This corporate profiteering is pissing me off.

[Sava]

DONT BELIEVE THE LIES

[Sava]

[Odin]

Originally posted by Sava

FU tree!

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Spiffor

But if they are so tense, wouldn't it be fairly easy to axe them down, rather than using the chainsaw?

Yes, an axe is tiresome, but a chainsaw is fricking dangerous when there is no full control.

They are already leaning. You don't know which way they will go (as in buck back) when your cut them, no matter how you cut them.

You want to eat a tree that forcefully places itself in your face?

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Interesting statement. One would think that old trees would be bigger and that bigger trees would put out more oygen than younger, smaller trees. Any idea what the cause is of this phenomenon.

Old trees grow much slower than young trees, so they don't consume so much carbon dioxide, thus produce less oxygen.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by notyoueither


They are already leaning. You don't know which way they will go (as in buck back) when your cut them, no matter how you cut them.

You want to eat a tree that forcefully places itself in your face?

PLus there can be an absolute mess of interlaced trees. Cut the wrong one and you can see a whole bunch fall at once. The safest place to be is inside a skidder with a protective cabin.

With a standing forest Chemical Ollie has already indicated they can control the direction of the treefall and avoid massive tangles

[Zkribbler]

Flubs, do you work for a logging company too? (That would be one weird coincidence)

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie


Half-fallen trees are often under heavy tension, like steel spring-coils. So when you cut them, they can jump and hit you in the face when you least expect it, or push the rolling chain-saw upwards to cut your forehead.

Awsome.

[Zkribbler]

What?? You're cheering for the Christmas trees??

[General Ludd]

They're not christmas trees if they don't get cut down.


EDIT: ****ing christmas smilies

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie

Old trees grow much slower than young trees, so they don't consume so much carbon dioxide, thus produce less oxygen.

You also ignore that cellular resporation and the creation of sugars consumes CO2. A large mature tree may grow slower but it has a hell of a lot more leaves and branchs compared to a young sapling. That means it is removing more CO2 on a per tree basis. Likely a lot more.

[Berzerker]

Half-fallen trees are often under heavy tension, like steel spring-coils. So when you cut them, they can jump and hit you in the face when you least expect it, or push the rolling chain-saw upwards to cut your forehead.

Unpleasant image of Ollie with a nasty vertical scar up his forehead. Haven't you guys heard of hardhats?

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Flubs, do you work for a logging company too? (That would be one weird coincidence)

Nope-- I'm a private practice lawyer on full time assignment to an oil company.

BUT one of the first things I worked on at my first firm was a death of a logger who was killed when a log was whipped up and smacked his head. He was apparently looking back and had his head outside the protective cage of the skidder. ( NO one really knows since nio one saw it happen but blood on a log plus a crush injury made the conclusion pretty simple)

Working as the junior lawyer on that meant I talked to a lot of loggers and read a fair bit about the industry. Plus I lived in a forested area and anyone knows that hanging trees are dangerous. Any kid that tried to walk up a slightly inclined log and felt it tumble . . . knows that