Too much for wedges and rope?

[yarightdawg]

yes, but we aren't talking about felling a tree in the woods. We're talking about felling a tree in a particular direction with a back lean. There are back leans that wedges can not overcome. Ropes will pull them over without a problem however.

That's not true 1 inch of lift on 100 foot tree is giving you 10 feet if I remember right
You can stack wedges , even place a series of wedges in kerf cuts 1 inch apart in series below back cut

 

[isaacvent]

That's not true 1 inch of lift on 100 foot tree is giving you 10 feet if I remember right
You can stack wedges , even place a series of wedges in kerf cuts 1 inch apart in series below back cut

So you're saying there is no such thing as a back lean that is too sever to overcome with just wedges? Really? I know you can overcome a lot with wedges, but in the homeowner forum, with a tall pine leaning towards power lines, I'll recommend a pull line every time.

 

[yarightdawg]

So you're saying there is no such thing as a back lean that is too sever to overcome with just wedges? Really? I know you can overcome a lot with wedges, but in the homeowner forum, with a tall pine leaning towards power lines, I'll recommend a pull line every time.

I recommend both pull line and wedges
I also recommend that if back lean is that sever over power lines with a tall pine that a home owner doesn't attempt it at all

 

[woodchuck357]

How much lift a wedge gives is dependent on how deep the notch is cut. The deeper the notch the greater the lift.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

It's a little more complicated than that. Not a big fan of GOL, but they do describe how to calculate sections well.