Am I Crazy?

Just remembered the one that got away. Big willow with a pipe in the middle. It jumped off the stump like a gun shot like punched the deck joist, cracked mortar and forced a crack in the drywall. Good clients and totally forgave me after I repaired everything and continue to give me work. It's what's inside the tree that can't be seen or felt till its to late. Internal cracks with no rot is my biggest failure. No one died or injuried and everything damaged was repaired. Hell of lesson and eventually cost me my job as town forester. Gas lines and meters freak me out not worth it
 
id'a dropped it! nice shot.
im glad you posted the question because i posted a picture on here of a similar lay and was curious if i was being overly cocky taking such a shot and if others would have done the same.
 
RopeShield said:
Just remembered the one that got away. Big willow with a pipe in the middle. It jumped off the stump like a gun shot like punched the deck joist, cracked mortar and forced a crack in the drywall. Good clients and totally forgave me after I repaired everything and continue to give me work. It's what's inside the tree that can't be seen or felt till its to late. Internal cracks with no rot is my biggest failure. No one died or injuried and everything damaged was repaired. Hell of lesson and eventually cost me my job as town forester. Gas lines and meters freak me out not worth it
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Good thought. I did have Miss Utility come by and mark everything. There was no natural gas, and the electric went from the sides of the middle of the houses and ran to the back yard.
 
Looks like the best choice. once the ground conditions are assessed and you know there aren't utilities and such that can be damaged. I've done a few like that and found with oak they don't bounce. The open face notch is my standard. It's the best control and easy to cut.

Nice job!
 
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macswan said:
I was thinking, like a t and m job where the HO already got on my bad side. "Wouldn't want to damage your property Mr. Douchenozzle. This is the safest way to handle it."
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My father-in-law asked me why I didn't employ the "sky-hook". I told him all of mine were too long for the job :D
 
TreeLogic said:
Lately I've been using the face cut Mark Chisolm explained in a video awhile back. I like it a lot. It's the one where you cut the angled top cut (a steep one) first, and set your felling direction with it, rather than with the horizontal cut. Much easier IMO to line up the corners with the horizontal cut (2nd) than it is with the sloped cut. I also like that you're setting your direction at the start of the angled cut, by lining up the sight line or handle bar, rather than when you're finishing the horizontal cut. You can basically get it started on line, forget about it, and stop cutting when the angled cut is deep enough and as perfectly level as possible. And then a simple horizontal cut to finish the notch, with much less chance of overlaps, or cutting too deep of a face due to making directional corrections. My aim seems to better with this system too, not that it was ever bad. Just less manipulation needed on the back cut.
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I've switched to the same system and feel like it's upped my accuracy. Super nice in tight spots and faster to get a good clean face.
 
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