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  1. Peter

    High Back Cut, Burnham Style!

    My truck is 8'6" wide to the outside of the body, so just over 9' to the outside of the mirrors. On roads like the one in the pic, you just hope you don't meet another truck coming the other way, if you do its slow right down and maybe drop a wheel onto the verge to pass. I think I picked up...
  2. Peter

    High Back Cut, Burnham Style!

    Anyway, never mind funny cuts and banging wedges, here is how I actually dealt with a back leaner today. :D
  3. Peter

    High Back Cut, Burnham Style!

    Making a single cut (backcut) to line up with a face and leave a perfect hinge is relatively straightforward. Making 2 intersecting cuts to do the same thing, especially in the light of another thread titled "how do you line up a diagonal", is more tricky, and if you overcut there is no margin...
  4. Peter

    High Back Cut, Burnham Style!

    I know you asked Burnham, but if you don't mind me adding 2 cents worth; I wouldn't consider using that method until you are 100% confident of putting a perfect face in first time every time. With the conventional sequence of cuts, there is a margin for error, if you mismatch the face cuts you...
  5. Peter

    High Back Cut, Burnham Style!

    I think its one of those things you have to learn by trial and error, there are so many factors to consider, lean in the stem, shape of the crown, weight distribution in relation to height, wind speed, direction, and gustiness, limbs crossing other canopies. The hallmark of the experienced...
  6. Peter

    High Back Cut, Burnham Style!

    I like to set myself a little challenge now and then, set the tag, and then try your best to not have to use it.... Sharpens up your wedge skills, and still leaves you a plan b.
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