Hello again from Western PA .Great job , and good call on the hinge placement....l can tell you that you have spent a lot of years in the woods .... you got my attention when I saw that tree .... cutting abilities like that don't just happen they are earned ..... fantastic job !!!! It's a pleasure to watch you cut trees . Stay safe , keep the videos coming and keep the sawdust flying .
*"I LOVE THIS!" haha Look at you, Harv. Trudgin' around, back in the wood and swinging power saws. Lookin' almost fit. You dropped a bunch of weight since Buckinstock I think. You can take the logger out of the woods but you can't take the woods out of the logger!"*
That was awesome!! As a kid I wanted to be a lumber Jack nuthin like the smell of the forest and fresh cut trees and the smell of 2-stroke gas being burned 😁 great job Brotha you still got it !
Thanks for running those saws that you have been working on especially the MAKITA. It's like watchin Buckin trying out his client axes. It shows us who might want to purchase a saw or axe some useful demonstration that they work well. Gary Veldhuizen
please note folks how far away harvey is able to get from the tree when falling he is already in the clear and able to as he so aply says "put his head on a swivel " and watch for hazzards much safer than chase cutting i.e. finish the cut while tree is falling !!!! well done ol logger well done !!!!!
well said stump and the older you get the more time you need to get away from the stump. brain say's one thing your legs say another. 2 old birds that should get your attention. Respect you both...
Great job steerin those trees Harvey u prove y experience is key an y people need 2 listen an hear the seasoned cutters. Good to see u cuttn an happy. Hope 2 see more .
@@theironhorse6600 Awsome i watch everyday since i found ur channel ive been cutn fire wood since i was a boy did tree work with my dad an uncle an at 24 when dad got 2 old 2 do tree work i started logging with a family friend im 35 beat up cripple up n knee an back but still at it jus slow lol my 1st saw as a boy was a homelite xl2 still have it i use a 066mag wit 32in bar in .404 full skip chain my backup saw n the truck is a cherry 075av electronic its heavy but what torque stock. I love ol dave u got goin 2 thank u for EVERY thing u fo an look foward 2 whats to come. Thank u for takin time to reply i know ur extremely busy stay safe.
Love it mate, I’m only just getting into saws and timber work as a hobby. I’ve watched a few of your videos now, and see what you can do with a saw has me wanting to find junker and doing her up a bit, well at least get her running. Top stuff 👍🏻
Michael Fresh oh ok. So kinda like grafting a branch from a apple tree onto something else is especially what ya mean. Never heard it called that before. Interesting
Michael Fresh what’s your favorite firewood? Everyone has a fav but sometimes stick to what’s around their property also. So what’s most prevalent and what kind do ya wish there was more of? I have a good mix of ash, cherry, maple, and some beech. My favorite is the Elm, but it’s scarce do to them dying off. I been collecting the dead, and tending to the ones still alive, which is only 4
Harvey, that Makita/Dolmar is impressive. It cut very smooth. Great job falling those trees. I liked the bore cut through the over and under cuts and the wedge banged on side of holding wood. You dropped the tree right on it side close. That skidder must be a handy machine. Good amount of trees for the log truck!
Good to see you're back out in the woods practicing your trade, hard wood trees are a whole different ball game I'm from the West Coast like Buckin I live on the mainland side he lives on the big rock. Watching this I can see hardwoods you guys have are not stringy or really fiberous.
Man. Mr Harv/Iron horse that Weaver belt looks comfortable. Sure a bother when my Carhartt bibs keep unlatching the shoulder strap buckle. Good content Mr Harv. Love the logging stories you share with us. STAY SAFE MR. HARV /IRONHORSE WE KEEP WATCHING YOUR SHOW UP HERE IN ALASKA .
Seeing that timberjack at work gives me memories of driving my dads orange 240E. Very reliable skidders! We owned a few 230’s and one 240. Large river red gum in australia definitely put them through their paces!
Love this video. Really enjoy watching those plunge cuts on those problem trees. Very interesting and educational. I always used the traditional cuts but that plunge cut gives you a lot of control. I am going to try it soon here is ne ct on my 400 acre farm I cut on. Thanks again.
Great video!! Amazing work on that bad tree! Youre truly a professional! I love to see the techniques used on eastern falling. I cant wait to meet you and learn from you someday!!! STAY SAFE!!
Love watchin ya cut Harvey, no doubt youv'e put alot of tree's to bed. Large stand's of of ash borer killed tree's in Ohio, great firewood ,but left standing to long raise's the pucker factor a little more. Great job.
Woodchuck We all know Harvey is a risk taker! He rides Motorcycles for goodness sakes! He has huge work horses! You are still gonna be subscribed and watch! Aren’t YOU?
Came over from Buckin's page! Lots to learn here. Being in Oklahoma I have half deciduous trees on my property so I definitely will be watching how you work to learn more!
Way different for sure ... for one the wood is much harder than the pnw ... for two “west-coast port-jobs” cost ya an arm and a leg and seem more s/u for the fir and redwood (softer on Janka scale) i.e. powerband just ain’t got as much low end as these “east coast” wny builds ... maybe splittin-hairs here but I can tell the difference in powerband cuttin hard maple ; locust and hickory with “west coast product” for sure ...
That's a good number lvrgun. I am wondering about the necessity of the bore cuts, is that so you have time to make the hinge exactly where you want? Harvey, I remember you saying something about conventional in the east bc of bigger root flares. I would like to hear your thoughts on the cuts too. Like the second take on the first cut of the last ash, changing the angle or decided to move the hinge? I'm just hungry to learn more to be ready for the situations I find in Pa
@@fabzacres-blackcat How do you know? I've cut on both sides of the country & some wind beaten costal douglas fir has more density than any ash or redoak that I've ever cut. Not to mention osage orange & the gambut of other hardwoods out west. Eadt coast cutters have it easy, that's why you see so many of them running a bare bones setup iE no wedges, a saw with a puny 20" bar, no caulk boots, etc... When I first started working in western NC doing contracts, I ran my ported 660 with a 32" bar & square ground chain (my go to setup) & I used west coast cutting techniques. Not only did I produce 3X what was normally cut, I did it with 1/3 of the effort. This guy spends 5 minutes on a stump juat so he can slab the butt log LMAO...
@@fabzacres-blackcat Dude you have NO IDEA what you're talking about. & I suspect it's because you don't actually have any real world experience falling timber on both east & west coast....
Nice work Ironhorse. I have done a lot of dead Ash removals i have had a few barber chair even when plunge cutting. Where i went wrong was too shallow of a face cut and two thick of a hinge. God bless and happy new year. Hope to see you at buckin stock.
That's an east coast logger right there, all those twisted trees dancing all around the woods, not like those big telephone poles they cut on the west coast.
Good lord I wish I had one of those timber skidders for my woods. I live in gaines michigan and the ground has never froze yet. My skidder is my 72 masssey ferguson 135 and a boom pole with a chain. My ms 391 and my ms 361 had bad chains so I'm cutting everything with my ms 170. But it took me 4hrs to pull out 4 cords of wood from trees I fell or fallen down ask I think one pull with that skidder would have been that amount. But at least I have something. Sweet video
I’m cutting fire wood at the neighbors property and there must be at least 40 dead ash trees to be processed. It’s amazing how the ash borers have decimated the trees here in Michigan, about 20 miles south of me there patches of dead ash as far as as you can see.
Loving the red/white/blue saw. That ash tree was nasty. Harv, I wished you'd have given more explanation of the process of how/why you did what you did.
Hey Ironhorse That’s a darn nice belt you have there. I just received the same one 😁. Gotta watch those ash trees. I’ve cut a few hundred of them and they do all sorts of goofy things. Take care and happy holidays
Hope you are making logs out of some of those trees. Some still have log value in them and being from upstate and a logger I know those ash trees can bring anywhere from 2000-500 a thousand
