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Thanks Closest thing I can think of would be madrone, but I think it’s longer grained and more prone to chair. Maybe maple or something. I had a theory that thicker held longer but when I made this compilation it occurred to me that the ones that seemed to hold longer were 80’ trees(winched...

I met this guy at a GTG once. Kick to be around. Reminds me I need to lighten up and have fun.

Probably just as good as any place to ask. When gutting the hinge, is there any formula on how much to take or leave? Assume brittle green eucalyptus. Thanks

I think this might be more effective in bending or compression than tension.

What is the purpose of girdling tops? Thanks

I was thinking the same! I meant to comment and ask but forgot.

Turns out it's a predatory beetle that eats the larvae of cambium eating beetles. So he's our homie...shouldn't have squished him. Didn't know there was such a thing.

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Partial uprooting is a thing west coast logging from what I’ve seen. Heavy tree, heavy lean, stringy wood. I think it would be better to bore and trigger those, but that would be a chore due to size.

I like to back bar, less crap in the face. Especially dead oaks in the mountains. The bark feels like getting sand blasted.

Simply gunning more to the right would have helped a lot.

Dunno…it’s one of those ones that been reposted so many times you can’t find the origin etc. irritating. It does look like there was another tree he back up against and got squished. Bad day for sure. I’m interested in thoughts on what all went wrong and how to avoid. Obviously have more room...

Screen shots from a FB vid

If you read the caption, he is to his wife as well.

I haven’t read that whole thread yet but for anyone else coming along learning in the future, tree_being has a video on her Patreon that explains what she calls the tracing method that Burnham described.

Whale That’s embarrassing Try again