@davidwyby, here's another thought on technique for using side lean restraint lines.
If the anchor point is at exactly 90 degrees to the gunned lay, the line stays tensioned the same throughout the fall. If it's ahead of that point it will slacken, and if it's behind that point it will...
It's really hard to manipulate where a tree wants to naturally go when all you have for hinge wood is dead dry, or rotten. You were right to be cautious with the level of tension on the restraint line. Placing that line higher up in the tree might have been better.
Might have been an ideal...
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