Falling & bucking 5ft hemlock

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[@waynetharp]

He is Back, Folks!🤘🤘 Awesome!! And thanks for bringing us along!👍 Be safe and already can't wait to see the next one!

[@guss6469]

Hell yeah bro 🤘🤘

[@waynegilchrist1596]

Him-lock that cut very good! Big boy Sawyer for a Big ol tree! Thank you for sharing.

[@Josh.Straughn]

It's amazing. If I had to do this work i would spend the entire day trying to free my pinched bar.

[@ionbogus1116]

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[@armandmatyas2399]

Nice place,big tree,veteran logger😎Greetings from Hungary(Üdvözlettel Magyarországról)!🌲🇭🇺

[@BjarneButler]

Hello Armand from Hungary

[@ShiftyTribes]

Wow that's gotta be the biggest hemlock I've seen. Biggest I've climbed was a 3 foot. Down here in the valley I often see them get butt rot before they get a chance to get big, surprised this one made it so long, they're so slow growing in the beginning, must be a few hundred years old for sure. Love the videos man, stay safe.

[@boblohof4579]

Nice to see you're back!

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks it’s good to be back to work

[@seanarbor3759]

I was thinking the same,,, long story short.. I’ve been a subscriber for sometime, but yt closed 2 accounts 🤔... so it’s good to be back as well 😉

[@bigtecch]

awesome pls keep safe dude

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Nice Job Buddy...keep safe ! You know a few of us in the lower 48 who would love to be in the big timber like you get to live a little each day thru what you get to do and are kind enough to share with us. When My Son and I watch your videos he gets to see that there really is timber out there bigger than 4' across the stump ! We might see a 4 footer 3 or if we're real lucky 5 times a season but here they are few and far between. We have tons of decent Ponderosa, and a fair amount of Fir and Spruce but they very seldom reach over 48" across the stump. We really enjoy learning from you as well and are very lucky you take the time to explain alot of the cuts you make and why. I appreciate the fact you follow proper safety practices too....it's nice to hear my Son say "hey he clears out escape routes like you have me do" or "He palms a wedge to prevent a tree sitting back on him just like we do Dad".... So from a Family owned small Father/Son logging operation a huge thank you....it means way more than you know it does. Thanks Again and Stay Safe. R.C. "Charlie" Hill and Family

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

@@maddawgnoll There ....fixed my post for you.

[@BjarneButler]

Hi Randy. Thanks for the post. Good to hear from you guys too. Ya I’m always aware of making sure I don’t do anything wrong while on camera, falling practice wise. Falling procedures are different around the world. It’s too easy to nit pick someone else’s technique. As long as safety is always a priority. It’s always fun when I get to fall the big ones. There’s a good chance I’ll be falling some heli blocks in a couple weeks so I’ll get to fall some big cedars, can’t wait.

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

@@maddawgnoll I didn't take it as you were disrespectful at all just thought I should clarify my post....no worries...life is too short as it is to get worked up about anything someone posts. We actually got to fall 2 of the Bigger Ponderosa for our area today one was 4'-8" across the stump and the other was 4'-10", definitely some of our bigger timber here ( of course those measurements are at it's widest point as well to be clear).

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

@@BjarneButler We look forward to seeing both the Helicopter Block and the Sliver Claim....be safe my friend.....be safe.

[@frankwoodward9914]

Great to see some more falling video keep them coming great videos.

[@BobBob-ug1mk]

Nice vid bjarne. Glad you are back to cutting and making vids for us.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya feel good to be back to work

[@MrInsaint]

Brilliant work sir👍👍👍

[@Whipple1]

Well Bjarne, there’s a new one on me. In all my days cutting Appalachian hardwoods I never had to lay down to buck a tree! That tickled me. It’s funny how different east coast cutting is compared to the PNW. Stay safe. Keep healthy and be aware! Cheers! Whipple

[@flyboy6876]

Whipple you do realize Bjarne is in New Zeland, not the PNW

[@sheepdog271]

@@maddawgnoll yes Canada.

[@Whipple1]

Flyboy68 You might have Bjarne mixed up with another top shelf cutter. Pretty sure he is still in British Columbia. Near or in Nanaimo, BC. Stay safe and be healthy! Whipple

[@Rokonroller]

👏 good job

[@vinceabbinante9538]

Nice job 👌👏👏😎

[@bradkopczyk9049]

What a massive tree. So intrigued by your profession. Hope your compensated well. That’s tough work. Buckin Billy Ray would be proud

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I know of Buckin, he live only couple hours away. We go to the same saw shop

[@bradkopczyk9049]

@@BjarneButler what saw were you using on that tree? That thing is massive. Did you have to sharpen the chain after the fall?

[@BjarneButler]

Husqvarna 390 with 36” bar. I usually file once or twice a day to keep it sharp. Unless I hit dirt or rock then it’s more

[@Morpheen999]

Another Incredible tree.. Thanks for bringing us along!! keep up the good work!!

[@joshuatoms968]

That’s a big tree thanks for sharing

[@forestfaller8959]

Its cool see u harvesting old growth forest 🤘🤘

[@woos31]

Good to see you back on a hillside part! Safe cuttin

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks

[@dan-dan-da-treeman]

Nice shot!

[@wyomingbound7470]

Well done sir. Take care

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks

[@oldpete3153]

Always look forward to a new video from ya...stay safe and best wishes...👍

[@Jona_Villa]

This is a top video! Very rare western hemlock filmate like this. Very good!

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks

[@WetCoaster]

I can imagine the yarder crying a little tugging that up to the landing. Seems like all the stories of tail holds pulling center around a hemlock.

[@bob_frazier]

I personally saw a tailhold go, a Ponderosa - it also had a dozer dug in as a helper - blade first on the same tailblock. Pine broke, leade then flipped the D7 over and drug it to the edge of the cliff while the big jag of 40's and cables rained back down like pickup sticks on the men down in the hole. They all lived. I took pictures. Oregon's Blue Mountains, 1985 or so. Damnedst thing I ever saw.

[@briankirwan9588]

Greta video!

[@jameswilkins7757]

good job mate of getting it down intact I don't get many trees that size in Scotland or wales uk also stay safe

[@BjarneButler]

Will do thanks

[@elonmust7470]

Many or any?

[@jbthor9032]

I say you get paid per tree. IDK. ? 👍👍👍 Wham Bam thank you man.

[@BjarneButler]

I’m paid day rate

[@bob_frazier]

A short Sizwell on the uphill (?) and yet very little roll as she fell thanks to all the extra downhill holding wood. Would love to hear you thinking that through out loud. Always interesting, especially from my easy chair. Nice tree, nice work. Thank you so much for the vid!!! Stay safe.

[@loggerjohn01]

Great video , Thats a big hemlock, we have some big ones here in eastern Ontario but not that big.Good job and thanks for sharing

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks.

[@outinthewood3578]

Enjoyed that, I always think making the bigger ones go down isn't the worst part it's the "bucking" that's the hard part …..Are you going to give the Cannon Duralite a go ?

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I’ve been wanting to for months now. There’s been a back order for a while at the local saw shop.

[@marcduclos9789]

Marc the Mason from Deerfield NH. Good stuff as always.

[@Whipple1]

Hello Marc. Are you an Operative or Speculative Mason? Cheers! Whipple

[@batmantiss]

Your PM called. He said you made the "BANNED deadly weapons" list. Nicely done!

[@BjarneButler]

Lol

[@isaac3175]

Absolutely perfect boss nice to see quality cutting still. Best regards from just south of ya in wa, be careful out there

[@74amodel]

BC Canada

[@AndyL940]

Good to see you again.. have you been on a break or off season.? I bet it’s great to be in the bush again. Here in Australia I can’t even go camping because of this crap . Stay safe

[@BjarneButler]

Ya had a couple months off. First was the strike then the coronavirus. Work is slowly starting to pick up here. If I one day go to Australia, I’m going gold panning and metal detecting in the “gold fields”

[@AndyL940]

bjarne butler .. If you ever get down here send me a message I’d be happy to show you around.we go four wheel driving and camping all the gear is here 👍

[@bryanjohnson7508]

Hey Man Nice Shot I feel a song coming on

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks. Song?

[@bryanjohnson7508]

@@BjarneButler the name of the song is Hey Man Nice Shot

[@t.texasty]

Nice chunk of timber. Up my way you don't often find big hemlock that's sound, the bulk of it's got heart rot.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya heart rot is not uncommon

[@jeffhill2355]

John Walker talked me into a Sthil light weight bar for a big bore Husky as well. Glad he did too. JH

[@BjarneButler]

Ya the stihl lightweight bars are my new favourite

[@jamesmoore8919]

Been running Tsumara, same weight with less flex. Love em'.

[@canadianboyee]

That dirty bastard was pretty sound, glad to see you guys on the island are working, looking pretty bleak in the interior I tell ya

[@BjarneButler]

Ya I got lucky with this job. Not too many other jobs out there right now

[@djdeaf13]

Stihl bar on a Husqvarna chainsaw :D

[@samuelluria4744]

dj videos - No problem 😉

[@MrThenry1988]

It happens

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Nice.😆 mate

[@Magoot2456]

When you were falling that absolute MONSTER of a tree, what was the purpose of that bore cut you did? Just curious :) awesome job BTW!!!!

[@BjarneButler]

To prevent barberchair. If the tree starts to fall when there’s too much holding wood then there’s the potential of a barberchair

[@neild7971]

Easing some kind of bar pinch with a vertical bore and stepping up to continue the cut? Not seen that before

[@BjarneButler]

No it’s was puking out water from my cut so I bored in a little lower to help speed up the drainage but there ended up not being as much water as I thought. I’ve had my saw suck up water into the carb before while water was gushing out of my cut. So now I take the extra minute to drain any large amounts of water before I continue. A carb flooded with water needs to be taken apart and cleaned before it’ll start again.

[@brananddandi]

@@BjarneButler sheeeeeeeit. thats pro knowledge right there. $80 straight up at LB for that carb fix.....

[@samuelluria4744]

bjarne butler - Beautiful. I couldn't see that water on my phone... gonna try again. Thanks for the explanation!

[@harharciggare]

Not sure what’s more impressive, the falling or the bucking

[@jwit76]

Always enjoy your vids. Consider either getting the camera closer or using a chest/head mount occasionally so we can see your techniques. As a pro arborist, love your vids for entertainment, but also the education. Well done!

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks. Ya I got a head mount for the go pro. Should have some footage after the next couple videos

[@jibguy2003]

You missed your target by at least 10 feet. Rookie of the year!

[@BjarneButler]

Huh?

[@MrThenry1988]

You mean it was 10 foot from where you thought it was gonna go.

[@jacksak]

Thanks for your great videos. I sent some links to people I know. Today I sent Wade Etienne, Logger Wade on KZbin, your links. Wade helps run the family business, Etienne Timber, in Indiana (maybe you know him already).

[@BjarneButler]

Cool thanks. I just checked him out on KZbin.

[@dougberry1011]

What lengths do you buck it up in? Sound like they are yarding up above you.

[@jbzbxc]

I need to send you a helmet mount. I could barely see you down there. Nice work. Stay safe

[@BjarneButler]

Just got one. Been meaning to get one for a while

[@andypettit5869]

Am surprised there is no giant freeze break in that.

[@nakulah]

Thats a huge hemlock! Don’t see them get that big usually, this one must’ve been 400 years old? What’s your guess? Awesome footage!

[@brananddandi]

160-170 years....maybe 230 and that's a far maybe Could be wrong....fast growing trees on the wetcoast

[@samuelluria4744]

brananddandi - What are you talking about?!? Please tell me you're joking...😂

[@nakulah]

brananddandi these hemlock would maybe get to 2-3 feet diameter in that time, this tree looks like a 5 footer, I’m thinking much older

[@lumberjack_miramika]

Zdravím, dobrá práce a krásně si ho položil na místo určení 🌲👍👌. Posílám pozdrav z České republiky 🇨🇿. Hodně štěstí 🤝😀.

[@jamesmoore8919]

Yup, gotta hate road side, especially with overzealous blasters

[@BjarneButler]

Ya there’s a lot of limestone there so I assume it’s pretty easy to blast

[@alexbokish6360]

Your chain was binding up on the back cut and you bored in under it, did that drain the pitch?

[@BjarneButler]

Yup

[@liewthiamsoonthiamsoon361]

Can you please show us a clip on how the logs are extracted, your indulgence will be much appreciated. Thanks.

[@BjarneButler]

I’m on a different job site now but I do have an older YT video showing some heli logging.

[@liewthiamsoonthiamsoon361]

Thanks buddy@@BjarneButler

[@Житейський]

Mega!!!

[@brananddandi]

Pro! Love it. Good show. What size bar you rockin? I roll a couple 390xps. What is your go to power to weight saw? Walkerized? Also..... Thanks B

[@douglasfolsom3426]

What are you making out of that tree; 20' or 24' logs?

[@BjarneButler]

Generally 6.4, 10.1, 11.3, 12.5 meters. The buckers at the sort have more alternate lengths too

[@douglasfolsom3426]

@@BjarneButler Thanks for the reply; it looks like rewarding work.

[@51spook70]

so, why don`t you use branches, similar widiths as the blade, hammerred in when bucking to stop from being pinched, scared of pinching a wedge in.

[@huckmiller1971]

That's a nice hemlock ! I have a 4' in my yard that scales 2200 ' ! What is in that tree ? I'd be afraid to guess ! This is in Pa.

[@BjarneButler]

Got there 8.3 meter pieces before the break, left the rest for the processor

[@asimplierlife3104]

Can you link your axe hanger? I run a similar rig, but my axe hanger is a full loop, which can be a bit of a pita. And since I can't reach over my shoulder, sheathes are off the options list.

[@BjarneButler]

It’s homemade. I have a video called belt and axe that shows my setup in detail

[@asimplierlife3104]

@@BjarneButler Awesome, tyvm, will be sure to watch it :)

[@dougberry1011]

How often do you have to sharpen your chain?

[@stevenroth5424]

I am curious how long is each lenght of the log he is buckin here ?

[@djbradles]

Sub’d. Good stuff brotha.

[@leonardopereiragoncalves696]

Sou brasileiro e adoro seus vídeos trabalho com motosserra também

[@susantheberge4731]

I'm not against logging, I know we need it, BUT why does it seem to me that the only way now is to clear cut everything? Are there no reasonable ways to selectively cut? Even at rates of 50% of what's standing?

[@MrThenry1988]

Some places are select cut. Some are not. If you had a woods you wanted logged, I suspect you would want it select cut.

[@U_Kamrc]

In EU it is state dependent. In Austria they cut clear, what in Slovenia is not allowed (which I prefer9. Clear cut is like an open wound in forest.

[@GreatLakesLogger]

I'd like to see you thin a slope that steep with wood that big

[@elonmust7470]

Because clearcuts have been proven to work...

[@HubertofLiege]

Select cutting some stands actually high grades the best leaving a poor quality stand that uses resources such as water and light and degrades the forest. Often on the coast it’s best to cut it all and replant with what’s prescribed. It doesn’t lead to a monoculture either as natural seeding takes place, especially the farther north you go.

[@nathantuning587]

Nice job! You like the sthil bar better than tusamara?

[@BjarneButler]

The stihl bars are just as good and they’re lighter and in every saw shop

[@nathantuning587]

Thanks for the reply.

[@randymaylowski2485]

Good job you didn't get hurt,👍 that was a good looking tree, looks like you guys do alot of clear cut, then select cut. Pa sides where was this film taken at.?? Oregon or something.? Thanks

[@BjarneButler]

Thanks. This is on Vancouver island

[@randymaylowski2485]

bjarne butler thanks for replying back, I was just curious where it was at, so again thanks.

[@ajw6715]

I cut a hemlock that was 38" on the stump and I counted the rings and as close as I could count it was 138 years old. The one you cut must have been near 200 years old.

[@BjarneButler]

Ya could’ve been.

[@fern6114]

Nice to see you back on work Incredible job and the noise and sound when the tree goes down Impressive take care cheers from Luxembourg 🇱🇺 europe Ps what is done with this wood, was it roten?

[@BjarneButler]

It will go to a saw mill

[@rbc5878]

We’re running out of sawmills capable of processing wood this big, and I’m a BCer but in the pulp industries.

[@Islandhuntingandoutdoors]

Nicely done that things a hammer you on Vancouver island ?

[@BjarneButler]

Yup

[@skitzochik]

how do you decide which trees need felling? do you just pick the very biggest or do they have to meet a certain criteria?

[@BjarneButler]

Everything inside a block is felled. A block is an area of land that has been marked by orange ribbon. The ribbon says Falling Boundary. The ribbon is tied to branches or saplings with other boundary markings that correlate with the map that’s supplied to us by the forestry engineers. Some areas have a retention rating, meaning a certain percentage of trees must be left standing. This percentage must have a representative diversity of the block being felled and be dispersed through the block.

[@vinceabbinante9538]

Where abouts r u falling these big pumpkins

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@ml.2770]

What does a 5ft hemlock sawdust smell like?

[@BjarneButler]

Smells woody 😂

[@ml.2770]

@@BjarneButler It was serious question. 😅 Small hemlock always smelled bad to me when cutting them down. I wondered if when they got that big it got worse or better.

[@americopedroni6837]

Busheling or day wage for you fallers up there?

[@BjarneButler]

We’re paid on a day rate unless your a union worker.

[@nathanjoerndt8804]

SO! you couldn't get the job done !?!??!?! bid bucking deal! you are to go back out there and buck the mother Bucker!! a true hard working man like you wouldn't give up!!!!! so you need to go back out there and cut the tree you were supposed to cut! do not i repeat do not give up :)

[@samuelluria4744]

Never seen a Hemlock that big in my entire life. I am blown away by that. It's twice the size of the biggest ones I've seen. Literally twice the size. 😮 I mean, biggest ones I've seen were in the Mountains of Tennessee, and we're 3', maximum.

[@samtheharvester6188]

Do yall replant these trees you cutting down?

[@BjarneButler]

Yup

[@chada9841]

Stihl bar on a husqi?

[@Bigmike3406E]

Can be done using a spacer over the studs because the Stihl bar slot where it bolts on is wider than the Husqvarna bar.

[@chada9841]

@@Bigmike3406E must be what my EFCO needs as well. Have a Stihl bar that I would love to use, but is too loose over the studs

[@WetCoaster]

Nice. Do you let Donnie have his way with your XP?

[@BjarneButler]

Haha ya Donnie’s the man. Sure knows how to squeeze every bit of power out of em

[@WetCoaster]

I remember Sr. taking us down and showing us Donnie's carts he was racing. He can get the most out of whatever he is working on.

[@ericluchtenburg2818]

Where u cutting abouts

[@Smokey66s]

Jack Beelar, “hotsaws101” and Bjorne Butler, two of the best fallers period... Beelar/Butler vs Wranglerstar/Buckin Billy??

[@NathanVdV]

wranglerstar aint no faller, he likes to think he is but he isnt.

[@Smokey66s]

Nathan Van de Velde , 100% agree, Wranglerstar is the “Drugstore Cowboy” of the saw world, it was a bad attempt on my part of being facetious.

[@elonmust7470]

The skills that the two real fallers mentioned possess are pretty common amongst pros in the PNW region.. Believe it or not, I know of guys who can cut circles around hotsaws101. Some of his stuff while top tier, is done in 3x slow motion. I cut logs for over decade until my grandmother decided that I was going to be her caretaker in 2016. I'd like to think I have a good basis upon which to judge anyways..

[@elonmust7470]

Billy is a clickbait toolbag as well

[@Smokey66s]

@@elonmust7470agree, so many great fallers we never see, too busy putting wood on ground no time for KZbin.

[@tedsmith4353]

was the tree healthy? if it was ..never should have cut it.

[@Yousemimight]

Dont like the look of your notch apex. Need closer to a < then a [ no matter angle. But good shit

[@kristenhayes7831]

Bbb

[@mikes7639]

Thats what happens when you chop them all down, they tend to be small ones

[@asconstruction4146]

You know if you where there for 200 years standing tall you would not want to fall over right away either

[@robertcalamusso4218]

A 400 yr old tree. For boards. You and great kids will never see that tree in all your life times Do you and your company think of that.

[@BjarneButler]

BC has thousands of square kilometres of protected old growth and that’s just in BC alone

[@friendlyspirit246]

Shame to see all those trees gone 😿

[@dougchristopher2072]

😬

[@kcalvin66]

What a waste of a beautiful tree you could have just left it alone, next time please just leave it..

[@samuelluria4744]

K Al - How is it a waste???

[@79monte]

I'm not knocking your job but why are we cutting down a tree that's over a 100 years old that's not in danger of falling on a house what possible reason could there be other than greed!!!🤔🤔

[@BjarneButler]

Supply and demand.

[@sheepdog271]

@@BjarneButler that tree will make a lot of good lumber!

[@samuelluria4744]

B. Rippy - I think you hit the nail right on the head.

[@samuelluria4744]

There is a large amount of lumber in that tree, which will be sold, and used. What part don't you get??

[@samuelluria4744]

79 Monte - What is your mode of livelihood? I'm curious because I want to imagine an industry that doesn't involve "greed"...