Not So Pros v3.0

treeslayer2003 said:
does the hinge hold good on that stuff? its so dry here the pine wont hold for long. normal years it will hold for half the fall. glad i didnt have to swing many in this tract.
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The few pine I’ve cut the hinge isn’t as strong as Doug fir but a lot stronger than Western Red Cedar. I’ve tried to swing cedar and it honestly hasn’t gone well it’ll just pop off sideways normally pulling the a big chunk out of the stump.
 
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RandyMac said:
most OG DF will hinge very well, often you will need to keep sawing after it starts moving to keep it from tearing roots out of the ground.
pine is in the middle, cedars, Redwoods are on the weak side, Tanbarks can hold well, Madrones not so much.
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i almost always cut up after the stick starts moving, unless there is some over head danger, in that case i would have started different to leave myself more margin of safety.
 
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Hedgerow said:
The polish government been doing everything they can to get away from dependence on Russian fuel for the last few years. Seems they took heed.. but I don’t know how far they got down that path. I would read up on it, but most of the people that write the articles are fucking morons. And would rather call the Polish people a bunch of fascists then actually observe an honest outcome.
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The Poles are taking some heat for that pipeline bullshit, we are getting some fingers pointed at us, my guess is the Ukrainians did it or Martians.
 
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Hatchet said:
Sometimes no lean. Sometimes mild. Often a curved stem, that leans against the back cut, but then bends back towards the face cut, about halfway up. Hinge depth about 1/3. Should it be deeper?
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Wedging only works if you leave enough wood in your backcut to actually drive a 10" wedge.

In any event, all of us are giving general advise. You'll have to trial and error the rest.
 
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RandyMac said:
While I'm bitchin' about gas being $6.70 and food is expensive, the panic being shown in Europe will be off the charts soon.
Very few are prepared, they are out stripping branches off trees in hope to not freeze, most have already spent their savings on food, theft of food and gasoline is rampant
10s of thousands in the streets of many cities, in many countries screaming at their governments for getting them in this predicament.
I'm guessing the situation will degenerate much farther, I wouldn't want to be an elected official over there.
Right extremist groups are coming out of the woodwork, chaos and anarchy, blood and fire.

I'm going to the local car show tomorrow and have hotdogs, a burger or two, stop at the beer garden and enjoy a fine sunny day.
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I have a friend that is from Germany and comes to the Yukon to gold mine.He was here over the last weekend to look at an excavator.
I asked if he had heard any news from Europe,Nope was the reply.
I told him about the pipelines,his response "We are fucked"
He said there has been a big run on electric heaters,sold out as soon as any show up.The electric company warned the public if they plug in all the electric heaters that have been sold the grid will crash.
He mentioned that there is a lot of heavy industry in Germany that is not designed to shut down,the pipes arer full of molten metals that flow 24/7.If there is no gas for the furnaces the pipes will clog and all have to be replaced to get the industry going again.
 
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