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Nor have I! Perhaps it survived due to having a relatively small amount of foliage, no defects. I'm sure it had grown that way for years, with nowhere to grow but where it did, being under the full canopy of the closest main stem...then, perhaps some wind or snow events helped add to the lean.

Yeah, Jon.... I wasn't too happy with my cutting on that one..... Got quite the admonishment from Nice Guy Dave on the Wesspur FB page last winter when I posted it....... I recall there was still some splintered wood fibers where I tried the first cut. I should have been slower with the reaming...

I think that would have compounded the shock loading, Willie. First there still would have been the butt spring back as tension released, then the opposite. .Actually, I considered asking Pat if he might want to leave the line that he tied below and above the cut as a BBC prevenative be left as...

Now and then. He's been spending much of his time in Oklahoma. Easy bucket work. Patrick has become a good rigger....lots younger and stronger than Dave or me. I considered taking that tree whole (Not a good idea, as it likely weighed 7000-10000 lb!)... but would have wanted two lifting...

Another rigging challenge taken on just yesterday. This one was a doozy! 22-24" cottonwood, with a lean starting at 10-15 degrees, and sweeping out to close to 80 degrees at the tip..... too large to lift or support the entire tree and cut it off at the base, even with the GRCS. So we tied it at...