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The guy who made the shark gill vid uses them for winched back learners so they don’t break off too soon…but I think in green wood. Dry is hopeless. Rope, aim, momentum like @SeanKroll says. I have more to play with up there Monday.

I knew the dumb dry oak wasn’t gonna hinge but I had to try.

Yes, too thick. Pretty duh in hindsight. Two would have been plenty. Did hit the lay right between the two little trees though.

The tree actually already had a rope in it from someone trying to brute force pull it over…but this was a wood fiber/hinge/cut experiment. Dead dry. No cheating! Was a long ways in the lay to where I could pull from and don’t currently have the winch in the truck. I wish I had a jack, I would...

Today experimented: a block face quad gill on a side leaning dead dry oak. Hit the lay but beat my guts out with wedges for nearly 15 Minutes. Had them 4 high at the end. Multiplate hinges are for pulling, not wedging. 😆

If I’d had a vehicle to pull faster (inertia like @SeanKroll says) I would have dumped the whole tree. 🤠 Depending on species I would have done a gap aka block face, more hinge. *except he did mention he wanted it to break eventually. Higher back cut, conventional vs. bore. If you gotta pull...