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There is a lot going on in this video and it is quite lengthy. So,,, if your in a hurry or impatient then this is not a video for you.
For the safetycrats/naysayers out there; not recommended for those who's skill set is not, at least, a little advanced. One mistake in a situation like this and it is a monumental problem. I took my sweet time in the hope that all "wood" go well.
I neglected to show the plumb on the back two spruce - sorry. From the center of the stump, both were outside of the string.
As mentioned verbally, the two in the dueling spruce video were about 100 yards down the ridge and were not grown together as I had hoped.
It took awhile to get the driver fir tree ahead and into the worst down hill leaning spruce as it was also back a fair amount with inverse limb weight. I put a in shallow face so I could make sure and not cut the far corner off accidentally ~ 4:30. At 4:25 you can see that I'm only about 65' up from Fieldbrook Rd. and traffic is moving - hence the title. At 5:20 opening up the face a wee bit more - did want it to come up tight at or before reaching the spruce.
At 7:24 relieving the back cut a little more. 7:30 driver fir tree sets forward into the bigger back leaning spruce.
At 8:40 we are looking at the big blue ?. The foresters want it to go down but are not sure if it can be done. They say we can leave it if it to dangerous to tackle. I looked at it and reached the conclusion that after taking a whole bunch of the windthrow trees all around out, it would be a disservice to leave it as all three of the spruce tree will top out across the road.
9:40 notice driver tree sets a little further into spruce - happy about that!
12:24 we check the screen on the insane-o ported 064 after replacing the coil. Seems to run scary good. Notice the ~ 30 old carb is a little inconsistent and struggles just a fuzz.
13:30 a bore into the face cut so I can get it out.
13:47 check the screen again for color because this saw is flat getting with it!
14:48 we notice the rot in the hinge - which is the holding wood for the seriously back leaning middle child. Again thankful for the driver tree stuffed into the spruce..........
15:15 take a siting on the face. But,,,,,,, with the driver tree hanging in the drivee spruce there is no telling if it will pull it (drag) or push off the triple..........
15:35 we take a look at the "baby" (turd) spruce also behind the plumb of the stump center - 19" at the 1st 40' log, 15" at the 2nd 40'er - contemplating if the wood is growing together strong enough to keep it there.
17:15 axe in back cut to detect the slightest amount of movement at the stump.......
17:40 wedges in spruce triple as a precaution........ Due to the close proximity to the county road, the penalty points for even the slightest mistake in this situation is catastrophic, so again, .............
~ 18:00 boring in the back underneath the baby spruce just in case the wood doesn't hold............
19:15 finish off the near side of the back cut with the baby completely cut off. Figure at that point it will hold.
~ 20:00 tighten up the wedges, probably not necessary but makes a guy feel better.
Tickling the back on the far side underneath the drivee to see if I can free it up to let it go.
Everything up the hill and not in the road - hallelujah!
21:32 Oxymoron; "Left quite a bit of wood (in the hinge and what I figured were the holding fibers) because I had it mostly cut off". Referring to having the drivee tree cut up as much as I dared after we noticed the rot in face which is also the seam between the bigger up hill spruce and the drivee. ( I did not want to cut the far side from the far side because the driver tree was moving forward incrementally. ) Generally checking out the hinge, rot, and uglynees of my handy work on the stump.
It took awhile to get this quartet on the ground but given the circumstance and you are watching ~10,000 boards hit the ground I'm thinking it was not too bad.
Again, not a recommended maneuver. It stems from years of cutting in yarder blocks where all must come down if at all possible. It has been used many times before but,,, you never know........
I'm currently available for port work. Please let me know if you are in need or want to try something different.
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Thanks for watching!