Rate My Hinge.

[Frank]

Ive been taking felling advice from Mike Hill recently so, I didnt bother with a gob and went straight for the slash from the back technique, got about 1/4 inch through , then i think he got bored and put his foot down and over she went!

That sounds more like it hahaha:001_tt2:

[18 stoner]

ill stick the hinge shot from my stunt fell on here aswell

 

Very nice James, I recon the high lift wedge made a difference though. Much better and safer than the plastic ones:thumbup1:

[testcricket01]

Very nice James, I recon the high lift wedge made a difference though. Much better and safer than the plastic ones:thumbup1:

 

i stuck the high lift in the side which gave it a little tap, then contined the boring cut and out the back and she went straight over so wedge wasnt even needed really.

[18 stoner]

No worries James I was taking the mick out of Darren as he thinks plastic is ace!

 

Shouldnt take credit away from your hinge though, it is very nice:thumbup:

[testcricket01]

No worries James I was taking the mick out of Darren as he thinks plastic is ace!

 

Shouldnt take credit away from your hinge though, it is very nice:thumbup:

 

ooo i wouldnt have said plastic are better, no way always have my two high lifts with me, only plastic wedge i have is one i won and i only use that up the tree.

 

well thanks it turned out better than i thought usually when i have bore in from both sides it doesnt come out that well

[18 stoner]

Ok, heres one from today, possibly more advanced and not sure ive seen it here before.

 

Its a dogstooth cut as 2+1/2 bar, although i might have got away with 2x bar, but did the bore cut as this was a nasty dead beech.

 

The tree had been around 80 to 90 feet but had lost the top 30 feet or so years ago, probably been dead around 10 years and had very heavy side weight in direction of fell hence the dogstooth

 

You may note one side of the hinge is purposely wider as the whole of that side of the stem was powder rotten!

 

Just hope you can see detail as it was just phone camera!

 

 

 

 

 

Feel free to scrutinise:001_rolleyes:

[Frank]

Theres alot going on in that stump pete, it looks very technical and isnt a thing of beauty is it. Theres a lot of thought gone into it though. Would it have been easy with the old slash from the back technique that Mike Hill has been promoting???

[18 stoner]

Ah, yes, the stab and run technique! Never thought of that one today.

 

My main concerns were the very heavy weighting, AND the dead in the top of the tree. The risk of widow makers falling was massive, hence why i had Mike with me.

 

The job was done for a neighbour of my Dads for the firewood only. Although he would crosscut the timber, the guy didnt want to fell it himself as he thought "it looked as though it could go wrong!"

 

Not sure what he will make of it now as the "firewood" hit the floor and it was like there had been an explosion as all we could see was dust for the next two minutes! When the dust settled, Mike said "that wont take much cutting up now"!:lol:

[Big 'Ammer]

Not bad for a beginner ....

[RobArb]

A couple from this weeks site clearance (plus a likkle video to boot). First 2 pics is the hinge from the video:)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3HNfYv6UE]YouTube - Sycamore fell[/ame]