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arborjunky
This is the tree I'd made a thread hoping for advice on how to approach, think I was just nervous & wanting to ensure I was doing it right, at any rate I ended up getting it down as-hoped-for in terms of *where* it fell, but the time & effort to drop this thing just amazed me so hoping to be enlightened on what I should've done differently- OR, if this is what should've been expected (which I doubt!)
Album of the tree itself (just as a trunk w/o limbs, before felling) https://imgur.com/a/fQwGPqd
Album of my felling of it, please note that my pull-over rope's anchoring, which is *beneath* the hinge in some pictures, was only moved there for some measure of additional safety when re-approaching the trunk (for 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc rounds of plunge-cuts) https://imgur.com/gallery/KykZF6u
The thing blew my mind, I'd had virtually no wood left as-notch and, from 35' away pulling with 3:1 mech.advantage, I couldn't pull it in the way it was already leaning, if you take a look at the last pics you can see how darn tiny the remaining hinge was when it finally went down, I cannot understand why I couldn't pull it over (with 3:1 at 35' away, pulling from 20' up the trunk!), the last round of cuts was what did it I didn't bring the pull-rope-anchor below the notch during my last couple rounds of cutting and thank god I didn't otherwise it would've went over and popped my line I am sure (this didn't come down by pulling, it fell once I made my last round of cuts)
Thanks a ton for any advice on this, am happy it came down where I wanted however I'm really unsettled insofar as not understanding why it was so difficult, the only thing I can think in hindsight was "should've made your notch/face cut with a downward-angle" but my understanding on the angles was that they're to do with how it comes off, not how-easily it comes off! If I were to re-approach this tree, what should I do differently?
Album of the tree itself (just as a trunk w/o limbs, before felling) https://imgur.com/a/fQwGPqd
Album of my felling of it, please note that my pull-over rope's anchoring, which is *beneath* the hinge in some pictures, was only moved there for some measure of additional safety when re-approaching the trunk (for 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc rounds of plunge-cuts) https://imgur.com/gallery/KykZF6u
The thing blew my mind, I'd had virtually no wood left as-notch and, from 35' away pulling with 3:1 mech.advantage, I couldn't pull it in the way it was already leaning, if you take a look at the last pics you can see how darn tiny the remaining hinge was when it finally went down, I cannot understand why I couldn't pull it over (with 3:1 at 35' away, pulling from 20' up the trunk!), the last round of cuts was what did it I didn't bring the pull-rope-anchor below the notch during my last couple rounds of cutting and thank god I didn't otherwise it would've went over and popped my line I am sure (this didn't come down by pulling, it fell once I made my last round of cuts)
Thanks a ton for any advice on this, am happy it came down where I wanted however I'm really unsettled insofar as not understanding why it was so difficult, the only thing I can think in hindsight was "should've made your notch/face cut with a downward-angle" but my understanding on the angles was that they're to do with how it comes off, not how-easily it comes off! If I were to re-approach this tree, what should I do differently?