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Interesting point, which I hadn't considered. Tension wood versus compression wood, certainly makes a big difference in both density and strength. Any woodtruner who has accidentally made a bowl and included both kinds, will have noticed that it has warped completrely when drying out.

I read the picture different, Murphy. That you get huge fiber pullout in the middle, doen't tell me that the fibers in that area are more pliable/stronger than near the sapwood. It tells me that you've ruined a log by not having enough stumpshot. Not a consideration in your work, but certainly...

I believe we've got 3 of those at least.

Exactly the point I've been trying to make.

I don't see the two as being mutually exclusive. I am a production logger 6-7 months a year and the more trees I can put on the ground, the more money I make. But if I can use a "fancy" cut to avoid dumping a tree on a forest road, bike path or riding/hiking trail and save myself a couple of...

They are 3 different threads, I don't know why they have the same heading in my post. I've tried to correct it now. Merle, by "gutting it" I mean cutting the center out of the hinge. I prefer having a hinge as two separate blocks of wood that are able to work with or against each other. Also...

Merle, if you don't already have it, get Jerry Beraneks " Fundamentals of general treework" That is the bible for treeworkers. Jerry covers most of what there is to know in it. His treefalling video covers the rest. If you use the search function for "German cut" there is a whole stack of...

IMO you'd gain nothing that setting a couple of wedges wouldn't give you. But then, like Burnham, I'm a logger type treefaller, so I practically sleep with a wedge under the pillow. Best I can do is to explain how I'd go about pulling a tree like that as safely as possible. I would make a...

It is just a chain with a hook that fits across a single link in the chain and locks it that way. The way to do it is to make your face cut then put the chain around the tree so the extra length hangs down in front of the face. That way you don't have to worry about accidentally hitting it...

Merle, what would prevent you from simply sticking a couple of wedges in a tree with that much backlean, to hold the kerf open, while you completed the cut. Then after setting whatever hinge thickness you deemed necessary, step out of the danger zone and signal the skidder driver to pull. That...

From Al's post above it: " Well okay ,with a bore and back strap you are making the release cut outward .It happens fast but you are clear of the tree before it trips ." On heavy leaners you ALWAYS want to make the release cut from the outside in, to prevent rootpull and the opposite, when the...

I use the step cut when I do a folding tree. I like knowing the top won't blow over while I vacate the tree. Since I get to fold a tree maybe once every 3 years, it follows that I don't have much use for the cut.