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Wouldn't play for me. We've all seen these but this one seems excellent and very funny

I saw Kid Rock last summer outside in GA, I'm not even a fan and gotta say it was freaking awesome. The man can entertain. Meanwhile;

Technique is surely vital. And he has it.

Looks like the Madsen's catalog only has 12" long at 8% slope as they're most powerful wedge. Idk if that was our biggest size at St Parks. My boss used to call that biggest the 'tongue' for unknown reason. Might have only been 12". Send at least as long as my 13" boot. 15 years ago. Fuzzy...

If only you had a throw line on hand

It does look like one is missing off the front. Seems common in amateurs. Take off the easy limbs and leave the hard ones, not realizing the balance issue.

Lately I've been carrying a 20 or 25 lb kettle bell while walking the pet in the woods, it's a good workout and seems harder than rucking the same weight. In this vid, it is crazy how he becomes weightless for a moment while lifting 496lbs

Dang I always wanted to use a plumb bob, never did it despite the non existent barriers to entry, go figure

I use a plumb bob on difficult to read trees. Then I look at the canopy, two limbs going this way six going that way and what not. More limbs under the lean than ahead of the lean is bad ju ju for a good outcome in a tree of that mass. I’d cut the limbs off under the lean first.

Perfect Christmas card photo!

I agree that when they're is a ton of backweight wedges are hard pressed. I don't know the amount of backweight, naturally. How do you read the weight distribution? People often choke one leg of a rope with a knot rather than s tensionless hitch, then tie or wrap a bollard with the...

You'll want a tapered end if you try.

I’ve used several braids, etc with it, but found 1/2” Treemaster to be the best. I’ve tried a couple of other 1/2” 3-strands, but Treemaster is firmer/harder than the others and works the best. I don’t know that the Maasdam is built anywhere near strong enough to make use of the strength of 5/8”...

8 feet of leverage vs. 80 feet of tree. Big mismatch.

If the tree is reasonably balanced wedges alone will work. But if the trunk is back leaning and there 20”-30” limbs 60’ long under the lean you ain’t wedging nothing. Especially in a five foot DBH oak, many many tons going the wrong way. Pull, jack, and wedges are in order, stack the deck in...

I can’t see 5/8” fitting. It’s sometimes finicky getting 1/2” thru.

I don’t use it often, only clean and green since it dulls easily. I don’t remember having to tension much. I used it on a several tree project a while back. Lots of experimenting with hinging.

I haven’t been brave or dumb enough to try it on a real tree yet. I’d be inclined to stick two wedges just barely in the front to keep the kerf open and give a smidge of direction.

I remember being all careful cutting a highly valuable black walnut tree just to have it split in 3rds upon impact.