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...
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...
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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