God how I hate sarcastic posts
Give in to the dark side, Luke. Let youself be filled by the warm glow of cynicism and sarcasm.God how I hate sarcastic posts
Now sure, hammering a wedge into a horizontal cut will also tip the tree's falling direction but the tree can fall backwards on you and more importantly, a wedge into a horizontal cut actually LIFTS the trunk rather than tipping it.
really? ya must be kidding lolNever had one come back on me with a wedge in it... its too hard for me to stand directly behind the tree under the lean and cut all the holding wood off through my wedge. I'm usually off to the side.
I have had plenty of trees try to come over on me, but never in the manner you described
Usually has to do with operator error
I tip trees horizontally with wedges all day long.
That is correct, sloping back cuts are a sign of the self taught & if 3 or more are done when working for a professional organisation your down the track looking for another job. Wedging on a sloping back cut can be inefective because the wood can split away instead of taking the force of the wedge to push the bole in the desired direction.Sloping back cuts won't do anything to swing a tree, if they did professionals would do it and they don't. Walk through any log block that has been hand felled, undercut 1/3 diameter of tree, whether standard or humbolt, i was taught humbolt because standard undercut wasted wood. Backcut maybe an inch above undercut, straight and level, 1 or 2" of holding wood,(or more the larger the tree gets) be sure all your undercuts line up clean, that's how it's done. tree can be swung maybe 45 degrees away from a lean if its not leaning too bad, but there's nothing you can do at the stump to make a tree fall against a lean, other than wedging a slight lean, without pulling or pushing it over mechanically.
Interesting, but I'm having trouble visualizing what you're doing. Is your back cut sloping downward toward the face cut? And starting your back cut as high as you can reach with the saw and sloping downward.? I don't think I've ever seen that done. Sloping back cuts aren't usually accepted practice, at least not where I've worked.
Can you do a video for us to demonstrate this technique?
I was being sarcastic ,that is why i added the little whistle guy at the end ,the smiley guys on the forums inform readers that you are not serious in the reply .Sloped back cuts have no place in tree felling in my experience
Also not true, a 12" high slopeing back cut won't save you anymore than a straight horizontal back cut if it isn't wedged properly.Not quite true: they reduce the tendency of a tree to jump backwards off the stump. But then, so does a humbolt.
Not quite true: they reduce the tendency of a tree to jump backwards off the stump. But then, so does a humbolt.
Thank God there is no shortage of trees!It's always safer to walk away. But you don't get much firewood that way.....
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