Tandem Tree felling plan critique requested

[chris_girard]

Wedges placed in the back leaner Tree #1

 

[Kevin]

Just an observation but you could lesson the number of wedges and I don't know what the slope was like for the lay but if it was down hill I would have opted for an open face notch or humboldt instead of the conventional.

 

[chris_girard]

Hey Kevin, we had all the wedges handy so we figured it wouldn't hurt to use them on the heavy backleaner.

As far as the humboldt notch, I have never used it before and I'm not sure it Dan has either.

Chris

 

[TMW]

Tree 1 looks like about 65 degrees and tree 2 looks like about 45.

 

[DLT]

Kevin,

Yes the plan called for an open face notch, which I define as 70-90 degree. If you print the attached photo and measure, tree 1 is about 65 degrees, tree 2 only 55 degrees.

"D" on the open face

The face notch closing on tree 1 may have contributed to the fiber pull, and the butt laying so far away from the stump.

Did not affect the ultimate goal here of dropping them in the field for cleanup.

 

[Kevin]

Sorry about the confusion, I use a sloped bottom cut on an open face.
See attachment.

 

[DLT]

Good way to get that full 70-90 degree opening