Working in the bush - Safe wind speeds

[Shiftman]

Does anyone out there have a cut off wind speed at which they wont go into the forest? What is it?

[Maple Man 85]

When the trees are falling around me and there's not a chain saw in sight I get out :lol:. But really it's all preference, I save inside work like making drops and value added products when the weather is bad.

[johnallin]

It depends on which woods I'm going into. One area of ours has some pretty big dead-standing Ash which have been dropping, bigger than I'm comfortable with, upper limbs at a regular rate. Didn't give it a second thought until one tree just plain fell over this summer, on a still night with no wind at all. Snapped right at the base. I've have two or three this past year snap, about 20 feet up, and make a bee line for the ground. Don't want to be in the way of any of those....

[sap retreiver]

It is definitely a wise thing to pay attention to. I just lost a friend to a tree in the wind. 35yr old who logged all his life. There is no set wind speed as the last said it all depends, every piece of woods is different.. Be careful and always be aware of your surroundings.

[MapleMark753]

the cut off for us is when the forecast calls for 20 to 30 mile per hour winds, with gusts to 40 mph. and lower than that can still be dangerous in our woods with branches still coming down sometimes. I think if you're saying, "man, I don't know" in your head you probably shouldn't be in there.