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I'll agree with that. There's an old saying here that goes like this, "You got to keep ahead of the split" Good saw, sharp chain and pour the coals to it. Even so you always meet your match eventually, and have to bore, coos bay or collapse it. If you don't know the subtleties of the...

Yeah that''s a good one. And good thing he was standing and ready to run. Wow

That's just too damn precision felling there. Why bother asking the forum? smiley face

Ka Boom. Yeah when gross amounts of tension wood breaks it makes a sound alright.

Many situations, and as many techniques.

Darin posted a pic once of doing a limbo under an oak he bent over with multiple undercuts. funny.

That's all there is to it, Jay. With small stems it's easy with a pro saw and sharp chain. But be sure to be quick on the draw. You can tell when the tree is ready to collapse. the bark starts wrinkling for one. At that point just scratch the back. and have a way to bug out. Just...

That's a small tree with a hard lean. If I could not get behind it to do a coos bay I'd just saw an undercut towards the favor until it starts pinching on the bar. Open it up and then saw in deeper and open it up again. continue until it collapses. it will and it will do so without any drama...

My friend John Ciro told me of his father having once rigged a heavy leaner just to hold the lean so he could cut it up, then had the cat release the winch. Just another idea you might consider.