When Hi-Tech fails you down...
Saturday... one of the best days in the week.
We had some time to do some of the garden work. you guessed it right, cutting down a tree (timber!!!).
here is the list of actions for someone who is not a lumberjack member:
1. Check "where the hell did i put that chainsaw..."
2. Look at the chain, and figure out it will not saw.
3. send your youngster to start cutting down small branches, while you fix the chain.
4. Take a drink, coffee or a beer (cause i wonder what took Odi so long...)
5. Take the chainsaw to the tree you are going to cut down.
there are many steps which i skipped, to make the long story short. eventually, when Odi came to the tree, all the big branches were down, and we only had to take down the stamp (which I can almost hug). we checked the chainsaw on the tree, and EVEN THE LEAFS LAUGH AT US! So we went for some Low-tech methods. for example:
The electric disc saw. who would believe some would use it for live wood...
Zoom in. A real MAN in action. Check out the army coat..
Going a bit more Low-Tech. Yep, we got the 2 men bid yellow saw. (It works better in the movies).
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
you guessed it right, the machete, bought in the USA. And yeah, it broke before the tree did (just the handle)
The Real deal. This saw is called the Safta Saw (Grandma saw). And why, you ask... She bought it. You can see the stamp. We had to saw all of that by hand.
VICTORY!
This picture was take 50 Cm from safta's house. a small wind draft, and we would be telling you a different story..
So we came out Victorious, but the mission is far from being over. we still have a 2 ton stamp laying in the garden. we "played" around with it, using the car, but we decided it's better to get a new chain for the chainsaw.(tomorrow?)
But the mission was good. no casualties. Not even safta's house, which is about 2 meters from this big tree.
posted by RonSha @ 2:15 PM
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6 Comments:
Ask Gary about our experience with cutting down large trees. Now that it's long ago, and we still have our house and deck, it's a funny story.
Glad you conquered the tree. Will you use explosives to remove the stump?
If we will, Safta's leaving-room will be a bit drafty.
Odi did buy a new chain for the chainsaw, and I believe that this comming friday we will take it down. (I hope we will remember to take some more pictures)
great job, ron!
but why did the tree have to come down? was it just because you were bored?
Ron, you hung around my Grandpa and my uncles too long. I think for them, trees grow so we can cut them down.
It was a Bohinya tree, which we "tried" to take down once. So we ignored it, and it grew out of proportion.
Actually, we took it down because we look for a new location for the Leche tree, so it will not be in the way for the wedding and we didn't wan't to destroy it when we will aventually chop-down the Bohinya tree.
Great story Ron! Any tree with a name like that had ought to be chopped down. You must now own some kind of personal record for ruining the most saws on one tree.
From personal experience I can tell you that when a tree is that close to a house you should climb as high as possible up the tree, tie a strong rope around the tree, and take the other end of the rope (a very long rope) and tie it to the trailer hitch on your truck. As you pray for no wind gusts from the west, you notch the west side, and as you begin to cut in on the east side, you have your partner begin to pull on the tree with the truck. Key point here is to make sure the rope is long enough.
As far as the log goes.....I've found it useful, convenient, and decorative to cut the log into lenghts exactly 20 15/16" long (with a sharp chainsaw) and tip them on end, where they can now be used as outdoor seating. You want to be sure that the ends are square and true (so none of your beer drinking friends fall off), and that you sand them smooth (don't want anyone getting splinters). I'm sure your mother would be willing to direct you as to the positioning of these luxurious lawn chairs around the yard.
If you left the stump long enough you can use the saw to carve out a chair with a back on it.
Scatter the leftover branches, leaves, and bark around the yard and you'll be reminded of Canada every time you step out the back door.
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