Rate my Fat hinge

[evo]

I can’t find the old thread with all the BS and hinges. So I’ll clog up the bowels of the forum with this one..

Let’s start of with y’alls thoughts first, details later after I get chewed a new one

 

[Jonny]

Looks like it did what you wanted it to do.
Was it leaning hard or was it pulled hard?
Face cut was shallow, right?
Am I asking for details you don’t wanna reveal yet?
I’ll give it a 9.3

 

[Bucknut]

Looks like no harm. Reminds me of one of mine that we pulled over with the loader. I usually don't like using machines to pull, for this reason. Difficult to tell when you're pulling too hard.

(Not saying you used a machine, but the result looks similar.)

 

[Winchman]

I'm guessing that having it fall to the right (or left, maybe) was a very bad thing you wanted to avoid. I'd call it a success.

Am I seeing a dark smudge from a wedge on the back cut?

 

[Matthew Stone]

I like it. Guessing you were trying to save the small fir with that hard right pinch. Playing your slice, so to speak. Success!

 

[evo]

 

[evo]

I'm guessing that having it fall to the right (or left, maybe) was a very bad thing you wanted to avoid. I'd call it a success.

Am I seeing a dark smudge from a wedge on the back cut?
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That staining wasn't wedges... I never really had a chance to use them on this tree, my guess is the one on the left is a start of a ring shake, and the other on the right is some baby pini...

 

[evo]

I like it. Guessing you were trying to save the small fir with that hard right pinch. Playing your slice, so to speak. Success!

It's a baby hemlock... Primary goals with aiming to the right was not to mess up the alders in the back ground, or smash the rhodies in the foreground.

 

[evo]

Tree on the right was the first to go, and the only hinge I photograph. The tree in the middle was the second, and the left was the hardest back leaner. The second tree had a broken top hanging onto the third tree, so we climbed/secured/and cut clear before felling.

 

[evo]

It’s a shitty photo but the line in the top left is the vertical corner of the building. Look close in the window of the crowns and you can see the hanger. Tree two and tree three

 

[cerviarborist]

"Hinge so fat, when the tree fell over and broke off the stump, gravy came out."

 

[evo]

Ok since I can tell you are all dying with curiosity... this machine predates 1930 as Ersted changed their name to hyster sometime around then..
Brought in the big guns for the big pull

 

[JeffGu]

Looks like something my dentist uses to ensure that he causes enough pain, discomfort and agony.

 

[Reach]

Ok since I can tell you are all dying with curiosity... this machine predates 1930 as Ersted changed their name to hyster sometime around then..
Brought in the big guns for the big pullView attachment 64494

Oh wow, I love old iron! It should be hooked to a steam engine, but it’s still impressive. I didn’t know anyone was still running an old “steam” donkey like that anymore.

 

[Jonny]

Very cool!
What’s the machine called?
Hyster makes most of the fork trucks at the plant I work at and some of the pneumatic hoists I think.

 

[evo]

It’s hooked up to a 4 cylinder Datsun with a 4 speed tranny.. the winch has a high and a low as well.. we just always would call it ‘the winch’ or the ‘yarder’..

I use to work for the owner for about 7-8 years, we used it regularly for hazard trees or to rig gin poles.. even highlead setups to fly material up slopes or over houses.

Can’t wait till I get my highspeed hydro winch for the mini. Main reason why I was attracted to the mini in the first place.

 

[Bucknut]

Thought that looked like a machine pull...

Scary when it pops. No me gusta.

Pretty cool.

 

[southsoundtree]

I'm guessing that having it fall to the right (or left, maybe) was a very bad thing you wanted to avoid. I'd call it a success.

Am I seeing a dark smudge from a wedge on the back cut?
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Looks like a spot of root-disease affected tissue, where the fungi move through the roots, and come vertically up sections of the butt.

 

[rico]

You know what they say-
Big feet, fat hinge!

 

[evo]

Looks like a spot of root-disease affected tissue, where the fungi move through the roots, and come vertically up sections of the butt.

I had the same thought too, all other trees removed and standing didn’t show any signs.

There was a nearby tree with pini at the base and something else which looked very close