I hope that's mentioned in the book, I didn't see it in the dvd. Very important to consider, I don't think I would have thought the roots might do that.
If you cut the tension side without a face cut, you will eventually be left with only tension holding wood right?
If you keep cutting on the compression side I think the tension side would eventually stretch too far and snap all at once, but maybe the outcome would be the same as my sentence...
I call them relief cuts as I was taught. They can be used in any configuration as long as they relieve pressure and tension forces, though usually only used on the tension side. I assume of done properly one could pull a whole tree over very slowly without breaking much hinge wood by using such...
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