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:lol: Well wrat, girl. (not really a word, Stig...just messing around). But I thought ALL treecuttery was awesome!!!

He might have an Afunta like me...no Wifi on my Afunta. It can be tricky to know if cam is on or off if he has Afunta.

hahaha...Mick, you are becoming quite the sage:lol: Being in control of chaos and havoc can be heady.:D

Hoorah!!! Good stuff! Fine picture!

Super busy times...glad you are doing well. Jump back in the pool.

When you have to use two climbing lines it really keeps things neatened up and sorted out...helps control what I call "visual clutter".

Ha! You've got my vote...I have two of those (though mine are 4-holers...I like the Penta)...one on my main saddle and one custom built into a New Tribe by New Tribe.

I am glad you did it that way. I was getting concerned about the lean and size coupled with the warnings folks were giving about ash reliability (DMc got my attention). Glad you kept out of the tippy top...sometimes you don't want to go somewhere even though you can. Opening the face like you...

Speller be stoked!!! Good stuff. Good work plan. Good neighbor...hang onto him.

I found the specs in the manual Vermeer sent to me....42 HP.

I have the 3 cylinder diesel Deutz...not sure of the HP but is does well so far...maybe it is the 42HP...have not tried to ascertain that yet. Cool you can borrow it...I am learning to love my chipper. Feed rollers are awesome.

Speller...nice chipper and truck...is that your rig? I just bought a used BC 935...need to paint it. I like the green...did you do that?

I think you said you have Jerry's book...re-read page 209...this situation can happen when the top hits another tree or the ground. You need to know this kind of stuff BEFORE you cut a top...and you probably already did to some extent. But a book like Jerry's is full of info that someone paid...

AND...too long of a limb when you are low in the tree can do the same thing...if you are at 15' above the deck and the limb is 20' long it better be a flat-drop cut...if the limb hinges down and the tip hits the ground first then the butt is coming back at you...capisce?

Spell...good set of pictures and explanations. Tops that lean away can be hard to work with for sure. Sometimes you might try using another tree for your TIP and that can let you go places that are otherwise very hard to get to. About the top...we can't see the full length of the top but...

My martial arts instructor once told me: "we never move 'a certain way'....until we need to...and then we do.

I agree with Sawman about the size of the top...I, too, wondered if it might be too big. I advise not getting too big on tops for awhile...climb higher and take a smaller top...it pushes less on the spar and makes you less likely to be pole dancing. It can get kind of mind-gamey in small tops...

Yes, Fiddler has it right as far as I am concerned...time in the tree needs to mostly be ignored. Take that extra bit of time and work positioning to check things one more time. Trying to emulate some of the pro work (speed) you see done is a mistake if you are not truly confident and...

Lookin' good, Speller...fine pictures. Always show a stump or spar cut of the top when you can...these CSI guys here can tell what you ate for breakfast and were thinking yesterday from stump shots (punny?).

I have read to NOT offset the cuts of a drop cut. I watch the limb as I undercut and when it Starts to droop a little get the saw out pronto...you can get it stuck...trust me. Then I make my top cut directly over the undercut quickly and it drops.