Tree felling vids

End grain...flat grain would make me nervous.

Once the tree is tilted, the opening becomes angled, increasing the propensity to spit out...all theory for me. I don't usually get trees where jacking would be the way. Hm! Maybe that big codom euc.




@stig I wonder if the thick hinge had let go by the time it stalled in the other trees.
The plates on tree jacks have slightly convex domes on the middle/ inside, fitted into matching concave ' sockets, as I recall ( been 10 years). This adjusts as the backcut opens.


Wedging is an art.
 
I would think a mag wedge would good in a bucking situation.
A wooden wedge cut off the end of the log, a la Tucker943 (iirc)... even better. I rarely buck with wedges if I can use that trick (and I always have a wedge or 20 in the truck).
 
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Yea, the truck's where mine usually are, and I end up walking to it almost every time cause I got my bar stuck and forgot to stick a wedge in my pocket :^D
 
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