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One thing 30+ years of working as a professional treefaller has taught me is not to go against the will of god ( any god, choose whichever one you fancy). If god has pushed a tree ½ way over in one direction, how could I, mere mortal being, attempt to try making it go another way.:lol: Mostly...

No directional control! On trees that have less lean or belong to non-split prone species, I'll do like Brian suggested and just make two bisecting cuts. That is tha same way I release blowdown log from the rootball. As I see it, opening the faces gives the fibers in the apex ( front) ot the...

Yes, that is what we call it here! Golden triangle, that is. Not breakfast roll.

I came across a great teaching oppotunity yesterday. A leaning, ivy-covered spruce, knocked halfway over by some storm years ago, and marked for felling. Since we may not get a storm during his apprenticeship, I let Martin handle it, under CLOSE supervision. Used the double face method, and it...

Nice job, Ed. A binder helps keep the heartrate down during the final cut. I use that cut on leaning conifers, like we get after a storm. it hasn't let me down yet. I prefer it to the coos bay, because the triangular shape of the remaining wood in the middle means it diminishes real fast when...