Game of Logging Level 1
Event Details
Time: June 22, 2013 from 7:45am to 4:30pm
Location: Arnot Forest
Street: 611 County Road 13
City/Town: Van Etten
Website or Map: http://www.ArnotForest.info
Phone: 607 255 2115
Event Type: hands-on, learning, all-day, workshop
Organized By: Peter Smallidge
Latest Activity: Apr 22, 2013
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This training presents the Game of Logging program, re-designed for private forest owners, firewood cutters, and homeowners wishing to gain a more thorough knowledge and practical, hands-on experience with safety and productivity. No experience is required for Level I participants. Participants learn increasingly advanced techniques during Level I, II, and III for directional felling, safety, and saw and chain maintenance. Each level builds on skills from previous training levels, so advanced levels require participation in earlier levels. Registration includes hands-on training with a Game of Logging Certified Instructor, handouts, and a certificate of completion. Participants personally fell a tree under the guidance of a certified instructor. All sessions start at 7:45 AM and conclude at approximately 4:30 PM, though occasionally longer. Trainings are held regardless of weather so please dress accordingly. The program is offered at Cornell University's Arnot Forest, 611 County Road 13, Van Etten, Schuyler County. Registrants will receive details of specific location.
(Photo courtesy of Dave Washburn)
Because of the minimum class size, please don't register unless you plan to attend. Cancelations are discouraged. Note that the location is in Schuyler County, approximately 5.5 miles east of Cayuta, NY, then 1.2 miles north on Schuyler County Rt 13 (not north of the village of Van Etten)
Dress for the weather, the entire training session is outdoors. Participants receive a packet of fact sheets the day of the training. Please bring the following items with you to the training session:
- Hardhat, eye protection, ear protection (a logger’s helmet is recommended)
- Safety chaps or pants
- Lunch
- Water bottle or canteen
- Chainsaw, although you can also borrow the instructor’s saw.
Each training session requires a minimum of 6 participants, and allows a maximum of 10 participants. Please encourage others to register for GOL training sessions. Registration links are available through the events calendar at http://CornellForestConnect.ning.com In the event a training session is canceled, notice will be posted to this website and each registered participant will be contacted by email or phone.
Level I includes: Using and maintaining safety equipment, safety features of the saw, how to hold and handle a saw safely to reduce fatigue, understanding parts of a tooth for sharpening, understanding the reactive forces of a running chainsaw. We will learn the proper way to do a bore-cut. Participants learn the mechanics and physics of hinge wood, directional felling to a plan, and how to identify the lean in a tree.
Level II includes: Saw maintenance to reduce downtime and improve the performance of your chainsaw,
Safe handling of spring poles, felling to a plan with more precision, introduction to limbing, and safe removal of hung trees.
Level III includes: use of the GOL "Pro-sight" tool to calculate tree height, understanding hinge length to control side lean, advanced felling and wedging techniques, limbing techniques for side hill and tension wood, trees will be felled against the natural lean. Some limitations in felling will be identified.
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