Everyone looked reasonably safe,,,
That Cherry was still pretty solid,,, But that Locust had seen its better days,,,
Looks like you all had a good time,, have to agree with Jacob the saws werent lacking any power,,,
Don't mean to sound dumb, but can someone explain what the hinge and trigger are?
The hinge is the last piece of uncut wood that a tree pivots on when you are falling it towards your face cut or notch..
A trigger is usually set on/towards the outer edge of a problem tree by back cutting away from the hinge by putting the bar in the plunge cut hole and back cutting away from the hinge,,, leaving just enough wood to hold the spar with the hinge and trigger...
A trigger is used so you can get in and make one little cut to release the spar to the hinge and get away quickly and not get your bar pinched,,, usually!!! (However, in this case the Locust tree was compounded with a lean towards the power line and was rotted in the middle)
The tree did not release as they intended,,,, but they wedged it away from its natural lean and got it dropped safely anyway,,, them boys new what they were doing!!! Just goes to show,,, problem trees can and usually do act goofy!!!