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Looks like it may have set back or the wedge was getting no support. Maybe doesn't know to bore a wedge hole in a closed backcut.

Bet they do now. Not a couple guys and a rental skidsteer.

Upon zooming, it looks to me to exhibit a big defect on the trunk.

This hard leaning alder was hovering over the fence. It broke in the recent wind. The crown of the alder was being supported by the crown of the fir that became the rigging block tree to hang the alder whole. I faced the tree toward the block a bit. After back cutting, once settled a bit, I...

It would be great to have a load cell in some pulls to mentally calibrate some things.

Yes, with that break in the slope, it would hit the street hard. The right amount of fluff and flatness are needed.

A conifer would be a different animal.

Heavy hauling of a roadside,dead tree's trunk from the HOA. I 'hid' the bit of brush in the edge of the greenbelt. The trunk wood would have shown. A dead willow, I think. Idk the fungus. Anyone?

The two leaning towards the wall are dying off. Serveral horizontal limbs would have needed hands or rope on the branch to keep it off the retaining wall . A sizwheel and double- hinge in the tension wood also steered lines better than a standard face...again skipping rigging. It's...

1/2 " double braid if you have only one. You know a guy to make portawrap and fixed bollard knockoffs. Some simple MA to pretension.

Not running out of work. Steady simmer. I've got a guy I know asking to work for me. He's got his own fledgling biz.

3 dry days in a row so far

It's been going. Not much use out of it this summer and fall. Lots of pruning, no clean-up. Ready when needed...8xx hours on it, 11 years old.

Yep, these dead maple were definitely leaning toward the house and shed. Homeowner cleanup. Kept everything in the woods. A large widowmaker over the apple trees flipped over with the trunk.. no damage to the apples. I roughed up a few trees in the woods a bit. No problem...a few broken fir...

I suspect much less smoke and particulate matter, too.

Pulled 4 dead, crusty maple away from their lean/ a house. No clean up. Another bigger maple to Put on Ground Only, along with a half- failed willow and a big cherry prune. Sequential because of sprawling limbs. Cool and dry...zero sweat. Miniloader and throw line-placed pull ropes...

Especially hard-leaners being chunked back, removing so much weight that was bending the trunk, one must avoid the Circle Of Death by using bridge Ds or bridge connection instead of hip D, good cuts, cuts just above forks, and sometimes binding. A chain loop with a grab-hook, tightened with...

An ax chopped Humboldt!

First day back to written in 2.5 weeks. Killed two firs way too close to the house to keep , and pruned a large Japanese maple away from the house and cleared thick grape vines grown into the tree while the house was vacant. Homeowner cleanup! Helped a friend with a yard renovation ...

From the Circle of Death thread