I dunno, around 100 feet. Not a cliff but it was downhill. There is a really cool book titled Handlogging about logging on the southeast Alaska coast. -Lauching big spruce down slope into the fjords and rafting them to the mill. some of the had 1/4 mile runs then shot over cliffs and stuck tip...
Brian, I'm not Burnham but can answer that for you, Stumpshot is the differencial in the height of the apex of the face cuts/(front of the hinge) and the backcut. The backcut should be placed higher than the apex of the face in order to increase the flexability of the hinge somewhat AND to help...
Cycle, You seem to have missed the important point that the tree did what Burnham predicted it would do---indicating that his knowledge of tree felling is good. He also has been certified by Dent before, is part of the USFS team of climbing instructors and is a f***ing internet expert of long...
I pulled that same stunt with a boxelder on the bluff on Monday. I faced it to throw it side hill looked at the lean and thought "stinking boxelder is gonna break into the downhill lean.... and it did but in that vine enshrouded jungle too steep to stand in without my descent line from the top...
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