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Limbing:
Limbing is the most exhausting work of harvesting timber. It requires you to walk
along the length of the tree, now littered with limbs while holding a chainsaw that
weighs ten pounds as you cut limbs on, abover around and under the log you wish
to remove. Your steps are also dictated for you as you have to follow the log,
whether is spans a rocky section, lands in a snag, or is out in the open. Good
felling techniques allow you to minimize the hazzards you land your tree into.
along the length of the tree, now littered with limbs while holding a chainsaw that
weighs ten pounds as you cut limbs on, abover around and under the log you wish
to remove. Your steps are also dictated for you as you have to follow the log,
whether is spans a rocky section, lands in a snag, or is out in the open. Good
felling techniques allow you to minimize the hazzards you land your tree into.
Here I have just about completed my limbing of this tree. Note how difficult the
walking is especially with the long thick branches of this spruce tree. While the
aroma is wonderful, it is very exhausing work to say the least.
walking is especially with the long thick branches of this spruce tree. While the
aroma is wonderful, it is very exhausing work to say the least.
While limbing do not be afraid to use your saw to clear a decent path. It is much
safer to saw limbs two or three times to get them onto the ground then to try and
trudge over them. You also have to be aware of hazzards, such as spring poles,
which are saplings bent over that can whip back and strike you in the face. Care
must be always taken when limbing trees.
safer to saw limbs two or three times to get them onto the ground then to try and
trudge over them. You also have to be aware of hazzards, such as spring poles,
which are saplings bent over that can whip back and strike you in the face. Care
must be always taken when limbing trees.
This log came out of the woods pretty hard and here is the reason why! All those
branches and stubs got caught on every root, rock and stump there was. If I had
limbed the tree better, I would have had far better luck. As it is, these limbs will go
not further. I try to keep my yard as clean and limb free as possible.
branches and stubs got caught on every root, rock and stump there was. If I had
limbed the tree better, I would have had far better luck. As it is, these limbs will go
not further. I try to keep my yard as clean and limb free as possible.
Just under my saw you will see a gum pocket. As kids we used to peel this gum
off with a stick and chew on it. It's very chewy and was the poor peron's gum back
in the day of my youth. It was also used in World War Two as a super clear epoxy
of sorts. It kept the glass optics in B-52 Bomber sights from shifting around.
During the war, the War Department employed teenagers in Maine to go around
and collect these pockets. Today modern epoxies would be used instead.
off with a stick and chew on it. It's very chewy and was the poor peron's gum back
in the day of my youth. It was also used in World War Two as a super clear epoxy
of sorts. It kept the glass optics in B-52 Bomber sights from shifting around.
During the war, the War Department employed teenagers in Maine to go around
and collect these pockets. Today modern epoxies would be used instead.
