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Now THAT is a fine Zen comment if I ever heard one...Master.:)

Yes, it does...thanks for the clarification.

I like it...thanks.

As in use the tip of the bar to nip the strap, not bury the gut of the bar in the strap?

I understand it all but that line....what does that mean? Is "holding wood" the hinge or the back strap that is holding the tree from falling until you cut it?

Good question, Merle. I was ambiguous there on purpose to see what folks might say. I have seen it argued to cut the strap from the inside out and alternatively to cut the strap from the outside. I'd like to hear folks' input again. As I remember it, Burnham made a case for cutting from the...

Exactly, Stig...good observation. When I look at those pictures now and think "how would I do it now" I see a bore cut with a backstrap to release the beast.

I've been in some spots where the brush was so bad even a Bigshot was trouble...brush too high to work with. Guess I could have cleared out a hole with a chainsaw like they do for helicopters.

Nah, he's past his prime...but Bajro and another dude have a sinister look about them...but what do I know...they are probably Sunday school teachers.

Sometime after the limb/TIP debacle, Mejo flagged me down as I drove by. He and two other Bosnian/Serb friends (they all look like mercenary soldiers! but very friendly...in a menacing sort of way:/:) had started cutting down a dead poplar by Mejo's house. They were afraid to make the back...

That, for sure, needed some pictures taken...good description, though, so we'll let you off this time.:D I have a neighbor from Bosnia, named Mejo (May-ho). I have done some tree work for him...first job I did was taking out a limb he had been trying to cut from a ladder. I had been watching...