Who is cutting wood?

[Hood26]

Gravy got served a day early. I ran both saws and bucked up several logs. We will finish the job on Saturday.

[Cruiser]

That's good wood!

[garyfromterrace]

Done.

First time in a while that I figure I have lots more than enough for the winter. Feels like I've been cutting wood for a month. About 2/3 is dimensional lumber I got for free and the other third is trees taken from the property that were in the way of future bike/hike/quad trails.

[Hood26]

Made big rounds today.

[From_the_NEK]

Must be nice having two mini excavators with a thumb to move those bruisers around. There's a lot of wood in each of those rounds. The chainsaw cut to firewood sticks ratio is high.

[Hood26]

Must be nice having two mini excavators with a thumb to move those bruisers around. There's a lot of wood in each of those rounds. The chainsaw cut to firewood sticks ratio is high.

For sure. Super cool to have guys on the team with those machines. We cut and hauled a lot of wood today. We got a new big splitter too on order from the grant money that will be nice to have.

The grant though means we will have to up the PPE game once the money comes in, but losing the ball cap for a hard hat is worth it.

Yesterday, I was also able to go to my dad’s place to grind chain and cut a load for myself.

[Trackhead]

Made a DIY kindling slayer out of some left over metal.
https://youtube.com/shorts/DQhCFe37t...3Xgk9m7dZnI_69

[Trackhead]

Fun hobby

[Hood26]

Great photo Trackhead.

We were back at it to cut an oak that had fallen across the road.

[Trackhead]

Great photo Trackhead.

We were back at it to cut an oak that had fallen across the road.

I grew up in Minnesota, used to cut/burn oak all the time with my dad, had 80 acres to harvest from. Miss that nice hard wood, the pine out here burns very quickly.

[Flyoverland Captive]

^^^Where in MN? And yeah, that’s a great photo.

[mattig]

I shouldn't be surprised by the strength of oak, but this was still surprising. I had s fairly small, dead, punky tree that I figured was soon to be a safety hazard like a few others that have fallen across my driveway. After a conservative face cut, I pushed with the tractor. Nothing...

So I slowly and carefully made a back cut. Nothing.

Pounded two wedges. Nothing.

No worries, I'll just push with the tractor now and that'll snap the hinge wood easily. After all, the tree is already obviously decayed.

But nope! Three hinge mostly held and it came out by the roots. Oh well, better safe than sorry, and at least no doubts about using it for firewood.

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[Trackhead]

^^^Where in MN? And yeah, that’s a great photo.

Land/cabin in Duxbury by Sandstone.

[SoVT Joey]

Made big rounds today.

don’t get me wrong… I was a drug injecting idiot for years, but I still wouldn’t of wanted to lose my leg so I couldn’t ski….

https://www.us.arbortec.com/collecti...chainsaw-pants

they are pretty sweet. I won’t cut without them anymore.

[Cruiser]

I wouldn't either if I dropped 400 bucks on em. I wear a set of chainsaw chaps over my regular pants that were less than a third of that price. Quick and easy enough to wear that there's no reason not to throw em on when when I'm only doing a little cutting.

[toast2266]

^^^ yeah, some basic chaps are like $50. Also really nice to run chaps over shorts in the summer when it's hot.

[Trackhead]

I work ER and have sewn up some nasty lower extremity chainsaw injuries yet I don’t wear good gear except eye/ear protection. Probably should.

[mattig]

I just wish the chaps covered my junk. Might not be a high risk injury area compared to legs, but still.

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[jmedslc]

I work ER and have sewn up some nasty lower extremity chainsaw injuries yet I don’t wear good gear except eye/ear protection. Probably should.

Serz. When I was a noob maybe 10years ago I nicked the inside of my thigh and so thankful I had the chaps on at the time. Technically I’m far better now and don’t always wear them for straightforward bucking activities but I put them on for anything more complex.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

He’s wearing double front logger dungarees. I mean, safety is great but my dad and uncles logged thousands of acres and that’s all they wore. That and a Ben Davis hick’ry shirt. Most of the people with chainsaw injuries that I’ve helped stitch up are homeowners with no experience.

The only injuries my family had were from falling limbs and rolling logs.


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[XXX-er]

I think its not just about the protection but about maintaining a professional attitude so chaps/ gloves/ helmet with eye pro/ear muffs/ high vis/ caulk boots/ saw properly maintained and nothing bad happened

[BCMtnHound]

I’ve had to manage bad chainsaw cuts in the field way back when. Worst wound out there - ripped flesh filled with dirt, bar oil, and wood dust. Have I run saw without cut protection? - Yup, and feel naked every time I’ve done it.
I have both falling pants for all day work, and a set of chaps for the short occasional use. I’ve only knicked them a couple times, and only once enough to seize the drive with the fibres. Worth every penny. Fatigue at the end of a long day of swinging a big saw is the usual culprit of saw injuries - experience has little to do with it.

[Trackhead]

I only recently started wearing eye protection when using an angle grinder and still weld in flip flops now and again, despite almost 30 years of seeing small tool amputations and other soft tissue trauma.

I’m older/marginally wiser. I can’t imagine getting a big tibial chainsaw laceration and getting wood chips and bar oil ground into my tibia.

[XXX-er]

this ^^ at least if you felt naked you had an extra awareness

and I forgot carry the compression bandage in an easily accessible pocket with either hand but not in the helmet

[BCMtnHound]

Even with pants/chaps the saw can still give a nasty bite. One of the cuts I’ve witnessed was in the back of the thigh where most chaps/pants have no coverage. Guy was end of day tired, was making a horizontal cut on a juvenile tree being thinned, and hit the kickback zone. Forward hand wasn’t in place to catch the chain break, and saw whipped right around him and bit into the back of his thigh. Not sure what hurt more, the injury, or riding a couple dozen kms out of the woods on shitty forestry roads in the back of the crummy on his stomach. Dude was pretty pale with a shade of green by the time pavement was reached.