Cutting Down a huge pine tree!

My brother and I cut down a huge pine tree up on a mountain.

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Entertainment

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• chain
• saw
• tree
• cutting

[radiatorflui]

Where I'm from in Nebraska, we don't have trees this big, so to me it's pretty big. It's all a matter of perspective. I know there's trees well over 4 times that big in some places...but not where i'm from.

[transdrole]

That's not a pine tree. It kinda looks like a black spruce or something similar.

[radiatorflui]

to some guys just trying to get some firewood, it's in the pine family. The only rule is that the tree has to be 100ft away from any road and completely dead.

[Teorispa]

Loved the tape measure, made it seem very professional somehow.

[radiatorflui]

There's a rule with the firewood permits that the sections taken off the mountain can't be more than 8ft long, so, we cut them 8 ft long after the tree was down.

[Huttah123]

Where's ur PPE?

[radiatorflui]

At the time when this video was taken I wouldn't have even known what PPE meant. Just needed to cut some wood for the fireplace for heating the apartment. Safety stuff was indeed missing.

[4inches4u]

@chriscorfe, theres nothing wrong with using an old chainsaw. I love running my xl-12. Built to last and starts on 4 pulls,cold. Not bad for a forty year old saw!

[MegaDerek2011]

i have a poulan pro 34cc 16'' chainsaw

[wolfeman181]

@Mitch95100 Most underbrush leg cuts come from dull saws, and partial throttle. Keep the equipment sharp, and cut with a wide open throttle. I use the pro chains, these are very aggressive and grab a lot of wood. I have worked multitudes of storms, and I never rush.

[wolfeman181]

@Mitch95100 I have noticed that most cut legs come from not using the chain break while starting a saw. There are safe methods to stand and start a saw, ( not drop starting ). Place the brake on, put the handle between your legs, and pull. The bar is flat side down by the way, this is an approved method in the industry.

People have a lot of exposed areas to cut besides the legs, face, neck, chest, and the ole arms. Any cut is terrible, so knowing how to operate a chainsaw is the key.

[Mitch95100]

@wolfeman181 Sorry but i have to disagree STUPIDITY kills you may have been lucky so far but it will eventually come back and bite you in the ass! EVERYONE needs to wear chaps PRO or NONPRO logger, or weekend firewood cutter. Its just like shooting a gun once you pull that trigger you can NEVER take that back.

Do you know how long it takes you to bleed out if you hit an artery?? You wouldnt stand a chance even if you were a block from the best hospital in the world youd be DEAD

BY wife&family

[cbond99]

@transdrole Cypress?

[davearias]

you should do a sculpture with a chainsaw and bring to life the tree instead of using as firewood,

[MegaDylan19]

thats not a huge tree

[wolfeman181]

@chriscorfe defiantly a non professional, though I rarely wear chaps myself they are meant to protect the industry from those who lack experience. It is all about knowledge, and skill. I have cut and trimmed continuously for 25 years, and never cut myself. Or anyone that I have trained. Contractors mass produce armatures these days, where is their pride and honor..

[wolfeman181]

It looks like a Sand Pine, but it falls way short of being huge, I have cut pines here in Florida with a 4 foot diameter, and Oaks with a 10 foot diameter, and upwards of a 120 feet tall. The saw used in this video is rather small. I use only Husky saws, and hand sharpen them.