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That image is definitely from D.D. Dent's book.

Note that the method Gerry describes is much quicker than the method I describe...and that benefit is very valuable when cutting those heavy head leaners. Very.

Jer is of course right. I shouldn't cast dispersions on where we are now. Thanks, @pete mctree. A good bump. I hope Jo and the dog pack are doing well, my friend.

Too bad all those gypoclimber.com links are dead as passenger pigeons.

This thread has been around a long time, and has re-emerged time and again. A little highjack won't hurt it a bit :). But please do post that link, Chris.

Jer seldom tells a lousy story :D.

Oh, yessir...the Bosses :).

Bump. Some good stuff from Jerry.

Right, both of you...no face on that one. I was sure I'd get pinched on that bowed over, snow-loaded silver fir. Jed...our red alder is so prone to BC that sometimes there just is no way to avoid it. If the tree was big enough to bore, you might have had success...but it takes a pretty large...

Ah, my friend Stephen...you know me well. ;)

Aside from the unquestionable fact that Jerry B. is unassuming when complimented on his abilities and knowlege, and I carry mere shadow of his expertise...let the legends STRUT!! :lol: Hahahaha...silliness is fun, late at night when away from home, stuck in a hotel. Thank goodness for wifi :).

Hey, GASoline71/Gary...you still have that diagram?...it's lost from the thread, might be useful to repost if you do.

Here's another one which I put up not too long after the on Brian just bumped, and this one still has the photos attached, for some reason. http://gypoclimber.com/showthread.php?9510-That-Coos-Bay-felling-cut-again!

Thanks very much, Jerry. That's a great story. Know what? You oughta write a book :lol: . Your point about the hazard of having a heavy head leaner set down on your saw trying to get a face cut in is for true...it can be a challenge. I've managed it on a couple of occasions by reaming the...

It's in this thread, Carl. Post #25. http://www.gypoclimber.com/showthread.php?t=7746&page=3

Jerry, I was very interested to note in your Fundamentals that the method you describe for forming this felling cut is somewhat different than that I was taught. You put no face cut in at all, just take a third of the diameter off each side, parallel to the head lean...then cut hell for...