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Generally speaking I am a 'cut it from the back throw in a wedge' guy. We dont use wedges with the step cut/open faced snap cut. Duane would tell me that the step acts like a wedge holding the tree up against lean/favor until the pull takes it over. We have used it successfully on dozens of...

I thnk it was cause the step held so long and made it hard. We definitely didnt need to use it on this, but I wanted to get the footage.

It wasnt a 'hard' pull. One guy did it by hand. I just left to big a step, thats all.

It was a hand pull, I dont think it hurt the rope. Like I said before I am no preaching it or its effectiveness. I just wanted to see what kind of response it got coming from someone other than Murphy.

Burnham, His thinking is that the step holds it all together, while you vacate the area. You are right, it was a LOT of pull for a simple tree, but I left a big step and a big hinge on purpose. I am not preaching it, quite the contrary actually, a lot of times I find it unnecessary but there...

When I started at the company I was assigned to a crew as you would expect. The foreman Duane is a lifetime company guy and was a national safety/training guy for over 10 years. He has been teaching the step cut, or open faced snap cut as he calls it, for three decades. He is a huge advocate of...