I tried it out today on a side leaning beech.
Worked great. Instead of the hinge breaking, it pulled about 4 feet of rootflare out of the ground.
That indicates a very strong hinge. It might actually work better than my vertical cut.
I'll do some more experimenting with it. Unlike Murphy, I don't expect something to work everytime, just because I got lucky once.
With 6 months of logging ahead theree'll be plenty of opportunity.
Worked great. Instead of the hinge breaking, it pulled about 4 feet of rootflare out of the ground.
That indicates a very strong hinge. It might actually work better than my vertical cut.
I'll do some more experimenting with it. Unlike Murphy, I don't expect something to work everytime, just because I got lucky once.
With 6 months of logging ahead theree'll be plenty of opportunity.