Mr. Jack, one of the best big bucking video as of late and maybe to date. Cascading corrugated showers of chips are a testament to the height of the "stops" and the power of the saw. I enjoyed the back-cut correction and axe tricks along with the thrown chain at the 40:00 minute mark. Another excellent session sir...
Thank you. Somewhere in the collection I have a vid of the 181/2 sporting a 42". In the same "strip" as the 592xp action preceding this video from a couple of years ago. I had adjusted the "stops" three times by the time the 1st buck was done. I did not enjoy the chain remount personally. Might have heard the "grumbling under my breath" I'm anything except perfect. I did show my cuz the nail though. Thanks for watching.
I watch a lot of tree cutting videos, no one throws a shower of chips like Jack, Hug a Thug California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared them “assault chips” and is banning sales of gasoline powered chainsaws!
Hello. A fun little project on the weekend. A Nice help from Our Father Who art in Heaven with the wind push on this one. Thanks for watching. Additional: I can neither confirm nor deny who may or may not be present in the making of this video...
Wow, nice job. Great time cutting with others, especially when they know what their doing 😃. What oil are you running, didn't see much if any dye. Have a great weekend.
Anybody else love it when the saw kicks back multiple times at full rev and u just keep in it and man Handle it, It's a different feeling for sure 38:30
That is awesome to see you working for the famous Jack Hoffman from Gold Rush and I've got a white pine tree here in West Virginia that's huge and one of the biggest White pines I've seen in many many years...
The owner had someone milling the short logs. Seemed like the limbs were going to be firewood. I was just there for the hour & ½ getting it on the ground, limbed, and bucked up. Thanks for watching.
Jack. I saw your name on a note at my local saw shop and was disappointed i didnt get a chance to meet you. If you ever end up in cave junction again id like to get the chance!
Thank you sir. I like the way you guys throttle down when someone is stepping over the kerf.. I am always concerned a tree will spin or roll so I leave those lower branches like out riggers to hold the main trunk steady, seems like you guys the same. You and Gary work good together, always watching out for each other. Good job on that monster, I suppose that 1st 9 foot butt log, better cut that one last of the day, and saw through the metal over the years all the fairs posted with a nail. I suppose 10 thousand board feet. Thanks, pure enjoyment. Hello to Gary.
Common sense says... I did mumble that the tree "might roll". Kinda like asking the owner his name on camera. Like I would forget his 1st name, lol. There was some "phunning" go on here and there in this session. Some of those limbs where 14" in diameter. That's above the swell on the bole too. We started out in the mid '80s busheling. But before that we tag-teamed here and there in the early '80s. You can see the "black in the butt" at ~ 9:00 that is ~ 18/24" inches in from the outside. That is evidence of some metal. I did notice the chatter start while working on the diagonal part of the face. thanks for watching.
@@hotsaws101 haha, definitely infamous. I love watching your vids Jack. In my opinion, you are the most professional and knowledgeable Timber Faller on RU-vid. Love your saw builds as well. Your famous in my book. It's nice to know that there's still good ol boys out there who are God fearing and hard working. God bless you and your family and keep up the good work. I was missing your vids for a while, glad to see this one.👍
Jack I have always watched you and we have talked about saws before but life always makes the most of us . I lost my dad and him being sick just pulled all my attention we are going to do a saw great job with Mr Hoffmann tree
I know people hate to explain themselves but I'm sometimes interested in why you cut some trees the way you do. Such as this one. Make the face cut, start the back, stop, cut out the middle, then slowly pick away at the rest. Understand leaving a strap so she doesn't take off weird but curious on your thought process is all. Enjoy the vids and commentary!
wednesdar is correct - thank you. The extended version: There is a point about ½ way through the backcut where I stop sawing. I walked out to the right about 10/12 feet & looked back at the tree. The what's happening part: A faller will get an idea of where the tip is after using a certain length of bar for awhile. I had not used this bar for at least 6 months. I was using my "mind's eye" to get a visual on tip in relation to the diameter while sawing on the backcut. It seemed like the tip was short of the 2" or so hinge width. I then stepped off to the side to get a visual. Seemed like the tip was short that way as well. I them went to the front and gutted the heart out making sure no post was left in the middle. This tree was 6'4" inside the bark. The bark was around 4" thick. The 38 sweeps right around 38". It would have been enough length except for the bark factor - which would have left a post in the middle. With the high winds that day, there would have been a lot if wood pull. This thought is based on what happened at the hinge when it was cut up to around 2". Thanks for watching.
Dave - She's a honey of a saw"fir" sure! When you find a sweet one, let me know. I "know a guy" that can tune it up, lol. Falling limbs. Surely a seasoned Sitka guy like you has been on the proper receiving end of that scenario many times before too. Thanks for stopping by.
Just a heads up Jack. Ever since a daydream-y moment about 30 years ago, I make it a rule never to have open both liquid ports open at the same time while fueling up my chainsaw. Nothing more sticky and embarrassing than getting chain oil in your gas-hole. Especially if cousin Gary catches wind of it. :>)
Note to self: let us not be thinking about the gurlfriend/wife/hot date while felling timber, lol. Also, let us be perfectly clear, you are not special in that regard. Thinking we have all done exactly that at some point, maybe thrice, during our careers... And you are right. The cleanup stinks. In this day, I got the last laugh in when he wadded it up in the limbs, lol. Thanks for watching.
Wow !!!now that a lot of good firewood the branches alone... So did you mention why they wanted this tree cut down? What a shame it had to go...It looked like a perfect tree for a treehouse 🙂
This tree is located next to a runway. There are maximum height criteria within a certain distance from the strip that is mandated by the FAA. This tree was to tall I imagine. But, I never asked. Also, it was pretty close to that house. He may have want it taken out due to safety reasons. Thanks for watching.
Yes, sticks ar a 45 too. If you can get a clear shot at it's entirety anyway. Using a prop would have had him at a disadvantage. That was a good one to check my "spidey sense" as well. I like to work on that aspect every once & awhile. Seems to help when falling. Thanks for watching.
That's a piggy of a tree. It always impresses me, how big a conifer gets with no competition. I was wondering how many birdhouses and fence posts you were going to find in there, lucky day.
Piggy on the butt anyway... LOL. I'm smelling what you are saying here for sure. I never noticed a bird house though. Cuz Gary did most of the limbing , however. Side noting - I've cut way bigger fir down growing in the middle of the woods with trees all around. Bigger - taller, diameter, height, volume etc. In my estimation, some of it is the location. That tree was out in the open - the no competition thing you mentioned. It was getting pounded with East winds on that day. My eyes were full... It spent it's life standing alone. Getting beat up by the elements. It was fairly typical as a result. You can see other trees off to the south in some of the shots. less than 100 yards away. Totally different look - as you pointed out. Anywhoo, some day we can get further into the nuance. Like,,, right after we retire, lol. Thanks for watching.
Mr. Hoffman always seemed like a nice man on Goldrush. He appears that way in real life too. This is one of the best falling, limbing, and bucking videos on RU-vid. That 181/281 got a good workout that day, as well as the operator lol. Looks like Gary got a good workout too if he got all that firewood up.
Never met him until that morning. I did not have much interaction with him. But, I would concur. Thank you. A little bit of one. That one is ~ 19.5lbs fully laden. So much so he wadded it up in the limbs, lol. Thanks for watching.
Nice job jack as always. Nice to see the 281 get out of the barn. Nothing like working for tv stars haha jack Hoffman from gold rush. Seems to be a great guy take care and safe travels
Thank you. She had been on the couch since last summer. A bit hard to start. Once lit off,,, it's a watch out situation.... Okay so I never knew about that guy until my cousin mentioned the deal a few days before. The rest of the crew wandered through in one of the "stop" adjustment sessions I had on the stump. In my defense, we don't "do TY" in the typical American way. Great to work for. No input and stayed "outta da way". What more is there to ask for. We did have a gentlemen's bet on how far the top would go. The "other Jack" lost. He did a good job guessing though. Not to much further than what I thought. Thanks for watching.
Hi Jack it Gary Bennett you insane oized my 562xp about 4years ago it’s still running great cut a of wood with it and my wife was the one in a bad car wreck I talked to about I just got a new 372xp and was wondering if I could do a base gasket delete with and be ok with out checking the squash thanks a lot jack for answering me back
Like a boss! I too live in the Portland Oregon area, Aloha area, And I love to get my Tomos Slavaina Yugoslavia 266xp in the big Douglas fir around this area. I have yet to drop a big ass tree like your in there as I'm sure that your aware they don't allow just anyone to go up into the woods and fall old growth Douglas fir timber. But I have been lucky the last couple years to have a local arborist bring me some big wood such as your falling there and drop a whole tree in my driveway for me to play with! I have a chainsaw collection of around 60saws so it's great to disturb the peace and clear out the spiders that have set up shop in the exaust pipes! That Husky sounds badass! And I think i will use your video to show guys what i mean when I say you have to be throwing chips with a sharp chain or you will plug your saw with sawdust if it's dull! It doesn't get any better than that brother! That thing is a hog slayer! 😉
Thank you for such a really nice video I would have liked to know how many 9' logs you got out of it. I guess the top logs were 20' ? What type of sawmill will be cutting it up. Maybe a huge band saw. Really Huge band saw? Hey man GOD bless you too.
I knew that was Jack Hoffman before you even said anything as soon as he talked I knew it was Jack without a doubt. I wonder how the heck Todd’s doing these days.
I can’t believe you guys didn’t know who the owners name was! I have one bad eye and can’t see your faces but I said to myself “that has to be JCk Hofmann on Gold Rush Great job of felling
Gary can call the owner at home and has worked for this gentleman before. Thinking that was is knowledge. There was a fair amount of tonge & cheek going on throughout this video. Me asking for his name, "no your last name", was one of those. Since my 1st. name is Jack as well, it "wood" be pretty hard not to be able to remember his. Thanks for watching.
Hydraulic assist? Common. And your buddy in the vest....... bugging me. And another thing...shave all the bark off to clear the cutting line. Two things one no dust. 2 a clear veiw of the corners. If you don't savy then you don't know.
Hydraulic assist like this is only common where a machine can get to the backside. So for me, uncommon. He is trying to be helpful. To bad more people in this world aren't like that. Also,,, I'm employed by him.... Shaving the bark. You want to have excessive dust blown into your eyes, well that is the best way to do it. Anywhere from the 21:43 to 22:39 times shows how much is thrown into the atmosphere from just a kerf width. Not to mention, while working on a yard tree, the chance of finding another nail while shaving the bark, see time stamp 22:15 to 22:28, is EXPONENTIALLY greater. Back to the drawing board for you it seems. Thanks for watching.
Nice to see 181 gettinger done. When 281 came out handle bars lasted much longer fixed fatiuge cracking from vibrations. Do you think any of the new fuel injection saws will be running at 40 years old?
It was a little more of the hank on cracking for me lol. And then the added stress of running a long bar on those 181s - 36" to 42" There was a shop in Humboldt that had a metal insert that spanned the deep groove on the early design. It would attach on the inner dawg with the bolts going through it and into the tank. Once Husqvarna flattened out the tube at the attachment points it changed the ball game a bit for sure. Thanks for watching.
hello ! can u please tell how do you store your saws long term if you ever do ?...do you leave the fuel in them or drain`em out ? :D are you using regular e10 gas or ethanol free gas ? thank you
My suggestion - if you live in a cold climate run a synthetic blend like Super M through in the last tank or for a few minutes as the last use. Drain the tank. Start the saw(s) and let idle until the fuel in the carb & filter is burned. Take the cap off and air dry for a day. The saw(s) will be hard to start just like what we witnessed here. I run pump gas for the most part. I burn through it fast enough that there is no appreciable "extra" wear on the rubber components. I will rekit the carbs once or twice a year just for good measure. Thanks for watching.
Quick question, you mentioned at the beginning that that saw is temperamental. I was wondering what that is from, I have a 266 that i ported and it was a rough time starting. Once it is warm it sure rips though. I think mine is from too much intake duration. Just curious what your thoughts are?
Temperamental in getting started after sitting on the couch for 6/7 months. Last use was 50/60 feet above sea level at 65/70° F. Here it is below freezing and around 1000'. Took a "minute" to get her dialed in. Once the needles were adjusted. properly, she purrs nicely. Thanks for watching.
Not much wood pull & the tree went where it was supposed to. So, just the right amount of hinge. 6'4" inside the bark. 3' cutting swath with that bar. If the heart wood isn't gutted the tree doesn't go over or it pulls a huge amount of wood. The guy felling it prolly knows the drill by now, lol. Thanks for watching.
als ik zo een zager had schopte ik hem bij mij uit het bedrijf die heeft het beslist niet geleerd op een bedrijfs school ik zaag voor de oostenrijkse regering al 40 jaar bomen in de dennen bossen en de bomen daar zijn hoger eb dikker als deze en de gap onde boom is zeer slecht geplaatst daarbij was hij bezig o de hele boom door te zagen zonder te kijken wat hij eigenlijk aan het doen was, oh niet zoveel olie gebruiken daarbij maakt u een grote kans dat het zaag mes van de houder afloopt.
Don't think so.... Judging by all the commentary, he is/was in a TV show where they mined for gold. I've never seen him in action though. But you can tell many others recognized him. Thanks for watching.
It was gusting to 30mph intermittently. You can see it was blowing while I am gnawing on the bole getting her on the ground. My eyes were full... Thanks for watching.
Near an airport. There are height requirements within a certain distance from the runway. Also, the owner did not want a tree that big that close to the house. Thanks for watching.
