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There's a short 10 minute vid in the working climber series 3, part 2 called Lopping and the Coo's Bay Cut. Which shows a number of executions and variations based on curf undercuts and such.

You can also deal with heavy stems, quite safely too, just by undermining the pressure side, deeper and deeper, until they collapse. It's damn slow on big stems, and there is risk of getting stuck still, but if you're careful it does work pretty well. Brian, I recall, has used the method...

Experience wins again.

"The problem with the undercut in any of these variations is that it allows the tree (or lead) to bend down due to the compression side of the cut collapsing on itself. This puts more strain on the tension (top) side resulting in earlier tear out and less successful clean separation. If you guys...

Nutball. send me your address.

For heavy limbs, spars and leaners, with clear open drop zones... quick and easy. Next.

Great! Thank you!

Words are amazing. According to 'True West' magazine the mid-west Indians called paper documents, 'Talking Leaves'. They thought it was magic. A.J. McClane used the right combination of words, and style, to describe perfectly a technique involving a complex series of physical maneuvers...

Let's talk about descriptive writing. A.J. Mc Clane's Encyclopedia of Fishing, 1974, had 1,156 pages. In it there was a one-half page paragraph that McClane wrote describing the 'Double Haul' fly casting technique. A one half page paragraph with just commas. There was one period...

More 'one of a kind'. I never thought of myself as a spectacular writer. But if you think so I'll run with it. Thanks!

Like all trick cuts the Bender has it's limits. But the more you play with it the better you get. Not a cut you would experiment with in a risky situation. More a convenience if it works and no big deal if it doesn't.

Boy, that sure brought back some 'old chat-room' memories. Cool. Nearly 8 years ago. How time flies.

What time do you get home from work?

I can't sleep. Better get started on another project, I think.

Alders are notoriously bad. The wood is so clear and splits so darn easy. You maybe should have bound that tree, Jed. But in any case if deciding to use the coos bay you need to get the side cuts more than a third the way in, or just figure the more the better. Ideally until the strap left...

That's idea behind it, Bermy. Lots of ways to ease the pressure and tension forces we encounter. The bender is one. So much of what we learn comes from practical experience and problem solving on the job. The forces of tension and pressure in a stem can be manipulated in our favor by our...

That it do. Trees whose limbs have stringy wood fiber the cut is very dependable.

With enough undercuts, starting out under a limb and working back towards the crotch, you can completely lower, or bend, a heavy limb over. It can ease the dynamic impact of catching a limb in a rope. significantly. I've even lowered limbs down onto roofs with the bender. Saving on...

The Bender....

For a climber it's a great way to trip a heavy limb without putting yourself in harms way. Because it's all done from the high side. Very little chance of getting hit by the butt of a heavy limb kicking back and breaking your leg. Such a nice feature!