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    How well does green eucalyptus hinge?

    As has been mentioned, and I have also said here and pm'ing, that euc does not hinge well, or at all, and any attempt to make it do so is for fun and research purposes only. We only drop them to the lay, or use ropes to make them go where we need, but if there are any assets in the area of its...
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    How well does green eucalyptus hinge?

    Some hinge better than others, look at the fiber pull, that tells you a story right there. rainfall, growth rate, climate etc all contribute to it as well. thick hinge can bring in other issues too, remember the vid I sent you where I dropped that dead one with a thin hinge / bore cut as there...
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    How well does green eucalyptus hinge?

    yeah, one of the reasons If I can, that I leave the downed tree for a month or two till the leaf colour goes brown, then cut, less gummy/ wet, yet still soft to cut. or just look for a bit of dead euc and have at it in the dead dry stuff, and that gummy mess will be gone. :) if your running...
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    How well does green eucalyptus hinge?

    yeah, last 2 I dropped were only 50-60ft, single stem, several leaders further up, canopy loaded to the lean as well, as the trees were chasing sun, considerable side lean to 3, and back lean to 4 o clock where the sheds were, put in rope high up at 10 o clock, aimed at 10, set hinge at 1030ish...
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    How well does green eucalyptus hinge?

    Just saw this post, all the Euc ive cut does not hinge well at all, forget trying a tapered hinge, you need to aim off, and pull quickly to get it to move towards where you may want it to fall, then the hinge will break, and gravity takes over, hopefully, its right when its above where you want...
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