Loggers of Potlatch Part 1: Tree Felling

[@davearmock1466]

There were no machines when I started in 68' in Michigan. Machines do the small stuff now, but most saw logs,especially grade hardwoods are still hand cut. I am with this guy 100%. Iprefer running saws over running machines and always will.

[@dono624]

Finally a video of someone who actually knows what they are doing... A guy can get tired of watching videos of tree trimmers pretending to be Timber Fallers...

[@PowerModzOfficial]

The commentary was great especially about the forest service. When a bunch of college grads and citiots start messing with a working system things take a big dump, overregulation is the way of the future....too bad.

[@williamhartsell6390]

You said it about the forest service. They need to clear it up. Beautiful state. Wish to visit some day

[@joemclt75]

I don't want stick up for the forest service too much but I have done a lot of falling for them. I do know that every time they put out a timber sale now days they get sued by environmental groups. So it has made it really hard for them to do whats needed even when they try to. I say just log it.

[@oldtimerf7602]

I cut with a saw for myself for 15 years. Then I got a well used feller buncher. I absolutely love running it. I have run every machine made at one time or another, in the woods and on jobsites and in mill yards. Running a buncher is the only one I didnt hate after a week.

[@Nartacahndeso]

Hi.. I'm Narta from Indonesia, I'm also a woodcutter but the tree in Indonesia is small, the tree I cut is the sengon tree. Are there sengon trees in your area? 🙏

[@skipper9400]

I never wanted to run the equipment either Duane....bought my first Pair of caulks in 1965, ....I'm now 74, and still runnin' a saw.....not as often as I'd like, but still goin'......DON'T QUIT !

[@CezaryRomanowski]

Old school , the best school 😉☺️😊

[@pvtimberfaller]

Until you need toilet paper.

[@3000gtalex]

Cool guy I bet he has a lot to teach

[@BackyardWoodworking]

Good video those guys work hard to get us guys wood to work with. Thanks

[@dannysulyma6273]

Awesome look at how timber is felled, nice fir also.

[@chrissaguaro7793]

This the same Duane that build saws in Orofino, Id? Olives?

[@forestfaller4412]

A true sawyer and steward of the forest.. Almost a dying breed.

[@treefarmer8940]

and an old fool set in its ways. Dead wood en dying trees are a large nescesary function of `healthy forest` he said its nothing but a fire hazard. Hes a sawyer but not a stwerd of the forest.

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

@@treefarmer8940 You see it your way but from our side of the mountain its a different story.

[@treefarmer8940]

@@IRONHORSE427RACING i did not know scientific reality can be diffrent from one person to the next.

[@gregtaylor8327]

@@treefarmer8940 Thats a bit harsh!

[@OokGeldVerdienen]

Nice video. Really interesting to hear what those loggers think of it.

[@BrigT262]

That old 084 sure had the miles on it. Wow..I'd like to have Dewayne talk about his saws, likes /dislikes. Great video.

[@Jay-os5vf]

066 bud never an o84 there ran one for years

[@McGinnsWoodShop]

Very insightful! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait for part 2

[@chadrides914]

9:37; I agree whole heartedly! I try to not let anyone know I have a class A CDL, because soon as a company finds out your a decent driver, you'll be sitting there, jam'n gears bored the rest of your life.

[@joepesci8930]

buncher operator missing trees that the fallers get to clean up. story of all of my fellow fallers lives lol

[@FRUNTCASTER]

Great video! I know a few good timber fallers from central Idaho. Hopefully your trip and documentary helped you with some of your falling and bucking so you're safer. Looking forward to more. :0)

[@kirkdavis1971]

standard practice in BC, Canada is to have fallers 2 tree lengths away from each other while falling....could not believe the people around him while he was cutting!

[@YouCanBuildThat]

That was his trainee you see behind him.

[@gregtaylor8327]

Pleasure to watch!.

[@John-oq5xj]

what music is playing at the end?

[@dennisolsen4507]

Line machine? That anything like a harder?

[@jakef8372]

I think he meant yarder. Line machine is a big truck that holds skyline extensions, haywire guy line extension. Back up to the landing an start stripping wire off. They're very nice to have.

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

All I can say is....Amen and God Bless you. Any day out felling in the timber is better than a day stuck in a life sucking office.

[@bonesthenorthwoodswarriors1854]

Faller blood runs thick like oil & we just aren't satisfied unless we're out working in the forest. Hope Duane is doing well & still managing to get out in the wood, be well brother.

[@billorights1469]

Sugar pine?

[@trichi77]

What kind (brand/model) of tape measure or device were you using when you hooked on to the cut end (@5:07) and walked up to make more cuts?

[@derekrisser2219]

Spencer Log Tape. Made by US Tape Company I believe

[@Leonhart203]

I dont get how this is profitable? Not to sound ignorant at all but in Sweden we use harvesters to cut down trees, get rid of the sticks and chop it up, all in one go. This takes like 30 seconds... Why is america doing it by hand? (I'm just curious not trying to sound ignorant just curious. Sorry for my bad English)

[@MikeHathawayPocatello]

Would this be a good place to point out that there are circumstances in which clear cutting is a best practice for forestry management? Some species, like Lodgepole Pine, are what are known as "fire" species, meaning that fire is an integral part of the life cycle of the forest. Clear cutting is a way that man can replace the element of fire in that cycle and effectively manage the forest. Fires are very destructive of far more than just trees. They are very difficult to control. They affect air quality. Fires offer man nothing - no lumber for houses, etc. The term sounds wanton and evil - but the reality is that clear cutting certain species is a best practices solution. The trees felled in this video were all Douglas Fir, which is NOT a fire species.

[@tt600pch]

The thing to remember when mentioning "clear cutting" is to show an area that was a clear cut 20 years ago. I often wonder when the dog hair lodgepole on Lookout Pass will get a lightning strike. Could be 1910 all over again. Log it or lose it.

[@cruz1986ful]

Nice video

[@Logjam5]

Nice guy, Duane.

[@XxK1LL3RxKING]

Wow I didn't know the forest service did that .. I do some work with the forest service cutting down trees that they mark an most of them are dead an the good ones that are marked we buck them up into good size rounds for the public to take home for firewood

[@PuttPutt8084]

A true lumber jack in every sense of the word. Much like the men from northern N.Y.State

[@markrisjan7958]

beautifull wood its awsome

[@brenthenning386]

youre good but i was taught from the hintz and durbin crew

[@ilmarsbelevics1652]

as a loger from EU prety good vid

[@monoshock57]

You can tell he knows what he's doing, he doesn't even step back when the tree is falling.

[@YouCanBuildThat]

There was once where he could tell the tree was going to kick up and I was getting in there a little close with my cameras so he shoved me back lol. Yes, he definitely knows what he's doing!

[@logsandtimber]

I see what you did there!

[@mikaelsandstrom1092]

+Tanasi Tim In Sweden the instruktors (don't know if I spelled right) always teach people to go sideways back from the tree because thats the safest way :)

[@pvtimberfaller]

90% of logging fatalitys happen within 10' of the stump.

[@stoffes]

i heard they are strong as fuck these men, endurence too

[@billweifenbach54]

he makes felling look easy but i know its anything but easy

[@dwaynecullens2124]

I've been logging and falling timber and running sawmills for almost fifty years in Oregon and Washington I've seen a lot of guys die I've seen more than my share of things go wrong than you can imagine me and my partner fell a lot of big timber worked on fort lewis for years until a big outfit came along buffaloed there way in just to take over and stole more timber from the federal gove it was so bad they didn't want the media on it never filed charges which was a bunch of shit but what has kept me alive u never turn ur back when things go bad srare death right in the face make your move for daylight at the last second that's what kept me alive I've seen guys die because they panicked turned there back and run never seen it comeing I see it dodge it keep on working I've only stayed home one day from wind always cut two strips when the wind changes its the best wedge or friend I got unlike the light the match if the wind blows it out go home pussys u never find broke wood on my jobs even steepest ground sailing down two hundred foot cliffs Washington logger Dwayne Cullen's yelm wash

[@mrj10101]

Sad to see things the way they are today with gov regs

[@aaronrieger9551]

supprised they don't top em firs

[@BigSimpin420]

Wow I live in Moscow. The next town over. Population 18,000. Potlatch is known for 2 things. Cousins marrying cousins and logging.

[@tt600pch]

Wow. I grew up in Potlatch. When I was there it was logging, farming, respecting and helping others. My Dad was the old guy that helped out a lot of folks with old cars, old machinery and taught me if you can't buy it you build it. The whole cousin reference was never mentioned (I married and moved away in 1982). There was quite a rivalry between the Moscow Bears and the Polatch Loggers back then.

[@kaylontrimmer715]

looking up after the tree gos over lmao...

[@shogunfizznizzia3193]

Blunt

[@karelvanleer429]

I cut trees down for almost 20 years as an occupation I used to hate to cut down the old trees weekend plant bamboo and make houses out of bamboo it's much stronger

[@Martin-nj9vb]

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[@jasonblanton7185]

What does the wildlife do for those 3 years ,I'll tell you they move to their neibors land and take food from their mouths !!! Is not ok to clear cut any forest peeiod, the trees grow back but the wildlife may or may not !!! I'm not trashing anyone ,I cut trees myself and I love what I do ,but there are so many guys that just do it for the profit and they dont care what they do or how they do it ,they are selfish and thoughtless and those type I pray for !!! They will answer to God for their ways regardless of their ignorance ! This earth has its own power and it will at some point rid itself of mans stain if God himself doesnt fo it first that Is lmao lol eitherway we humans deserve what ever we get A !!!!! Love and peace to all living things and may our truth become known to everyman !!!! #WWG1WGA #@REALDONALDTRUMP we must rise above the fake news and support Q and the commander and chief to rid ourselves of the elite cabal families and their puppets throughout the world and free ourselves from their deception and oppression! (GOD IS ONLY WITH US ,WHEN WE ARE WITH HIM !!!!!!!! DID YOU HERE ME FOLKS ,I SAID GOD IS ONLY WITH US ,WHEN WE ARE WITH HIM !!!! YOUR TRUTH IS AMAZING BUT IT WILL SCARE THOSE WHOM HAVE NEVER KNOWN THE LORDS TRUTH TO THEIR CORE ! YOU MUST SEEK IT TO RECEIVE IT FOLKS ,IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT ! GOD BLESS !

[@tt600pch]

Wow! I can't count how many deer, elk and bear I've seen in clearcuts being logged. Go to a clearcut that was logged 20 years ago. God loves us all.

[@kaylontrimmer715]

cutting on the down hill side lol

[@bryanteal]

No eye protection!!!!

[@darknessthehedgehog3]

Hopefully nature Gets back at these people one day

[@pnwfisher2144]

Yeah right. Nothing wrong with cutting down a tree.

[@kyb4206]

Get to tha point man. Dont wana kno ur life story i could care less, I wanna see trees coming down!!

[@billorights1469]

Forrest service is a complete waste, I feel timber in Oakridge Oregon on the Frazier slide for Union Pacific RxR and happen to be it was on Forrest land. True yellow fir old growth I fell and bucked. The Forrest service made us cut up in smaller lenghs so the shovels could toss over the hill. Complete waste...

[@karelvanleer429]

Why can't you use bamboo for building houses it grows much faster you know these trees are not going to grow back fast enough 45 years maybe maybe you'll get a tree 35-40 feet tall in 50 years maybe if you're lucky you'll get a tree 50 ft tall I think it's bullshit you cannot continue to cut timber down. It was okay in the beginning of civilization but now why can't you make two by fours out of bamboo Bamboo has the pencils tensile strength of of Steel you got to think of the way trees take carbon monoxide out of the out of the air you're cutting your cutting cutting the entire Forest out uclear cut entire areas I don't see any trees grow in there I see a lot of bare spots with no trees. This gold mining TV show they go in and they bulldoze all these trees down and they don't even use the lumber from the trees. Why don't they pass a law that if they're going to tear the ground up to look for gold that they have some mine the trees out they bulldoze an entire Forest out entire hillsides bulldozed all that wood demolished thrown away. it's a travesty just just to get a million dollars worth of gold 100 acres of forest demolished maybe more 500 Acres for a million dollars worth of gold out of the ground they don't plant the same amount of trees when they leave. dro they do they plant a half a million trees I know that they don't make the landscape look the same as it did after they dug up half the ground

[@Briebabcock8052]

Karel Van Leer Well first off, you can. Mostly your asian countries have been turning bamboo into wood products for several thousand years. Here in the western states are just now picking up on it and finding ways to make the production profitable. The only issue, is here in the West, bamboo has got to be grown in humid greenhouses or in humid tropical climates in the South with plenty of rain and wet soil. The other issue is getting people to get on the band wagon and make it worth while. And for the record, trees, taken in cabon dioxide and produce oxygen. You can also hear in the video that they farm this land every 60 years. And they also have several of other plots to harvest from and replant. And might I throw in as well, politics have a big part in this as well.

[@dwaynecullens2124]

I've been logging and falling timber and running sawmills for almost fifty years in Oregon and Washington I've seen a lot of guys die I've seen more than my share of things go wrong than you can imagine me and my partner fell a lot of big timber worked on fort lewis for years until a big outfit came along buffaloed there way in just to take over and stole more timber from the federal gove it was so bad they didn't want the media on it never filed charges which was a bunch of shit but what has kept me alive u never turn ur back when things go bad srare death right in the face make your move for daylight at the last second that's what kept me alive I've seen guys die because they panicked turned there back and run never seen it comeing I see it dodge it keep on working I've only stayed home one day from wind always cut two strips when the wind changes its the best wedge or friend I got unlike the light the match if the wind blows it out go home pussys u never find broke wood on my jobs even steepest ground sailing down two hundred foot cliffs Washington logger Dwayne Cullen's yelm wash

[@plunixx]

Hey Dwayne, thanks for sharing bud. What do you mean always cut two strips?

[@mikehunt4797]

A strip usually refers to a line of tree's i believe so im assuming he means 2 lines.

[@BrigT262]

Hopefully you can learn to "punciate" as good as you did cuttin ol Dwayne feller!