I'm just rambling along in my mind here....
By putting your face cut 90 degrees to the trunk instead of the ground on a leaner like this and putting a rope in the tree, you really change the forces on the hinge. The force is now putting down pressure at the high point of the hinge. Also you are...
Madrone has an unpredictable hinge strength. I would have made my face cut level and and had the pull rope at an angle that would "support" the hinge and pull it over. Still maynot have worked as that was a severe side lean
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