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  1. 10-01-2011, 04:07 PM #1
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    So, if the tree leans hard...

    ...to the south, and hangs out over the power lines... How do you make it fall to the north?





    First you climb onto the roof of your truck and rig a chain and cable...





    Then you rig another chain with a pulley to the north of the south-leaning tree...

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    And hook the cable to your trailer hitch...




    A bit of cutting and wedging...




    PERFECT FALL! Dead center in the middle of my logging trail...




    Ya' just gotta' love it when everything go exactly as planned!!!!

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    truck. 2x4, or 4x4??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whitespider View Post
    ...to the south, and hangs out over the power lines... How do you make it fall to the north?
    I probably would have set a rope in the big crotch about 35ft. up and used a Maasdam rope puller and a redirect pulley.


    Looks like it worked out well for ya though.
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    Wrong Lean?

    Hire a climber and let him cut fom the top down. Fell when it's 15' tall. That's MHO.
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    This ain't my first dance at this type of party... done it many, many times.
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    Aww hell. Take the lines out. The sparks are real purty!
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    Well done. I am wondering if you back-cut it, wedged it, then faced it? I often use this technique when dealing with back leaners of any size.

    Or, did you go total caveman and just make the cuts in the traditional order?
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    I put a googly amount of tension on the cable first, and then use a really shallow open face cut.
    Next go to the back cut and wedge as soon as I can... add more tension to the cable.
    A bit more back cut... more tension... more back cut... more tension...
    And when the wedges fall out I go balls-and-all with the throttle on the pickup.
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    I got it. Though I can't believe you stay there cutting long enough to let the wedges fall out. Maybe if you had someone else pulling while you cut, but cutting and pulling? Still, I do love it when a plan comes together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LumberjkChamp View Post
    ...Maybe if you had someone else pulling while you cut...
    It goes a lot smoother and faster with a second man in the truck. But, the only person I trust for that job is my dad... and he's up north at the lake home until late October.
    The problem is that most people, at least inexperienced people, are afraid of the throttle, or are unable to "feel" when the tree is "going".
    When the time comes to pull, and pull hard... you have to be Johnny-on-the-spot.
    Any hesitation and... well, it gets all FUBAR'ed.
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    Is it the photo or did you cut all around the back leaving only wood in the middle and no hinge?
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    Personally I like to avoid the truck if possible. I recently took out several trees hanging over a river.Access with a truck was limited and there was no good straight pulls..I used a heavy duty tirfor and anchored to a good sound tree at the base. Actually the anchor tree was right beside the tree that was being cut.With a snatch block to a tree in the direction I wanted the tree to go.I simply cut my notch and applied tension on the tirfor. Then started my back cut as I cut I stopped to increase tension or had a buddy do it. All of the trees came over nicely.
    Hooked to a truck there is always the danger of stalling or driver error. But I have also pulled over many trees with a truck,but just prefer a good solid hook up with nothing in the line of fall to get hurt.

    Here is a link to tirfors if you have never heard of one:http://www.liftingsafety.co.uk/produ...-t500-185.html
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