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In regards to any setting be it forestry or urban then too thin a hinge at times will lose you a tree. However you advocate that a thicker hinge holds more whereas a thinner hinge may flex earlier. To me this early flexing as long as the hinge is proportional to tree size or species is exactly...

Sorry, I didn’t fully explain that fully. You are correct, the buttress on the back was purposely left so after I’d bored and set the hinge I cut back to the buttress severed it and walked away. This is the same tree and hopefully you can now see how it was set up then the previous pictures are...

Cory, the boots are Husqvarna tech 24. I’ve had them a while now but they still keep the wet out although warm in the summer. I find them ok although some folks have said they think they’re narrow and not the most comfortable. As for felling low it’s as Mick said to gain as much value as...

Jed, the B&W photo and the stump pic are both of Ash and the colour shot of Oak. Surprisingly for its condition it behaved well and fell true.

She was although surprisingly she sounded back not too far up the trunk. Always amazes me that they can look so poor and then be fine.

Gutted the one hinge even though I still felled it higher than normal due to it being poor at ground level ( you can see the saw below as I cut it off after) after I’d faced it up it looked sound inside so didn’t want it to pull fibre. As for the black and white photo, why gut it if you don’t...