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    Tulip Poplars, Felling and Rigging, Discuss.

    that's quite a revelation for a former logger
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    Tulip Poplars, Felling and Rigging, Discuss.

    I have found that with tulip, the hinge is weak while splitting the fibers in the stump shot differential can be tenacious. SO when pulling by hand stump shot results in a tendency to over cut the hinge, (leaving a thin hinge) because the tree doesn't want to move due to resistance in splitting...
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    Tulip Poplars, Felling and Rigging, Discuss.

    Well put.... Same thing with using ropes for pulling.. Who cares if you've overloaded the rope's SWL... tree is on the ground and the $ is right.. anyone that wants to bitch and moan about using a skid steer to pull trees has a lot to learn about production. Often I know all other bids are...
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    Tulip Poplars, Felling and Rigging, Discuss.

    POINT WELL TAKEN.. I've busted out a riggign point on tulip, set with a throwline.... Looked solid enough, but was a few feet from the trunk... Would have killed the climber if he hadn't re-tied in another tree... The groundie took three wraps (for no reason) didn't help much either... that was...
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