Does anyone out there have a cut off wind speed at which they wont go into the forest? What is it?
Working in the bush - Safe wind speeds
Does anyone out there have a cut off wind speed at which they wont go into the forest? What is it?
1999 - 2012 - 25 taps
2013 - 50 taps
2014 - 125 taps
2015 - 2400 taps
2016 - 5700 taps
2017 - 7500 taps
5x14 H2O evaporator
Busch vaccum
www.pcfarms.ca
H2O innovations distributor
When the trees are falling around me and there's not a chain saw in sight I get out. But really it's all preference, I save inside work like making drops and value added products when the weather is bad.
Maple Man 85
Anthony & Rebecca Renken
2017=200 taps
2018=4000 taps (goal) 3000 taps (actual)
2019=7000 taps (goal)
30x45 Sugar House
4x16 Leader Vortex
www.northwoodsmaplefarm.com
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....
John Allin
14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
Leader 2x6 w/Patriot Raised Flue Pan 2009
Leader Steam Hood 2014 - Clear Filter Press 2015
Leader Revolution Pan and SS Pre-Heater 2016
CDL Hobby RO & Air Tech L25 Hi Vac Pump 2019
06' Gator HPX to collect wood & sap
14' Ski-Doo Tundra for winter work in the woods
Great Family 3 grown kids+spouses and 7 grand kids who like the woods
7th Gen Born in Canada - Raised in Chardon Ohio - Maple Capital of the World..<grin>.
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.
Brian Eldredge
Mooncusser Maple
16x24 post and beam sugar shack
2x8 CDL maple pro Wes fab filter press
Lots of shiny stuff now I need some more trees
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.
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