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We'll have to agree to disagree. I wouldn't interpret success with your preferred techniques as being a better way to cut a tree up. I look at it quite differently. You need to pull hard/guy/rig in some fashion to make your step cut with a thick or thicker than nescessary hinge work. My style...

I hear what you're saying Stig. I don't think they're exclusive from one another but compliment one another. Still I know many times I think man in the woods I'd just send that sucker but because its near valuables you end up setting a line just in case. My main reason for jumping in here was...

Fatter than nescessary was in response to this and other comments like it made a couple of pages back. I logged for 12 years I've been residential for about six now. I work everyday 80 to 90 percent wrecking big ones. It's my companies specialty. I rarely to never watch vids so sorry I won't...

I guess it's my 12 years in the woods that keeps me production oriented but I'm not into over complicating things. From what I've seen I see a lot of rigging and pulling and fancy cuts on trees that could be put on the ground with three cuts and some wedges?

On a maple or a fir? How about a cottonweed? I don't mean to sound to sarcastic but if you look around its all been discussed to death for the most part. I'm a traditional cutter. On a side leaner ill leave a little extra meat on the tension side and gun accordingly but I'm still not a fan of...

IMO the fatter the hinge causing you to need a harder pull than otherwise necessary greatly increases the chance of something going awry. Keep reinventing the wheel in the meantime ill just keep rolling along.

I can appreciate that. I try to keep an open mind. I guess I'm a cut it and get a wedge in it kind of guy. As soon as one fits especially on a pull tree. If I was thinking that that strap was holding the tree up against its favor I'm thinking I'd want a stronger pull or rigging or both before...

That's totally different than the step cut though right? With those using this stepcut the actual bored backcut isn't lower than your hinge is it?

For real? How so? Doesn't the strap fight the wedges?

So are there instances that you prefer it on a pull tree over a normal backcut where you can put in wedges? This tree it seems you would agree it was unnecessary. Do you employ it with wedges?

I just watched the vid again if that was one guy pulling without mechanical advantage why was he pulling soooo slowly? I stick to my earlier post if that was an easy pull by one guy why bother with the step?

Exactly. That looked like it pulled real hard. You could never use that cut on the conifers around here unless it was a heavy head leaner and then you obviously wouldn't be pulling it at all. But I still cut down a lot of hardwoods and always just cut it up. Besides. Where do the wedges go if...