Falling Old Growth Fir | Heli- block on the edge of a small cliff

[@markveristain7876]

Hey, I’ve been having chemo treatments for about the last year and so had a lot of downtime or I have no energy and I love to watch your KZbin stuff I logged up in Southeast Alaska in the 70s and 80s down around Baronouf and Chichigoff Lots of memories know so sometimes as many as 6 to 8 hours a day I can do nothing but lay here and watch your KZbin video. Great job with it. Thanks a lot.

[@BjarneButler]

Good luck on you treatments. The 50-80’s seems like the golden years of logging. I’ve heard lots of great stories from the old timers. I’ve never worked up in Alaska myself. Hope you get better thanks for watching 🤙

[@barryhoneycutt3894]

If anyone was ever doubting about the ""Hinge"" on a cut tree, this tree, in the last shot as well, sounded just like an old door when you opened it, and hear the door hinges ... TY Bjarne [BB] for taking us on the journey with you. Love the videos been a subscriber fan for a while. Keep safe Brother from SE Texas Bear 🙏

[@markfleming9073]

I think that your job must be the best absolutely fantastic content brilliant scenery stunning quality

[@naturalist7022]

Your videos have so much more content lately and I LOVE um! I'm excited to see you get in that water hole, it looks amazing. Don't let us wait too long!

[@caper55]

Ole North Coast Logger here I really enjoy ur vids, thanks and keep em coming !

[@kevinkelly1523]

Awesome episode. Loved every minute of it.

[@jbthor9032]

Awesome Bjarne. Totally awesome. 🙌 That water pond looked soo refreshing. JUMP IN 🎼🎵🎶🎶 👍👍👍

[@Rockingruvin]

Regarding the ring counting, count the big ones right out, then count one inch out from there, and count one inch in from the bark. Average those two "small ring" counts then multiply by inches from bark to big ring section edge. Then add the number of big rings. Should be close.

[@jacksak]

As always, loved the video!

[@rlwright2002]

Good job friend Down here in Oregon thanks for showed us how it's done. Be safe

[@eriknelson6529]

As always you make a great video 👍. By looking at the rings on the stump it had 30 years of fast growth. In the tight ring growth it was about 20 years an inch or so. It's almost 300 year's old, certainly very valuable wood. Saving it out on a 1 to 1 slope in a rock pile is another story. Great work Bjarne. Be good.

[@trojanpussy]

Like this angle as well. I like all your angles🙏💞

[@joshuanickerson1108]

Such beautiful country. Nothing like the here in Massachusetts USA. And another great video and nice work. Stay safe

[@ToddAdams1234]

Another awesome Bjarne Butler video! Thank YOU Bjarne for the vids, great stuff as always and great explanations for what you do and the why’s and even the the how’s. The way that your saw is acting (jumping around briefly on the RPM at times) makes ME think that some of your depth gauges (rakers) aren’t set at a consistent depth. Please say if I’m wrong on this point. BTW, there’s nothing like coffee time with you!!! ☺️

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I have a habit of taking the rakers down too much sometimes. I’ve spent most of my career in cedar which you can get away with

[@forestjobbabouch]

Nice video 👍, super job 💪 , big respekt👍lumberjack Czech republic

[@benchildress4309]

YOU ARE THE BEST!!!😄

[@stuartramage5933]

mr butler .peace an love from scotland stu an family.

[@elijahmcgregor9193]

Amazing video sir. The content you put out is getting better ever time. Thank you. West coast saws has a depth plate for your rakers. Highy recommend.

[@BjarneButler]

I’ll order one to try out thanks

[@krystianaleksandrowicz7132]

Jak zwykle pięknie pozdrowienia z Polski 👍💪🐗

[@navydogsadventures3500]

Some great looking timber you are falling. My grandson was watching with me for quite awhile. Looks kinda dangerous cutting around that rock bluff. Ps your farmers tan is looking good!👍😁

[@cliffblackburn8102]

Good stuff perfect drop

[@Jona_Villa]

Top video

[@jdatwood7086]

If you piss on the stump you’ll see the rings better. Pro tip 💪trust me it works.

[@BjarneButler]

😂

[@dougsmith548]

Two perfect in a row was there ever any doubt. Looks pretty ragged on the stump though same with the log. Stay safe. On an average how many times a day do you sharpen your saw?

[@steelcityperformancesaws]

great video buddy cant wait to see you cutting with your new 592 donnys building you

[@BjarneButler]

Ya me too. 🤙

[@codyroger9581]

Donny has your 592 ready.. can’t wait to see it in action

[@BjarneButler]

Ya he just msg me today. I’m picking it up this weekend 💪🤘

[@justinweaver8787]

Be safe have a good week sir.

[@afleetcommand]

Excellent video as usual! Thank you for showing the craft, Always learn here , best channel on KZbin.. :) HOW to they get those logs outa there?

[@asimplierlife3104]

Heli lift. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKW8lWmiltp_Z68)

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks. The logs are flown out by a large helicopter with a grapple attachment. I have a great video on that called “ Epic heli-logging “ or something like that

[@2990rick]

haha Beautiful swimming hole ,,, "pilot said you could jump in" , BUT Bjarne he didn't tell you how to get back out 🤔😵‍💫 Great video >> I'll be waiting for the next video , how ya got down there !! be safe 👍👍

[@alexandreboudreau4600]

Awesome video! How old do you think the tree you were trying to get a close up of the rings?

[@BjarneButler]

My guess is 3-400

[@rogerford4427]

An other great video. Let’s go for a dip 🤙. You keep getting ( gooder ) at falling, one of theses years, you will be a pro faller 🤣🤙

[@longlowdog]

Hi Bjarne, I was wondering what the minimum diameter of logs are that you harvest, i.e what you leave in the woods when topping and clear felling? I'm guessing lop and top left behind breaks down fairly quickly in those environments and becomes food for the next generation of trees coming after the felling. Regards from Scotland.

[@BjarneButler]

It depends on species and method of logging. If it heli then they’ll only take high grade wood down to 15” or 20” top. For cedar they’ll take all of it. On a conventional job it again depends on market prices, buyers specifications, distance to mill, wood quality and species

[@longlowdog]

@@BjarneButler Thank you for your reply. You deal with trees which are so different from those grown in Scotland that it is difficult to get my head round how you know what to cut and leave. Regards from Angus in Scotland.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

Man, in another life, I’d love to be out there with you as a falling partner. I know it’s dangerous as hell, but we just don’t have big trees like that here in the east coast anymore. And the ones we do have, most landowners aren’t about to cut.

[@jimscott8378]

saved to.the first break.

[@jonanderson7932]

Please show more KZbin videos because I did what you are doing for years best job in the woods, they replace all of us with faller bunches, went into a log truck after that

[@ronburke]

Does Victor get to cut on the helo sides? Havent seen him in awhile either take it easy buddy, I gotta go put my spurs in some firs lots of climbing to do we'll see ya

[@tomsommer54]

Good video. I would like to get a close look on where exactly your back cut is. Also, why do you high stump them? Ok, I figured it out. To keep the logs from falling down the bluff. Who is going to come and pull those logs out? I feel bad for the people that work the rigging. I run my own sawmill and cut my own trees but at 68, I’m lucky to fell 2 trees in a day and buck them the next day.

[@BjarneButler]

There’s a separate crew that marks the merch wood for the chopper pilots to see and they also buck repo logs and rip oversize. Must be fun having you own mill. Have wood prices gone up where you are?

[@tomsommer54]

@@BjarneButler They did go up but now they are back down to where they were 2 years ago. I mostly cut slabs from oak and Black walnut. I also cut Red Cedar for myself for sheds and deck repairs. I wish I could get some of those logs you cut. They would make great framing lumber. The southern pine that grew here years ago has been logged out here. It was a great hardwood pine. It is very expensive here in the south. I’m in Northwest Arkansas in the Ozark’s. It is beautiful country. I am retired and being a sawyer is mostly hobby for me. It was my retirement dream. I fell my own trees but I am constantly trying to learn more about it. I am trying to get better at it. That’s why I asked you about your back cut. I try to put videos on my Facebook page if you would like to see some of the lumber I cut. It is Tom Sommer is my Facebook page. Since we’re so deed in the forest the internet doesn’t work very well for uploading videos so I do little short ones. Thank for answering my question.

[@edwinhsingmaster9135]

Amazing skill, but missing some content. You buck some but not most. What's the determining factor whether you, or hill crew buck the easy ones. 2, could you explain what the audit process is about. Thanks again, great work.

[@BjarneButler]

Hi Edwin. Already answered the audit question in this comments section. I don’t film much bucking because usually nothing happens and the log doesn’t move much. We have “bucking cards” that tell use what the owner/customer wants the log lengths to be, depending on tree diameter, species and quality of the log.

[@ronburke]

Gun barrel tree hope it saves out man, how you been doin brother been awhile since I stopped by

[@tracycastleberry9040]

Explain the hill crew. Is there another crew comes in after you fell the trees?

[@BjarneButler]

The hill crew bucks repos, rips oversized logs and flags each log that flys.

[@mute7116]

All about the end of day perks...we always called em red caps (thimble berry)

[@buckwheat3129]

I wonder how many come here to just stair at the walls in your office Lol

[@chrisswift8725]

Guessing the saws scare away wildlife; but have you ever come across bears or mountain lion?

[@BjarneButler]

I’ve only had close encounters with black bears while in the bush

[@sluggo2014]

Do bees and hornets count?

[@morgankruse4666]

What about the hairy man?

[@jamesburke5709]

Hello Bjarne you were talking about the bossman giving you an audit never heard of it what does that mean for that to happen out there

[@BjarneButler]

He checks my stumps, my gear, logs bucked properly, face(timber line), my overall strategy of my work zone and my work plan with my falling partner. And other little things

[@jamesburke5709]

@@BjarneButler another words it's like a safety inspection for the jobsite then

[@mikevee9145]

Lucky getting that thimble berry before the birds.

[@mikepici5553]

You running the 92 or the 72 Bjarne

[@BjarneButler]

72 but I switch to the 92 in the next couple videos

[@josephmccarry6700]

Do you ever run into any bee's nest out there?

[@BjarneButler]

I did today. But it’s not very often

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Dang man your giving away all our secrets ! LOL Perks of to be job is right....first the old school (and I know the tree huggers won't like this but) death groan is one of my favorite sounds in the world ! Second what did you mean by your Boss came and did an audit ? Do you mean came and inspected your work or safety practices something along those lines....and last buddy I would go try catching some fresh Trout out of that pool first then that rock up on the left....that's a definite BONZI leaping rock If I ever saw it...how cool, looks like right out of a Movie or something.... Take Care buddy we're on Fire watch this whole week because of wild fires over in Wyoming so you know what we will be doing.

[@BjarneButler]

Hi Randy. Ya those Hemlock groans can sound really cool. The boss checks my stumps, gear, bucking the logs correctly, that I’m working the block in an optimal way(to minimize double-up) and my working plan with my falling partner. And sometimes I’ll get quizzed on procedures like fire response, environmental spill or a first aid emergency. Ya we got fire watch here too but luckily we’re still able to work.

[@eddyarundale1566]

👋🏻

[@ioispigs5480]

What does it mean that your boss came by to 'audit' you?

[@k_froggy]

Yeah that swimming hole makes me wonder if the sediment has gold in it.... imagine all the millennia of that waterfall sluicing naturally

[@foxlake6750]

Cut a cookie from the stump and take it back camp and count it out.

[@willcarmack1242]

Just thinking about clothing...work gear....Isn't there some type of material that wouldn't be so uncomfortable for ya'll to wear????......Under-armor....water wicking/quick drying...Here in Fla...100% cotton....and quick drying fishing shirts...long selve...But I'm not dealing with the saw dust ....Maybe check out military tactical grade clothing....just a thought.....I am sure ya'll have probably tried everything...Much Respect.....Be safe.....

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks for the tips. Ya it’s always the sawdust, it gets in your shirt and pants and add sweat. Then it gets real itchy. Fell long enough now to just ignore it for the most part, but it’s still an unpleasant problem.

[@trojanpussy]

It was the sound of pure, batural death. 😪

[@trojanpussy]

Natural. Correction.

[@vaughnjones588]

Not easy to count, 😂so aaaa did you get a #? Interesting really interesting,?

[@trojanpussy]

Wanna get you some german lederhosen.

[@2990rick]

🤔🤔😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@trojanpussy]

With all my knowledge i built from watching @ greg ovens and @fowler... surviving in the wild, i could make a hut, house, under that bowler. I would only need a warrior to bring me food and water, weekly. Hmmmn....it all looks so simple whilst watching youtube....

[@secondgear6079]

Keep making stumps , THUMPER! hahaha thanks

[@patrickdesimone8310]

New husky are junk

[@BjarneButler]

🤷‍♂️

[@jolkraeremeark6949]

seems like the husqvarna in this video is very capable.