Have many times steered by backcut into preset facing in felling on ground and in tree, especially sweeps across.
Watching and reading the most subtlest reactions, most noticeable on the far end.
Especially on Tapered Hinge as ballast against side pulls to neutralize them
>>to then only leaving the forward force where there was forward + sideward
>>reaching for more of a simpler/cleaner 2D fall into face then a 3D of same + side pull.
On sweep across in tree, that would be a mostly vertical Tapered Hinge, fat side up against the now side pull down.
(Mr. Dent's model turned on side works just as well)
>>cut downward to load stress, especially if using rope
>>then across when at that magic Netherland where can go down or across
>>especially with tight rope close to CoG on longer branch sweep sideways.
>>it wants to go down, you want it to go across, so bargaining with it, teasing it along as tries to grab what it wants(pure down) and yet extrude some sideways from in the trades of dance.
This even works w/o facing, and realizing harshest gravity pull is down
>>so feeding across and down maybe 45 degree angle, where then must not be feeding into gravity harshest pull
Similarly in felling may choose to make a side lean type cut, rather than the easier into fall
>>for practice and seeking less direct ground hit
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Many times seemed, but could never really say totally sifted out:
The speed and DIRECTION (how much forward / to how much sidewards as worked saw) of the back cut as a force of relief and it's timing seemed relative as a force, even tho it is a relief of force; still on the scale of force.
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Knowing when to stop cutting, back out and let Nature take her course is VERY important.
Always and all ways noting tree is already not going where you don't want it too;
>>so are not so much making hinge but leaving it, over cutting to strip hinge when should use/preserve to Tapered ;
leaving behind, by not cutting out the force pattern of support already present in tree.
Never run behind fall, as are still on the loaded axis; as like breech end of rocket launcher, rope recoil etc. if things get fugly
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Knowing the wood and it's state; to evaluate if is more brittle to throw more into face harder and get away;
or more elastic response that can cut slower, safer, steer more etc. is important.
Rigging in tree, that might be careful for the 1st few cuts watching, weighing and measuring how that wood is cutting that day with that saw and my senses and hands; before taking out trickier prey in that tree more tuned.
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Any hangup on branches to other trees etc. are at a high leverage position against clean fall and cannot be allowed.
Must watch for widowmakers/falling branches.
Seen reports where man wearing brain bucket taking karate chop of branch across back of neck gets killed
>>if thought anything like that might present took to wearing rolled up towel across back of neck as chance to mitigate.
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