Logging big timber in Alaska

Jerry falling timber in Alaska.

[@Mrcolincadorette]

i logged for two winters and it was some of the hardest and most dangerest work i have ever done hats off to the guys who do this year in and year out

[@jsnbdr]

Loggers rule! Big thanks to all the fellas past and present doing a real job.

[@ragnarjonsson7320]

Jerry knows his stuff, a true craftsman in my view.

[@vdub4201]

Good ol stihl, i love the smell of two stroke in the morning.

[@loghog4392]

I always had the cobbler put Tricounis on my corks and the faller in this video is the only other cutter that I've ever seen with Tricounis. Loved those things especially on steep and rocky ground. And he has a Mag-driver in his pouch. I like this guy.

[@user-th1fw8my5u]

2 on each side of the ball of your foot and three on the heel. That makes three of us.

[@dustins.4666]

gotta respect the American/Canadian loggers. they keep us with a roof over our heads.

[@deliverybryan1138]

MAGA MAGA Amen 🙏🏻

[@selfdependence802]

Maga

[@187hoser]

I like how he took his calculator off of his head to figure the weight of the log for the next cut. He is definitely a skilled logger.

[@STEAMBOLTANNIE]

Logged for years up north in B.C. Meziadin Used the 2100 husky 36 inch bar. No better job in the world. I miss it. Average butt diameter was 4 to 6 feet.

[@leekohl825]

No it wasnt

[@starlady5555]

Keep up the great work!!! My husband is a logger as well :) I ran the dozer for him for several yrs!! LOVE IT

[@speaks19822]

better to plant a tree than to cuss a logger

[@spcascades]

Hmm. Not too bad. WE used the 084 for that, much more effective. Good to see some video of the bigger stuff coming down.

[@MrAughroo]

I can't help but laugh at charlie chap's comment on how tree's groan in agony, pain and fear when they fall. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@PNWRailfan]

***** So are vegetables...

[@PNWRailfan]

***** So when you eat them, do they 'groan' too?

[@brockseelbach5975]

Actually Robin, most of them do make a groaning sound as the hinge holding wood pulls apart when they fall. I've often joked about them groaning in pain so I can see where someone might say something like that.

[@timberbeast007]

Nice Pumpkin Patch. Looks like your getting some good scale. Nice video. I sure do miss Southeast Alaska!

[@gordonreed248]

Nice looking Humbolt on that second tree. It looks like you dropped it right where you wanted it too. Well done.

[@arnenelson4495]

Stihl Power!

[@0409joe]

@doktorandom Logging in southeast Alaska is different than Oregon, Washington, and California. Wolf, Deer and Bear populations have skyrocketed since logging started there. There are no endangered species to protect, and after 60 years of commercial harvest there has been no drop in population of any species of flora or fauna. Populations have only increased. 1% of the Tongass's 17.2 million acres have been harvested for commercial use. That is a far cry from other American states.

[@frizzybob]

Heres a great quote. Destroy something man-made , you are called a vandal. Destory something mothernature made, you are called a developer.

[@n421tt]

And that is how Fallers play "Whack-a-Mole" lol

[@blainstenberg2806]

if you don't like logging. move out of your house and into a tent.the logging industry has planted move these than anyone else.

[@richardyick6227]

Blain Stenberg to

[@billyingram3492]

block n metal house. Seen several dipshit

[@neyo509]

@thatguy2105 How long does it take for em to grow back? just asking im not sure

[@BC4Lyphe]

How much fuel/bar oil do these guys carry when they go out? Do they usually bring more than one chain?

[@TarzanThomas]

Where was this taken? Who were you falling timber for, and how much were you getting a thousand? lol...Sorry for all the questions, its just that I lived and fell timber in southeast alaska for a few years.

[@diggerdave51]

Great Video. and a question for you, after felling those tree how do you get them out ?? Skyline or skid them ???

[@jeffmartinez8720]

Love falling big timber!

[@mikeravenelle7073]

Until it's all gone dummy.

[@dukeheat]

What model was that saw?

[@fstwrtr]

what size is that saw?

[@maddyquinn]

Awesome! Great job!!

[@SoundwaveX7]

How long is the bar on your saw?

[@horus2153]

That first one the bro bent his bar for sure haha

[@AceTreeManagement]

looks like you got some big trees over there ! i like your work and keep it up !

[@oldbearswitch]

Good to see I am not the only hoser who uses a hand sledge to drive hi swedges. Sometimes I use one of mysteel HD wedges.

[@Mitch95100]

Awsome job man!

[@waltercelario]

is there any chance that the log will split and the wood get ruined if you don't fell it the right way?

[@HazeGreyAndUnderway]

What kind of saw is that?

[@denisthemenace.]

Beautiful, controlled cutting, a dying art here in Australia

[@MrKarlUnderwood]

Thats the second biggest log I've ever seen!

[@michaelphillips3941]

I am a forester in England,UK..am confused as to why your stumps are so high..it is the best timber and also makes extraction a hell of a lot safer and easier? You seem to waste a good 4-5 feet of good timber on every tree you yanks fell? is there a reason for this?

[@dennisthemenace57]

Love the sound of big wood hitting the ground

[@Thagreatcate]

TIMMMMMBER!!!!!Important part of our economy,keep up the good work.

[@Bjorgl]

do you have cupboards, furniture, doors, drywall?

[@km2006dmax]

Man that's one hell of a job to get one of those down. How do ya'll get the wood out once its down. Looks like a remote area.

[@DuncanLafayette]

The chainsaw symbolizes the power and control of mankind over nature. I agree that listening to the birds singing and the crickets chirping is great....but let´s admit that the sound of a chainsaw thundering through a forest is simply poetry to our ears.....

[@Linkster2o]

That is one hell of a cedar! We got Incense cedar down in oregon, they make pencils out of them.

[@blueshadow1996]

Good shot jerry...I thought i saw a tree that you dropped it on so it is easier to work..We call it benching..great vid bounty rooster.

[@MsBones1950]

dropped a few of them myself years ago then along came osha . with all of their rules and regulations . always liked the big huskies. mac. and homelites but never cared for the big stills the 151 with a 5 foot bar was heavy and hard to drag around plus it uses a lot of fuel . I wound up with a 100 cc partner with a 4 foot bar loved that saw I tried the smaller stills i think they were the 45 and the 65 but not sure about the number that was years ago and my memory is not that good

[@als1023]

Spent 10 years on the end of a huskie, with Canon bars, Stihls I like for bucking, not falling, and yes they gulped fuel. Huskies were so reliable and well made. Contract falling ,,, so many great memories, so grateful for the times ! We logged big timber on the west coast, lots of 13 - 15' trees, the huggers would pee their pants if they knew.

[@toconnor7]

Spruce?

[@dozerdayne]

woodcutting level?

[@starlady5555]

GREAT WORK GUYS!!! KEEP IT UP!!

[@blueshadow1996]

hey Jerry,,sound like your runnig out of gas..Great work....That is a big tree.Are those typical trees over in Alaska?

[@rickevans8446]

Sure seems to be a lot of bugs in Alaska with all that "Bug Dust" coming from those cuts. I'm sure 9 yrs. later the bugs aren't so bad. looks like pretty tough going in Alaska!!

[@211for11]

2nd tree looks like a barber chair surprise

[@jontibloom]

After cocktail waitressing, logging is the most dangerous job in Canada

[@Smokey66s]

RAPPERS?

[@ragnarjonsson1122]

Jerry sure knows how to drop'em

[@darrenpalms]

How did you guess that?!?! Do you run a ms660?!?!

[@cappyeh71]

well done..... thx for the vids

[@Bjorgl]

whats your house made of?

[@MisekD2]

Did the first tree crash your chainsaw?

[@joshuarugg]

nice! good fall my friend!!!

[@PeterMatuszewski]

I wish y'all left some trees here in the Midwest. No nature left here except flooding, erosion, and tornadoes. Damn good job to y'all.

[@JacksonAxe]

Probably just to make it easier on his back. Also, if he went lower he would be in the "bell" shape of the trunk which would require extra cutting. Hardly worth the extra work for an extra foot or so of length on a tree that size, though I have worked for people who would want the stumps lower because it is a huge waste of wood (money) over the long run. Especially regarding trees that size.

[@flanksteak2]

Trees are like people. They die as they get old. Did you notice how punky the first tree he cut was?

[@floppyfishing]

i run a debarker in wa state wish my mill could get some lumber like this all the good logs seem to get bought and shipped over seas and we end up with a 20-25 inch Scribner cutting pulp logs into studs

[@Heazzie22]

You should see what a mother deer and her fawn look like when they get tangled up in the cutter head of a wheat harvester. The owl who loses his house gets off easy compared to Bambi and his mom. Think about that next time you pour yourself a bowl of Wheaties or butter your toast and feel comfort that no animals were harmed in the making of your breakfast.

[@WilliamGallagherJr]

Great Video. I am looking to license this shot to use it on television if anyone knows how I can contact the owner of the footage please let me know! Thank you,

[@tuttoz]

they use diff methods , sometimes they use cranes , or wires that run across the whole hill down ...and even rivers ... and there are still some outhere who cut the logs into pieces small enough to be hauled by a truck ... ect.

[@Nate1471]

@Wiccanking1 good comment i wish other people would understand that if there weren't loggers that other jobs would be shut down and people wouldn't have houses funriture and toys to play with

[@darrenpalms]

The wedges are used to keep pressure off the saw. The direction is determined by the lean of the tree, the undercut, and/or by the wind. The wedges dont always make the tree fall in the opposite direction...some trees can sit back hard and fall right back over your wedges...that can be dangerous

[@62schmidt]

the direction is mostly determined by the faller, either with wedges or jacks,I have seen them take a 6 ft'er from 15degrees left and fall it right good fallers, if the trees are not parrell to each other then they get broken more and are harder to choke and skip.

[@loveydovey4u]

Out with the old, in with the new:)

[@susanfay6395]

this guy can cut timber. god job.

[@NebraskaCowman]

he didn't have much hinge left on that 2nd one. But he knew when to quit sawing and use the wedges.

[@lovethefifties1]

Don't know if you would refer me being smart. We began logging in the middle 1970's. I loved it, I loved working in the outdoors with nature. Yes, It was extreme physical work. And I am paying for it..there isn't an inch on my body that is pain-free. Full of arthritis. We didn't have high end materials to work with, as an example working with house logs. All loaded onto the truck by hand. Folks now are spoiled.

[@incontruth4116]

I have photos of my great grandpa near Big Sur California around 1940 and there isn’t a tree in sight because they used all the wood to power their stamp mill they used for gold mining and for cribbing in their mine. Now there’s trees as far as the eye can see.

[@ntahapapa01]

is this guy using ECHO?

[@haydenyoung7166]

is that jerry martin

[@Kemonokami]

You still need an ass-load of trees to keep carbon levels down and provide habitats for wildlife. They are nature's air filters, after all.

[@1littlemike]

nice job didnt even bust it and very little splinters

[@Heazzie22]

@straightpipesrule You couldn't be further off I live no place near CA. If you read both of my posts you would have noticed that I was talking about harvesting crops in the mid-west and comparing those renewable resources to logging. What I said was deer will sit still in the field when I approach on a WHEAT harvester (i.e. Combine) often get tangled up in it. Again was making a comparison since another poster was complaining how cutting down trees destroys an owls house. I am all for logging.

[@frizzybob]

arborporn, i always just fast forward to the money shot.

[@mrmatt2525able]

thats whats wrong with kids and adults these days. they dont now how to work hard

[@0409joe]

@goodeldash They only do that in movies.

[@calfroper1210]

that saw looks to be a Stihl ms660 which is 91.6 cc's and I think he is running a 36 in. bar

[@0409joe]

Makes sense. I know they are originally European, I just arrogantly thought they sold their saws in a different nomencature for American sales. ( I forgot about Canada, who has the biggest influence in the market for North America).

[@dglwynn]

i use concrete, and this new amazing product called steel.. as for wiping my arse yup recycled paper is kewl.. i dont deny old time loggers a right to show their art but as we have learnt by strip logging old growth forest and seeing and learning the effects.. erosion, extinction, blackberries.. BTW nice saw and great saw work.. just wish i had a had to wipe my arse with.. would save so much on a termite ridden timber framed house that blew away in a tornado

[@rgwinter007]

whoa dude...you fell trees before? you knocked that thing into standing timber..

[@edwardscott7697]

very good timber cutting

[@littleteethkeith]

I got a log these guys can play with.

[@surferqci]

Timber @ 8:25 With an steel wedge? Never seen one in action before.

[@Heazzie22]

@PsychoKai1 You are correct that a bird or other tree living creature may lose its house when a tree gets cut down, but have you ever harvested on a farm before? I have and you would be surprised of the number of deer, turkey, pheasants and other animals that get run over and killed when we clear cut corn, wheat and soy bean and hay fields. Every year it never fails that many of these animals bed down in the fields and out of fear stay perfectly still despite the approaching harvester.

[@bushcraft96]

@Soundgarden8497 by the looks of things its a pine forest not disiduel! therefore not a wild forest!

[@cedarlanewoodworks]

Quite a risk leaving the saw in the cut (3:45). Good way to be -$1000.

[@MartyInTheWoods]

actually the saw was stuck for some reason. And it was quite a risk getting it out! Good way to be - 1 life (and most people I know, only got the 1 - which means "GAME OVER" ;-)

[@pbunyon2002]

Nice

[@uniquelandscapes697]

Chainsaw noise is how you understand what you doing!!!

[@timbco475]

very nice .

[@KASPLARFO]

She goes at 3:35 & 8:20. You're welcome.

[@thatguy2105]

@transdrole The amount of oxygen emitted by older trees, is not near as much as younger healthier trees. By cutting down older trees, it opens the floor to regeneration (Lots more younger trees) to come up. If you never worked in the woods, you don't know anything about trees.

[@goober239]

@360Nomad You mean 100 dead tree huggers?

[@wawheeler21]

yes

[@doright9845]

What you are supposed to do, is when you fell a tree, you fell it so that it tears the limbs out of all of the standing timber around the fall! That way, you don't have to ever come back and cut the other trees! Lumber Jack's making videos!

[@kalob35]

most people..........fo every tree a logger cuts down 3-5 trees are replanted by the stump of the cut down tree