Leaning pop felling

[simonm]

I have got a huge pop to take down, it has heavy lean in the right direction. it has a large cavity inside, I have never had to fell 1 this big with so much lean and with a cavity. Question is...when I gob it out then dog tooth it I will loose a lot of control of direction as there is a small amount of hinge left. Is there a different way of going about this? Leave as bigger hinge as possible?

[JimM]

With the lean in the right direction it's fairly straightforward. Small gob. Bore cut leaving a normal sized hinge of sound wood. Then release from the back.

[simonm]

With the lean in the right direction it's fairly straightforward. Small gob. Bore cut leaving a normal sized hinge of sound wood. Then release from the back.

 

That's where the problem lies, there is not much sound wood left for a hinge. The tree is located on the corner of an building site that has not being developed so it can't hurt anything wherever it goes,

[shendy]

Depends on so much. Where abouts is the cavity? When you hop it will you have any good wood for a hinge and a trigger?

[IanW]

is the cavity at the base where your felling cut is going to be?

 

I would use a slightly smaller gob, bore in from both sides leaving a good thick hinge, leave a holding strap at the back, stand back, cut and enjoy the fell.

 

 

every ones opinion might be different with out seeing the tree, how rotten it is, with out seeing the colour of the chip as you gob it, wind on the day, as how the tree behaves all could change how your going to fell it at any stage.

 

heavy leaners it's always best to leave a holding strap at back as you can't complete the back cut quick enough.

 

clip it's ears too to stop it tearing too

 

if your confident, get a good vid of it as we all like to see a good fell!

 

ian

[Pete Mctree]

If you do not require hold from the hinge, you only need enough wood to allow you to complete your bore cut without the tree compressing & trapping your saw.

[simonm]

That's what I mean about dog tooth cut, dunno what other people call it. I am going to take my helmet cam because it is 1 big mo fo . We got that to fell and chip up and an ash to dismantle tomorrow then hiab the day after to crane it off site. It's give off 30mph wind and rain here tomorrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

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is the cavity at the base where your felling cut is going to be?

 

I would use a slightly smaller gob, bore in from both sides leaving a good thick hinge, leave a holding strap at the back, stand back, cut and enjoy the fell.

 

 

every ones opinion might be different with out seeing the tree, how rotten it is, with out seeing the colour of the chip as you gob it, wind on the day, as how the tree behaves all could change how your going to fell it at any stage.

 

heavy leaners it's always best to leave a holding strap at back as you can't complete the back cut quick enough.

 

clip it's ears too to stop it tearing too

 

if your confident, get a good vid of it as we all like to see a good fell!

 

ian

[IanW]

if it has a good lean and will defo go over, you can leave a massive hinge to help give you more control and security to stop it twisting off

 

good luck and hope it goes well, look forward to the vid if you mate one!

[simonm]

if it has a good lean and will defo go over, you can leave a massive hinge to help give you more control and security to stop it twisting off

 

good luck and hope it goes well, look forward to the vid if you mate one!

 

If this video is like my previous, I knocked the go pro on the way up and spent 2 hours filming my visor

[peatff]

If it doesn't matter where it lands treat it as an experiment. Is the cavity on the side you need to cut the gob (front) or the back of the lean ?