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  1. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    See August’s post above.
  2. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    I can’t leave this alone. All the stuff about hinges, dutchman, COGs et al is irrelevant. A back leaning tree without enough pull will not go over the right way, even with the greatest hinge, wedges or nay without enough pull. Because it wasn’t going over you cut through the hinge or the...
  3. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    You. Didn’t. Have. Enough. Pull.
  4. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    I feel I have one more post left in this thread. All this hinge analysis is pointless, it frigged up cos there was not enough pull.
  5. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    None of us are perfect, least of all you Butch.
  6. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    I took out power lines a few years back, poor cutting sent a poplar the wrong way. The memory of the embarrassment, the sight of the sparks and the sneering of the power company workers arriving like a small army stays with me on every risky fell. Wedges, ropes, loader, winch, whatever it...
  7. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    That’s the bones of it.
  8. Mick!

    Pecan Hinge Failure -- what did I miscalculate?

    Rope should be higher in the tree, poor hinge, you shouldn’t have been doing it solo, you’re not experienced enough. Were you insured?
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