Gerald Beranek

In the spring and early summer months the redwood bark 'cambium cork fibers' can bind a cut. Major sometimes. Also happens in the black willow and Eucalyptus. But in either case it's the bark binding the bar, very distinctly, and not the wood. I've had pine and fir bind on occasion just like you had Steve, and I could only attribute it to some kind of tension in the stem. Not by gravity, but in the log itself.

I find the responses to the poll question easy to read here. The same question was asked at Tree Buzz and immediately inflamatory words and finger pointing followed. Yeah, I one hand a saw, now and then. I weigh the situation, position myself, my lines and if it still don't feel quite right I'll re-evaluate the situation and change my tack. Going on 40 years now running a saw in the tree. I'd jinx myself if I said I never got cut.

Thank you, Ken