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I just saw that too.. I would have used at least 2 lines on it. Also, the winch line seems mighty slow.

If one rope isn't enough... use two... if you're still not sure, use three. set them high, use separate ground anchors.. for side leaners or side weight you can cut the notch just shy of 1/2 diameter, so the hinge is as wide as possible, gut the hinge if needed. Pull with the equipment. Keep...

Elms have awesome hinging ability. Probably the best of any tree around here. Hemlock is also really strong too. I think tree jacks put out a lot more than 20T. I've never used one I just keep adding pull lines until I know it's good

Did you put MA on the pull line?

@stig this is an invitation for you to reply with some intelligent response that brings all your years of experience to the conversation. That type of conversation is the best part of these forums. There is far too many personal attacks and far to little insightful information these days.

Ya, by far the worst move he made was not getting out of there. ps another wedge pounder screw-up. I would have had two ropes in that tree with heavy machines on both because power can do what skill cannot! And my hinge would have been 4-6" thick with the guts cut out

While I have seen a very few thick hinges explode and fail completely, that is much more the exception than the rule. On the other hand, I have seen thick hinges hold in amazing ways in very poorly hinging species, such as silver maple, norway maple and white pine. I have seen so much of that...

high hinge??? like high on the stump rather than low to the ground? I've never seen a thin hinge hold better than a thick one. When there is lean towards a house fiber pull is your best friend.

Lots of people have used my ideas, youtubers like Buckin Billy, the educated climber, and others. Plenty of people on the forums as well. I see cuts that I was the first to discuss and explain the pros and cons etc as techniques used much more often in the lexicon of tree cutting videos than...

I take chances with bushes and fences and some understory trees, sidewalks, curbs, and other relatively low-cost obstacles. I try to keep the chances as close to zero as possible when houses etc are involved.

Thank you VERY MUCH ... coming from you especially. I was planning on covering center and slightly offset plunges for backleaners in part 2. And maybe a little more on pulling techniques. The customer had to move her 96 year old mother out of the house before I dropped this one. It had a...

it was 18 seconds.. not 18 seconds to clean up and correct, just 18 seconds total for the floor cut of the notch

I started working on this video in 2009, but never finished until last winter. it's basic stuff