murphy4trees
TreeHouser
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That's hilarious... you know I WANT to tell you.... but not enough to actually do it.. you're gonna lose that bet....
What are the odds DM will tell us the ins and outs of that stump. Maybe he wont cuz feels hasn't been given enough respect for that which many of us don't understand, yet. 60/40 he'll tell us.
I have more hope Chris will explain.
The reason that I will cut the sides (not sure Daniel's reason), as most of you know is because some trees pull fiber while they're being felled and the easiest way to prevent this is to make side cuts on either side of the notch.
I got once a substantial side drift by the fiber pulling on a stump. I aimed my notch's cuts to end just before a big buttress root, hoping a good holding hinge for a side leaner. It worked too much, sheared the stump and really scared the target on the side.Why is pulling fiber a problem when felling from the ground and when you aren't cutting logs for grade timber?