Back leaners are a problem and they always lean toward something you want...a big come-a-long some cable and a good plan can help
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Whut perzactly wuz tha plan?
- Thread starter palmettomoon
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I can't figure out what went wrong with the first tree.
The front cuts (v-notch) look like it was facing the correct direction.
He made a back cut also in the correct direction it looks like.
Then he was hammering wedges in his back cut to make the tree fall forward on its hinge towards the wide opening that he made earlier.
What's wrong with that?
Perhaps his "back cut" was too low??
But aside from the tree falling backwards instead of falling forward it also seems that it did not pivot on the hinge... it went 30° to the viewers right in this video, more then I would've expected had it gone backwards.
The front cuts (v-notch) look like it was facing the correct direction.
He made a back cut also in the correct direction it looks like.
Then he was hammering wedges in his back cut to make the tree fall forward on its hinge towards the wide opening that he made earlier.
What's wrong with that?
Perhaps his "back cut" was too low??
But aside from the tree falling backwards instead of falling forward it also seems that it did not pivot on the hinge... it went 30° to the viewers right in this video, more then I would've expected had it gone backwards.
The idiot cutting down the same tree that his ladder was leaning against was hilarious (but sad too). That guy, at 1:25 to 2:25 in this video --what was he thinking???
In the first incident here, the wind was also blowing the opposite direction that he wanted this tree to fall. Although it doesn't like the tree fell straight downwind either.
It fell at an angle, maybe 30° off from perfectly downwind.
Back cuts don't always work out, as I found out. Sometimes the tree splits in half on the way down... and the other half you weren't counting on has a mind of its own... 
I'm just grateful it didn't barber chair on me, like it did for this guy:
I'm just grateful it didn't barber chair on me, like it did for this guy:
Pucker factor = 10,000Back cuts don't always work out, as I found out. Sometimes the tree splits in half on the way down... and the other half you weren't counting on has a mind of its own...
