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Well, there you go...."Nobody got killed" is always a good measure of a successful day :lol: I have been known to sacrifice expediency for practice and to interject more certainty to dicey situations.

Hahaha...you guys are nuts!! :lol:

Practice, practice...I understand...developing a bag of tricks. I have said it before...I came along in a tree-cutting information vacuum from about 1973 to 1995. When I read of wedges, pulley systems, various and nefarious types of face cuts, back cuts, bore cuts, etc. here....well, you...

Wait...you don't do that for EVERY tree job you do????? :lol: hahahha....yeah, I understand...I must have been bored.

Thanks....First time I have tried depicting a scene like that...it's a program I use at work (drawing x-ray rooms), didn't know it had landscaping elements.

You read it all correctly, Burnham...the attached diagram shows it. 10-4 on frickin' around the base of the tree...I'll make it a point to have a rope tender/puller at the z-rig anchor point next time...point taken. Stig, thanks for your input...the facecut discussion is interesting. .

It was not leaning back so I wasn't worried about it setting back. I was concerned about it trying to set towards the road where the wires were...thus, the wedges. The small face was to maximize the wood available for a hinge...too deep and I thought I might compromise the holding wood...

And that is why I like this forum...great question...I had not even thought of doing that...but I will next time. Thanks. :thumbup:

Hahaha...me and headlights are good friends. John, what IS that avatar?

Ha, I was wishing he was there....he cleaned the spar on a Monday and ran out of light, so left a pull rope in it. I went back on Saturday as the rain moved in and worked on the spar. He was going to come help with the spar but had to do son-duty instead...three year olds can demand a lot of...

First, Stig...yes, the wedge was because I wanted to be sure I had maximum control to prevent the tree from leaning towards the street..the rot was away from the street and I was a bit leery of it. Skwerl....I don't consider it picking..if it is, that's OK, it's good info. You are very...

Alex (my son) hasn't climbed since Katrina..he recently bought a house to rent out and found this tree that needed to come down...he decided to climb this one :what:. We checked for good wood and found plenty. We also guyed it with a 9/16 Stable braid. (yes, it was starting to get dark...runs...