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[...] I took on problems not knowing exactly how I was going to solve them; but confident that I would because I have a history of figuring it out... even if it takes forever. No one approves of this, I know: but I knew that I could do it and I did it. [...]

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I approve. Tree felling and pruning are exceptions, but most of what I know, I learned the same way. I was lucky to get intensive training in tree work from some highly skilled teachers but I've been self educating for most of my life and I wouldn't do it any other way.

As for the six month thing, you have to take the individual into account. On teaching arborists to prune, Gilman said, "Some people can "see" what needs to be done after learning some basic principles. Others need much more detail and many examples before they grasp the concepts."

Most organizational management and academic education have no provision for fast learning and natural ability so talented people are rarely allowed to test their limits. They just have to find a way outside the system to go out and do it. They are routinely chided and held back for being too inexperienced. Such people aren't cowboys or idiots, they know how to approach problems using caution and time as a substitute for experience... hence two week takedowns. Society as a whole suffers a lot of mediocrity for it.

<u>There is no substitute for experience.</u> The old hand will have a better solution to a problem just about every time. Strategy requires experience. But some people have a natural ability to learn things like a refined notch after only a few tries. Tactics require ability.
 
Looked like a good cut to me...the roll was a lil scary and you were a lil lucky. Next time try weakening the leaders that are going to cause roll by doing a kerf cut for a notch on the leaders then a bit of a back cut (which can make the leaders lean toward the intended line of fall and thus give more overall lean to the tree in the desired direction( the kerf cut closes when you do the backcut and stops the leader from going over)). With the leaders weakened by the cuts, they crush down some when the tree hits the ground and so have alot less ability to cause a rollover.

Nothing worse than a perfect cut but then some problems from the tree rolling when it hits.
 
Alright then, glad to see that now some sensible people have responded. One can't see everything from the video, but obviously the tree came down as planned. A.A., how much space was there between the down silver maple and the building behind it?
 
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By the way, does any one visiting this site work out of a bucket truck or are you all climbers (even when the trees are easy access for a bucket truck????)

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We are all climbers: both of us.
 
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how much space was there between the down silver maple and the building behind it?

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It was 10-15 feet. It was two years ago, I don't remember exactly.

Grover, I was using a bore cut. And I'm sure your remarks have merit. But it is irrelevant now: I no longer have the saws to fell such trees.

Peace.
 
I'm unable to watch the vid because of the stupid web blocker here, but.... Much of what I have learned has also come from reading and just doing it myself. I've had the luxury of being able to "practice" in wooded areas where a bad cut or a tree not going where it is planned will not do damage to a house or fence. If the only place you have to learn is near an obsticle, so be it, just carry insurance and keep people safe. My guess is that the first, second or third time we all picked up a chainsaw, not everything went as planned, but we educated ourselves none the less, and my guess is that you have done the same.
 
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