Thread: Photos your proud of -not just hunting

Thanks Gibo

Originally Posted by JoshC

Yeah I see what you mean, it is quite high, but you don't need to get under it! Haha. I'd probably have scarfed the underside of the log "as close" to the root ball as possible, then when you come in from the top it should break away as if you were felling it from a stand position. The stump would pivot off and roll down hill. You need to try and avoid cutting a tree at a pressure point such as through the middle. There's even amounts of weight pulling down on the cut you were making, so when it went, all the pressure was released simultaneously and fast. Obviously you worked this out after making the cut though. Easy thing to happen, and like you said you were probably a little relaxed about it and didn't stop to think about how the tree was sitting first.

I suppose also its a bit different when you've spent a fair share of time on a saw. Reading what trees will do becomes second nature, but there are always exceptions, hence why they're so dangerous. When I was falling rimu for a heli-logging crew we had trees end up in positions where they could easily kill you if you f&*ked up things at your end multiple times a day.

You in the wrong thread bro?

Yeah I was, what a fkn retard

Originally Posted by JoshC

Yeah I was, what a fkn retard

I thought you were talking about the clouds in your opening sentence

Anyone want to venture a guess on which vineyard this is?

Hint: Central Otago

At a guess Central Otago

Originally Posted by JayColli

Anyone want to venture a guess on which vineyard this is?

Hint: Central Otago

Earnscleugh area?

Familiar looking spot... Felton Road?

You got it right Ben!

I kinda cheated - local knowledge, lived in Cromwell for 1.5yrs and have spent a lot of time at a friends bach up on Hall Road, used to walk and MTB down through the sluicings pretty often.

Went bunny shooting once or twice around the edge of that vineyard with a workmate who had access, as well as a few times around Stewart Town up behind it before I learnt that historic reserves aren't open access for hunting...

From my IPHONE!

Another shot(s) that I quiet like!