From the look of your avatar, you get your top side notches set up just right... me too! I always want to be able to trust my cuts, which starts with setting up a good notch, so I can trust my life to it when it's needed upstairs.... no place to run, so cut it right or die!
Shigo was clear about the importance of properly defining arboricutural (is that a word???) terms.Without clear definitions there is no way to have an intelligent conversation...
It's clearly not a spear cut..... you could call it a variation of the spear cut, which would make it "not a...
Not sure if it was hung or not.. after the stangle cut failed to release, I just took a step back and looked at the situation on the ground and thought "I can get another 18" of drop here", which was in alignment with my "use everything to your advantage" philosophy.
It's reliably unreliable when cut well... which translates to it works well on front leaners.. but if you have any doubt about the lean or are hoping to get some help from the hinge to fight a bit of side lean or wind, you should look for another option if there is anything of value at risk...
Used the stangle on this 90' oak trying to get it to lean out away form the stump, then hoping it would break out the top from the drop and impact of hitting an adjacent tree, so that it would shorten up and do minimal damage when it finally landed in the lap of a beautiful beech tree... There...
This is a cut I have been using successfully for a few years.. I call it the stangle, a contraction of steep angle...
I first used it on a VERY dead maple, where climbing into the top looked a life threatening... There was a hole next to the tree where the top would fit if I could get it to...
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