Search results for query: *

Hahaha. In the rough, I reckon, but thank ye kindly anyway.

I can't believe I have had to relive the mortification and madness of such rudeness. ;) The re-read IS good...I picked up some excellent pointers then and now.:thumbup:

There was a thread way back, at AS, called Hinge Forensics...TreeSpyder, Murphy4Trees and others really did some serious dissections of techniques...and could glean a lot of info from a picture of a stump. I plan to reread it...a lot of it went right past me then...

Good input...I'll think on that one, too.

And that means understanding exactly WHAT you are trying to do and how what you are doing accomplishes that end. Your quote, "Confidence is the feeling you sometimes have before you fully understand the situation." is something I have been guilty of with some of this tree stuff...sometimes I...

I'll be curious to watch this line of exchange develop. I, too, have seen hinges that range from very skinny to very open. I think it was ASPR that recommended a 70 degree face as a rule of thumb...pretty open. I have started trying to follow that idea. I don't know why I made my base cut...

Thanks, River. I post the videos not just to entertain folks but to get the feedback that y'all give. I don't have anybody to study under...books - Dent, Beranek, ASPR, etc..are a help with basic principles but direct feedback on some of the specifics that I can share through video are a big...

Probably not over 50 feet high but at least 5 feet diameter. I haven't been in it yet...there are some wonderful large pecans that will get my attention first.

No apologies necessary. I truly appreciate you taking the time to pass along your knowledge. I have printed out your info and put it in my climbing gear case...I'll consult it again when I fell my next tree. I wondered about nipping the ears below the hinge...I had read about it in Dent's...

Never heard of it but I'll give it a try...I didn't realize I was angling down on that first cut til I saw the video. Thanks for comments, all...still learning stuff.

I'll let Pop know that he "dood good". :lol:

This oak was taken down the day after the Suckerfest Sweetgum...it was a busy 5 days for me. We have a family farm in deep south GA, the farm where my mother was raised. When Grandaddy died in 1988 the farm was divided among the children...mama ended up with the old homeplace, where I used to...