What Exactly Is A Holding Cut?

[Martin du Preez]

sorry quoted wrong person, i meant its not the dog tooth cut

[Sambo]

On ‎30‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 20:42, Steve Bullman said:

I've never heard of this either.  The sensible option would be go climb a little higher and take a smaller lump.  Can't see the send in attempting a dog tooth up a tree for the sake of it where it might not be that easy to view the cut from all angles to make sure its spot on

also you'd be working on a fairly sizable stem to bore the saw in and make those sorts of cuts!

[Stubby]

A holding cut is something you get on your left wrist ............?

[Treerover]

A holding cut is something you get on your left wrist ............[emoji16]

Macabrely brilliant [emoji23]

[openspaceman]

33 minutes ago, Treerover said:

 

Macabrely brilliant

 

Yes, I had to read it again

[wood cutter]

13 years in the industry and ive never heard of a holding cut.

Just concentrate on the cuts you need for the assesmemt,

Sink cut free fall
Sink cut hand held
Step cut free fall
Step cut hand held
(In board and out board)
Target prune

You wont be felling out massive chunks on assesmemt the assessor will want to see your work postion and control with the saw whilst completing your cuts.

Good luck