar

[@canadianboyee]

@@BjarneButler Bjarne, you even worked with a guy named Justin Durning? Good buddy of mine

[@Jona_Villa]

@@BjarneButler thanks, only cedar? W Hemlock?

[@mikepici5553]

Bjarne those bullbucker sweaters. Is there a sizing guide

[@tomv7552]

Did anyone else see the face in the tree at 28.48?

[@Rick-qk9os]

I'm curious, why have I only seen these Supersnorkles in Canada? These seem to be a commonplace there.

[@willybowles85]

What is a sub snorkle

[@Rick-qk9os]

@@willybowles85"Supersnorkles" not "Sub Snorkles". Used in logging industry. 👍

[@willybowles85]

Sorry I got it wrong my question is what are they

[@TheJonsberg]

Good video, you have the finest job on earth 👍Bjarne is a common name here in Norway, are you a Scandinavian?

[@BjarneButler]

My great-grandpa came to Canada from Norway

[@TheJonsberg]

@@BjarneButler 🇧🇻 Great, did you get to learn norwegian?

[@BjarneButler]

No unfortunately not.

[@TheJonsberg]

@@BjarneButler 🇧🇻 Greetings from Norway to you and your family, may Jesus bless you and keep you safe in this time

[@2990rick]

@@TheJonsberg and I will add an Amen to that !!

[@dye8287]

Do they mill those huge snags also? Or is the wood to far gone.

[@BjarneButler]

Yup the snags are just as good as long as they’re still solid

[@navydogsadventures3500]

Was that a yarder? Do they have tower yarders up there? Some good cutting! Great seeing you!

[@HubertofLiege]

Super snorkel

[@navydogsadventures3500]

@@HubertofLiege never heard of a super snorkel! Does it yard out the logs?

[@HubertofLiege]

@@navydogsadventures3500 it’s a line machine crane that’s modified to log and load. The grapple is mechanically cable controlled and reaches out a ways from the road. They’ll probably bring in a yarder for the rest. Logging out the front is effective with only one guy working and loading.

[@navydogsadventures3500]

@@HubertofLiege thanks for the explanation!

[@georgesmith8113]

👍👍👍👊😎

[@BjarneButler]

💪🤘

[@derrickpettit3489]

Awesome video, can you please pronounce your first name in the next video please, not sure how to pronounce it, your saw sounds good, what is it, 595, have you ran the 592s that haven't been released yet, thanks for sharing 🌲🌲💪💪

[@BjarneButler]

Ok I’ll do it in an upcoming video. I still have some footage from a couple weeks ago that I’ll be posting. The saw I’m using is the 390. I haven’t run the 592 yet

[@justinweaver8787]

Great work do u inly run the 390s?

[@eddyarundale1566]

👋

[@BjarneButler]

👋👋

[@xyzct]

A bit different from the zillions of "tree cutting fail" videos on YT.

[@ajw6715]

My father cut logs back when they paid $5 a day. Can you imagine that?

[@BjarneButler]

Wow that must’ve been a long time ago

[@ajw6715]

@@BjarneButler My father and uncle cut the firewood for the school house with a cross cut saw in the 1930's After they got out of school they cut logs with a cross cut saw until WW2. When they returned from WW2 they cut logs with the first power saws which were 2 man saws which I still have today. Times sure have changed.

[@TheLcredneck]

how are the new regs gonna affect you? gonna guess you're not on BCTS at this point

[@BjarneButler]

No I this wasn’t BCTS. Honestly I don’t know how the deferrals are the logging industry

[@CecilT]

Just a quick question why take the dead trees out

[@BjarneButler]

We’re required to and everything in the ribboned boundary has to be cut

[@asimplierlife3104]

Regarding that snag @ 9:15 - how much experience is required before you're expected to fall something like that? Personally, I would nope tf out ...

[@BjarneButler]

Don’t need much experience, it all depends on how fast you learn, how competent your skills are and demonstrate the ability to properly analyze a situation and know when something is too dangerous and what alternate methods are appropriate

[@SouthPawEd]

From the little felling I've done, it almost seemed to me that the act of getting the tree on the ground was only limited by your creativity (i.e. "How can I get the tree to do XYZ?")....and sometimes physics haha.

[@Slaughterk360]

What’s that big dinosaur looking thing lol

[@HubertofLiege]

Super snorkel

[@Slaughterk360]

@@HubertofLiege is it considered a log yarder or just the super snorkel how tall is the mast looks close to 100’

[@HubertofLiege]

@@Slaughterk360 it yards logs buts it’s not a “yarder” per se. It’s a line machine with a modified boom to log and load from the road. Typically loading off highway trucks without load or height limits.

[@Slaughterk360]

Sounds badass !!!

[@viorelscrob6391]

Where is this?

[@BjarneButler]

Mainland coast

[@viorelscrob6391]

@@BjarneButler what country?

[@siggichristiansen4926]

I work in the woods aswell. But in Denmark... and i wonder.... why do u even cut the snags? its a big danger and thers no use for dead wood.... so why?

[@ToddAdams1234]

They take up space that’s usable for good trees to grow.

[@BjarneButler]

Dead cedar trees still have valuable wood also they are too dangerous to leave standing while working within striking distance of them. And we’re required to by law or if it too dangerous to fall them either make a no-work zone around it or blast it.

[@jamedstate5542]

Bjarne can't those old rotten trees make good nesting trees for birds, when they get so rotten the wind will blow them over.

[@DrZergling]

What a mess after all is cut down..

[@seanarbor3759]

1st 👍😉

[@paulmacdonald9234]

Hey Bjarne, great videos!! Tell me, what you prefer, your 372 or the 572 and why? Thanks a lot. Keep the vids coming love them.

[@BjarneButler]

Hi Paul. I prefer the 572. I like the handle bar configuration and the auto tune carb. It rarely stalls and there’s no “jets” to fiddle with.

[@johac7637]

Sorry I helped cut and take some of the better wood out, left you the cream haha. Ugly looking block. Way past it's prime. Shaker block we called them.

[@leonardryan8723]

Your half billy goat get around for cut down timber buddy . Take your time think SAFETY and put SAFETY FIRST . LIKE we say on the rock iiiii iiiii sick on mtns side . At log went air born lol .

[@DrZergling]

I tink this land cant be used anyway why not let those old rotten trees stand?

[@BjarneButler]

All trees in a marked cut-block have to be cut down

[@rogerford4427]

Some more BIG ugly ones. 🤢. You seem to get them.

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

So please educate this grey haired armchair student. Why spend all the time ad effort to eliminate the snags? To clear pathways into the good stuff / remove pulling blockages & dangerous deadfalls?

[@BjarneButler]

Cedar snags still have valuable wood in them. Also all trees in a cut-block have to be felled