gettin hinges parallel

[Mesterh]

If its something that needs to be spot on I just nick the sides at the height of the bottom cut and follow just above that. Aslong as you are holding the saw nice and horizontal (and the bottom cut is) works everytime.

[Big 'Ammer]

On big trees I will normally decide which side of the hinge in under compression and cut that side first, cutting as close too the back of the hinge as I feel is safe and then move to the tension side of the hinge and cut until it starts to go. QUOTE]

 

Ditto.

 

Mark it out at the back like Tommer said.

 

Keep practicing at every possible opportunity. Imagine every time you fell a tree or a pole it was the biggest tree and you had to get it right on the money and there was no margin for error.

 

When I was newcomer, my workmate and I used to mark with sticks on customers lawns and the like to see who could correctly guess the height of the tree and get the crown between the markers.

 

It became quite competetive and our confidence and ability grew, ultimately

leading to some very early finishes.

[Stephen Blair]

practice, and caring helps. most of the time you can get away with a sloppy hinge, and if you are using a blunt saw this isnt going to help. put in your gub, come forward and look at it, fix it if you have too, straighten it up. but when you are doing something big or with a lot of lean or especially winching then you need to get it right.

[Steve Bullman]

i was once told(and ive not tried this) that if you do your felling cuts then walk around the tree anti-clockwise to start your back cut, it will always be even

[Husqvarna King]

I've bolted a 6ft stabila spirit level onto my 30 inch guide bar.....cuts level every time:001_tt2:

[Stephen Blair]

who told you this steve??was it a little lepricorn:001_tongue:

[Steve Bullman]

haha....actually it was someone thats felled a lot more big trees than probably most the people on here will ever fell

[Mark T]

haha....actually it was someone thats felled a lot more big trees than probably most the people on here will ever fell

 

True. I learnt a lot from that old boy, he never told me that little trick though... guess mine were always level Steve!

[sycamorephobic]

thanks all for the tips. very helpful. particularly like the cheeky stick idea

[Steve Bullman]

True. I learnt a lot from that old boy, he never told me that little trick though... guess mine were always level Steve!

 

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