Casuarina tree felling involving hangup and interlaced canopies.mpg

[mattward74]

@00wyk No no no Weslet. I said it made a bit of a racket, as in noise. If it made a hatchet I'd have found it and posted it to you.

[mattward74]

@00wyk Is that what an egg does? I don't need a hatchet, I have a CHAINSAW :D

[mattward74]

@00wyk Are you saying I need to use a hatchet or you're threatening me with one? Heh heh. I can impart a lot more energy with a mini sledgehammer without risking a severed femoral artery. I don't need a hatchet, that's why I have a STihl 200T :) Now get back to drinking in Ireland.

[MrRmh3481]

Nice job Matt!

[mattward74]

@MrRmh3481 Thanks mate.

[FRUNTCASTER]

Cool, it's always nice when you get to pick a stump hight that's as comfortable for the cutter as possible.

[FRUNTCASTER]

Is this wearing one of your Chinese P&C's?

Also, ya must be high-stumping to have leverage to gig out the stumps?

[mattward74]

@FRUNTCASTER No mate this saw is wearing a pretty heavily modified genuine 79cc Mahle top end.

I have been told to cut the stumps at whatever height I like so many of them are cut at about waist level to avoid bending too much. Sometimes on these trees I'm also cutting a bit higher to avoid another 1 foot in trunk diameter as the tree starts to flare out at ground level.