Windblown hung up oak, thoughts?

[5thelement]

Attach the cable and do the ‘stepping down cut’ in the diagram as low a possible, and use the tractor winch to pull it backwards.

I always arrange the dead men laying in the same direction of the intended pull, not 90 degrees to it as in the diagram. 

[Hank]

14 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

Attach the cable and do the ‘stepping down cut’ in the diagram as low a possible, and use the tractor winch to pull it backwards.

I always arrange the dead men laying in the same direction of the intended pull, not 90 degrees to it as in the diagram. 

Yes good shout. Making it slide-y instead of roll-y, I like it. Thanks 

[openspaceman]

57 minutes ago, woody paul said:

I would just put winch rope up it as high as possible pull it back upright and then fell if there's room too. 

I would have done that but as you never get it back completely upright I would fell it sideways but then I was always wanting to preserve the maximum amount of saleable sawlog.

Most times when we could get the tractor up close we would cut it off at the stump, winch it high up to the butt plate and drive away.