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[woody paul]

9 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

Nice one that J a bit rough tho, i bet its one of yours 😂😂, We all do it and say it was some on else,s, One below was done by one of the lads on a farm i shoot, 3 saws later and still had to push it over with the loadall, One thing i have lern,t over the years is that any tree on a farm, cut it at 4.5 - 5ft above ground level as it will contain many years of fencing wire,

Go high or very low and nowhere in between. 

[Erik]

Edited September 22, 2021 by Erik

[Rough Hewn]

Why such a big gob cut?
That’s nearly 50%?

[Erik]

17 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Why such a big gob cut?
That’s nearly 50%?

A deeper undercut means the weight of your tree is gonna get in front of your hinge quicker, which means less pounding of wedges. When I am falling I frequently put my hinge around the center point of the tree..Kind of a west coast thing. 

 

I’ve never heard an undercut referred to as a gob cut.. I’m gonna start using that one!  

Edited September 22, 2021 by Erik

[Rough Hewn]

Deeper undercuts means the weight of your tree is gonna get in front of your hinge quicker, which means less pounding of wedges. When I am falling I frequently put my hinge around the center point of the tree..Kind of a west coast thing. 

Interesting.
[emoji106]

[Erik]

You are simply moving the center of gravity (tipping point) to your advantage.  Much like using extremely deep gob cuts when you are chunking down wood with a mild backlean. No need for taglines or wedges if done properly.  

Edited September 22, 2021 by Erik

[devon TWiG]

Not really a hinge , I think it should be called "the kindling cut "😂    ms661 with 30 " bar for scale  ...not my felling !!! 

[GarethM]

Would the guilty party be in the background holding his head down in shame 😉

[devon TWiG]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

Would the guilty party be in the background holding his head down in shame 😉

No .....it was a farmer who was advised by a soon to start fencing contractor to remove the Ash trees as they will die soon and then fall on fence ....it was unbelievable that he was not killed , there were dozens like this , all with substantial lean and 50 -80 ft tall !!!!   AGRI STYLE 👍🤣

[5thelement]

I was asked by a local Forestry firm to come and fell the last 26 Oak trees on a job they needed completing, apparently the cheap Bulgarian labour had shit themselves on a very near miss a few days earlier.

Had a walk over to take a look at their stumps, I don’t know where to start really.