Snedding
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In the final part of the tree felling series David Rossney trims the limbs from the main trunk. Using the forester’s measuring tape and chainsaw he then cuts the trunk into 2 metre lengths
Transcript
David Rossney: When we're doing the training courses, we spend a lot of time on hung up trees. Because when people are working, it's one of the areas where over the years we've had the most trouble bringing down the accident rate. Because it's a part of the job that is quite fraught with difficulty. There are lots of temptations to do things that actually turn out to be dangerous, lots of short cuts that sucker people into doing the wrong thing. So, as I say, we spend a lot of time on it. When people are doing their assessments to check whether they're ready to get their tickets or not and be certificated, there's a lot of time spent on that and a lot of detail involved. So it's a side of the job that is not to be taken lightly really, but it's an often neglected side of the job. Anyhow, tree's down and it's safe. So I'm going to start to take the limbs off the tree, which is what we call "snedding" in forestry language, and I'll measure up this tree at the same time. I'll probably just cut this into two meter lengths which are handleable, and still a useful size. I'll see you later. OK? Thanks very much.
[chainsaw noise]
David: This is where the tongs come in handy.
David: All right. Thank you very much.
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16 comments so far
Superthecod
February 18, 2013
whats the grabber thing you had there?
Superthecod
February 18, 2013
whats the grabber thing you had there?
hillbilly joe
March 15, 2013
Lifting Tongs by husqvarna
Superthecod
March 15, 2013
Thanks man.
pbunyon2002
April 6, 2013
Logging sure is different everywhere ya go. We run those limby trees through the delimber and for the ones we can’t we run big saw with long bars. it might be heavier but at least you don’t have much of that infernal back breaking bending and reaching for long periods of time.
pbunyon2002
April 6, 2013
Yes sir. Over here in the land formerly known as the Land of Opportunity you have to cut corners when and where you can if you are going to make even a small living. The government hacks have all kinds of nice ideas that stifle your ability to make money. Then they turn around and totally miseducate the masses about what is happening out here. The work is tough but dealing with these morons is far tougher.