Thanks again for the advice guys.
It's funny when the most significant part of a removal has nothing to do with the work itself but rather who you did the work for.
http://youtu.be/f3bJuzGNyFo
I never gave that any thought but it makes sense.
If I had known the grain was twisted or saw any sign of it before I started I would not have made the vertical cuts. Starting Monday I will go back to timber falling part time. That will give me plenty of trees to practice this technique...
You're right Burnham and I didn't actually think I would hit my desired lay but I figured it would hinge farther than it did. Oh well, at least there wasn't a house under it.
I had a heavy leaning doug fir that I tried the triple hinge on. It failed miserably but I blame the frozen tree, rotten center and the more than average heavy lean. I had a line tied in it to but the tree didn't move very far before I got slack in the line and that was all she wrote, right...
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