The point of the triangle is in the direction of fell favoring or direction of lean. Opposite of what that second drawing depicts. No boring. Come in the back fast and hard to the back cut. Makes the last leg of the triangle. No face.
The variation would of course, be making a shallow face for...
Same here on that gray pine. Limbs about 30 feet long horizontal. Coos bay triangle. Cut them about 7 feet from the bole so as not to smash a manzanita below them. Kerpow. Landed flat. Then chunked out the remains. No groundie needed till the deed was done. And popping them that far out kept...
Burnam mentions a boring cut earlier in this thread...
Here is a picture of one of the stumps in another thread
This is one of mine... also notice that Burnam may have skipped his face cut that he mentions in his version of the CB cut. I use a face cut as well when I can
The knowledge in those two threads sure saved my butt over the last year or so. Had some nasty leaning oaks to deal with and I believe one gray pine that saw the coos cut since I learned it from these esteemed gentlemen on this forum. :thumbup:
Great thread bump.
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