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Just goes to say, "You can't judge a person on first impression." Oh, yeah.

Brian has a good and sharp wit to put things "most accurately", quickly and in the fewest words possible. Just my opinion. Funny how things go. When I first came into the House I thought Brian was the devil. Ha! Sorry for the derail.

When falling stubs just figure using about half as much hinge as you would on a full size tree. Because a stub lacks the mass and momentum that a full size tree has to break the hinge. So with the normal recommended amount of hinge for guiding a tree, a stub will often stall on the face when...

Even after I have told some people how to fall a stub they still continue to fight it. Some things just don't sink in it seems. And the issue of falling stubs is just one.

You got to saw some lean into it! A fair standing stub of a tree will not fall on it's own unless you saw some lean into it. No fighting, no hassle, lickety split, it's on the ground.

Mike had exceptional muscular build without having to do any supplemental exercise. Just your everyday chainsaw juggling and pounding wedges on the slopes.

I've known a lot of old timber fallers who worked into their 70's. Not all because they wanted to, but because for some, they had to. Though a few I knew could have retired earlier they just couldn't break the habit of a good days work in the woods.

Like, MD's guns, hey?

I've never have made an association the phenomena, Stephan. But I have wondered at times why my chain dulled in what I thought was clean wood. You or somebody else posted that link before. Interesting phenomena. I've found them things where hot powerlines have laid on the ground and...

You did'er good. I've stumped many a tree the same way. And each time it paid off.

There was good wood fiber for the hinge where you stumped it. Might not have been farther down with defect like that. Good thinking.

Why so high, Stephan? Defect?

nice job matching up those cuts. Combo of good bar, chain and know how.

On the steep ground you got to have a bar that can reach through the tree. If not you put yourself in far more risky scenarios.

I want to live to see the days we get laser saws. Sever and run!

The overall bad thing about using conventional face cuts in a head leaner is you are undermining the lean when sawing a face. And it just puts more tension and pressure on the wood left holding the tree. And in itself increases the chance of Barber Chair. Unless you bore the back cut a...

I was skeptical about the Coos Bay when I first heard it described to me. After much ado and eventually trying it out I found it works wonderfully. Because it doesn't follow conventional wisdom leaves most people in wonder. And that is natural.

John is retired now. Three fused vertebrae did it. Same with his younger bro, Steve. Rodney is still at it in the woods. Oldest and tallest of the three sons, and with a strong back. Oh, John Ciro is as much of a character today as he ever was. I see him at the watering hole pretty...

Knowing how to square up a falling cut from two sides is a pretty good advantage in this work.

Squaring a hinge just comes with time and experience. A light bulb will come on some day and you will realize that it is not so difficult to achieve. Just a simple understanding of view angles is what it boils down to for the most part. Least on the stump anyway. Applying our technique...