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Stig, you know you've been hard on a guy when the instructors for the police academy have to wake him up from a nap in the middle of his stress test. :lol: Tim

Thanks, Sean, Stig and Burnham for the replies. Scary stuff, if it can catch even you veterans by surprise. I appreciate the words of caution. And Stig, I love the stick technique for training your apprentices. Those were some fortunate men to have the benefit of your eyes and experience...

Thanks, RopeArmour. By ties I assume you mean some kind of ratcheting binding straps that will help to hold the spring tensioned wood where it is until pressure can be relieved? Tim

It sounds almost like a mouse trap. Even if you had tools to use for leverage to try to unbind such logs, it seems like that process could also kill you, if you were too close when it released. So how do loggers keep from getting killed by such unpredictable forces? Tim

Now I won't feel so bad if end up doing it sometime. I'll be in good company. Tim