Rate My Hinge.

[Brushcutter]

A proper job from at least 5 years ago.

[skyhuck]

It was a 10 inch back leaner at the original felling cut but it had too much weight so sat on the bar and i didn't have the strength to lift it the other way. So did a dog tooth about 18 inches about the original cut to fell it the other way. The tree was only about 7 inches wide there so did a small gob, bored in and left a very small bit of holding wood on the back. I couldn't do a simple fell as it would have barbers chaired on me.

 

Still don't get the "ballsy" bit?? what did your instructor think was going to happen???

[mistahbenn]

Under cut is a little flawed, back cut lower than hinge? Cant tell...

[Matthew Arnold]

Still don't get the "ballsy" bit?? what did your instructor think was going to happen???

 

Under cut is a little flawed, back cut lower than hinge? Cant tell...

 

He thought it was going to do a simple cut but decided to do a dog tooth with no room for error. The bore cut is slightly lower than the sink cut but only by a tooth width. I was in training then and was the day before the assessment.

 

It could be the camera angle or the fact i didn't cut the hinge off flat.

[Steve Bullman]

All part of the learning process

[Matthew Arnold]

All part of the learning process

 

Exactly. The tree came down in a safe manner. No-one or nothing was hurt and no tools were damaged in the process.

[RobRainford]

Forward leaning sycamore on a woodland edge. Start the back cut, bang hit a nail, move up an inch, bang hit the SAME nail. Chain now bit knackered. Managed to bore through to sort of create a dogs tooth cut in the wrong order. Was expecting a small breeze to catch it and make it barber chair before I got the bore cut in.

 

 

 

Another one in the same group. Slight hole in that one.

 

[jnoon]

A leylandii fell from last week

A spruce

[JLA Arborists]

First decent size fell, at around 16"

[18 stoner]

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A leylandii fell from last week

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A spruce

 

 

I know this post was a few weeks ago, but can I ask, were you taught to fell like that or is it just something you've seen others do?