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My bad, parallel in the sense of matching the slant of the notch (perp to the lean), not parallel to the horizon, or worse an even hinge. Or another way, the backcut also perp to the same lean the notch is perp to.

I've been nothing but happy with adjusted hinges, but not adjusted guns for directing the top (or any other portion) of the tree into a given lay. All that's required doing it like I do is making the floor perpendicular to the lean that you want to counter, and make the back cut parallel to the...

Damn, I had a decent amount typed, must have closed the wrong window. Anywho, you're right, I don't use the hinge to pull the tree more than the gun. It's the first I've heard of that, without using a dutchman to lift/tear the compression side as it goes over. Here's 3 vids where the tree...

I think I'll have to agree to not understand until you show me what we're talking aobut.:lol: I gun off the notch/front of the hinge. The taper, within reason, doesn't effect the gun. If the tension/thick side of the hinge stays together until it hits or nearly hits the ground, then it fell...

Did you fell any while you were here? With the pines it's not uncommon for the hinge to still be holding after it hits the ground. Granted I'm talking about our pines (loblolly) and our gum (sweet gum).

:lol::what: It could also be the difference in species, Burn. In a Bradford Pear, Tulip Poplar, Cedar, or stone dead just about any species, you can expect for it to not work depending on conditions. On a pine and gum you can get a rediculous amount of predictability in how long the hinge will...

It's a date!

Burn, I've never noticed an unpredictable nature of a tapered hinge. Maybe you's doin it wrong :P.

You're right Jay, the hinge apex of the face needs to be perpendicular to the wood fibers for an accurate gun. On leaning trees, where the lean is basically all the way to the stump, put the notch perpendicular to to the lean. When a tree is leaning for a ways and straightens out before it...

If nothing else, it was epic in length.

Tapered hinges are the shit. There's no point in fighting the thicker compression side of the hinge trying to get it to bend over. There's also a good reason to leave the tension side of the thicker. In general, the way I see a tapered hinge is you have the "right" thickness hinge when...

I'll give him the what's how next time I'm over about not moving the car. Good job on the trees, the backcut was plenty high :P. FWIW I normally make the floor of my notch the top of the stump. Brian doesn't, neither right nor wong.