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It works good on softwoods like pine. Not so good on hardwoods. Seems to jam up if you have to cut a good ways with the top of the bar. I usually just bang a wedge in the kerf as close as I can get to the top of the bar after I've cut 90% of the stump. Then when I finish the cut, the stump...

That's just as good as 'paddleballing'. :lol:

Idunno, forgotten most of it. Just visualize all your moves ahead of time and visualize all of the possible outcomes. Then decide which action to take that will result in the desired outcome without breaking something.

Yup, and the choked carabiner in the top drawing is upside down. You can NEVER load the gate, you ALWAYS load the spine. The gate needs to be facing up in that usage.

sort of, if the friction hitch and lifeline termination were depicted correctly.

You can just use a standard friction saver such as the Buckingham 2 ring style. That way you can stay tied in on your standard doubled line instead of switching over to SRT. I personally just use a loop runner (or two joined together for larger stems) with the attached steel biner. I choke the...