Killer root plate...

[stig]

I'm not surprised the v-notch method is in a husqvarna manual.
The method originates in Sweden, just like Husqvarna.
I started using it in the cleanup after the 1999 hurricane, when we had 1000nds of beechtrees knocked over. They will split if you as much as look crosseyed at them, so the v-notch was a great help.
I have used it in 2 storm cleanups since and it has only failed me once.

 

[treebear]

I went to a course prior to the cleanup after the hurricane that hit Western Norway in dec. 93. Been very useful ever since- like you, just failed me once when I misinterpreted the tension an compression of a log and started cutting into the tension side of a log. Log split with a loud crack and hit me in the tigh and threww me three meters away. Didn´t brake though, just a major bruice.
Cheers
Svein

 

[Tree_Frog]

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I have personally witnessed the root plate from a 100'+ Lodgepole Pine come down on the homeowner's 7 year old daughter after the guy was to cheap to pay me to do the job and opted to do it himself! He got REALLY lucky as where he made his cut was barely on the plate's side of the balance equation. Thus it slowly returned to place and only the kids's body was pinned. There were enough people around to use the remaining trunk to leverage the plate up enough to get the kid out. No injuries, but certainly one of the scariest things I have ever seen.

Sean

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Wow, very scary.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

There is definitely "more than one way to skin a cat." Some good points here.