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Daniel,.. your videos piss me off. Is that your ultimate goal?

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I'm on the fence. I think Daniel takes too many chances, but seems to pull them off. On the other hand I enjoy watching. Maybe waiting for the time he blows it. Course he wouldn't show that. All in all, of all his vids I've watched he looks like he has his technique by the balls and wouldn't F up unless he tried.
 
I like the gap technique in the face--I picked that up from Beranek's book GFOTW, I too think it adds to the holding power of the hinge as the face closes down.

Question, however, on your fused hinge. I understand that this is a modification of the bore cut, yet, with a much larger holding strap. How do you determine the amount of holding wood? gut feeling, species characteristics, or experience. I think it's an attractive technique, however, I find problems with notching and boring a top, then coming down to safety--when on the way down I would be thinking, "I hope that holds..."

Nice vids, eventhough the safety police are issuing citations.
 
Get a fn crane in there, no more BS about angles, vectors, warp speed, flux capacitor bull, nan, you cleraly have the money for a nice knuckle boom, you're certainly eating well, or drinking well
 
Thank you and just to be clear.. It's a fused back cut, not a fused hinge..

I used the step cut (fused back cut) for a long time before ever making a video of it. I originally used it exclusively for falling cuts, at a time when I would have to handle the final flush cut round for big trees by hand. It was an effective way of allowing me to keep the notch and hinge above the trunk flare, and half the flush cut round for easier handling..

After seeing the tremendous strength of the fuse, I became confident to take it upstairs, and would trust my life to it if necessary, which was not the case on that cherry top. And yes its holdiong ability is very much going to depend on species, spread of the two cuts, as well as width of the hinge. You have to get a feel for it.. heavy leaners cannot be trusted.. deadwood you gotta be extra careful. And this is also where pulling with equipment comes into play... if you are pulling by hand, even with a good MA system, its gonna be a hastle, more of a waste of time and energy than its worth.... being able to pull with equipment, even if its the chipper winch, is a must.. you need to do it a lot on easy trees for practice to get a feel for it..


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I like the gap technique in the face--I picked that up from Beranek's book GFOTW, I too think it adds to the holding power of the hinge as the face closes down.

Question, however, on your fused hinge. I understand that this is a modification of the bore cut, yet, with a much larger holding strap. How do you determine the amount of holding wood? gut feeling, species characteristics, or experience. I think it's an attractive technique, however, I find problems with notching and boring a top, then coming down to safety--when on the way down I would be thinking, "I hope that holds..."

Nice vids, eventhough the safety police are issuing citations.

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"HOPEFULLY swing it right out and drop those tips right out in the road"

"They all SHOULD end up in the cul-de-sac"

When you compare statements like these, which you often make in your videos, with your after the fact, super over confident online persona it really shows the cracks in Daniel Murphy. I think you are a deeply troubled man. You should go on a walkabout, you need to rediscover yourself. Peace, and happy healing.
 
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