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I learned something that is a bit of a forehead slapper. We were cutting lombardi poplars, and our 36" 660 combo was to little, and we don't keep our 50" 088 combo barred up. I was taking a bunch of time to get the double cuts to match up just right, and got joked about carving an eagle...

Wasn't there some thorough thread about the causes of BCs? I don't know what really causes them, just some of the situations (heavy leaners, wind gusts, too forceful with a pull rope) where they occur, and some of the techniques to lessen the likelihood. What other contributing factors are...

I thought that the Coos Bay cut allowed the final felling back cut to be cut very fast, so less time of the tension/ compression/ internal stress changes to occur. Sorta like cutting fast can beat some barberchairs, whereas cutting a little bit at a time can allow it to happen. Alternatively...

Yep, great read.

Still have the link opened in another window, just haven't read it, yet.:)

Jed, I didn't read Burnham's linked post, but thought I'd mention two points, which may have been covered. 1. shoot it like a rifle, not a shotgun from the hip--get down behind the saw and look horizontally across the gunning line/sight if you are gunning using the horizontal kerf. 2. If you...

Tucker, you won't like it. But I know a needy family that would be willing to use it. I'll buy it for them.

and you only get good at it by practice.

When double-cutting, aim your gunning sight to the farthest possible object for more accuracy (as goes with long bars). I will bore into one side for the back cut, then can often progress toward the back of the tree (opposite the lay) until the tip pokes through the far side. I can pull...