Tree Rigging: The Plan

The 4 foot high tear out was information you had like I say that "could be seen from a mile away". What's it going to do to the hinge? Is a question that should of been considered at the planning stage.
 
The hinge width and the back cut height / type wouldn't have become a big deal affecting the outcome IF the trunk had been strapped. On heavy leaners I like to leave a big fat hinge until the tree is pulled fairly vertical.
 
I've never strapped a tree. It is a good practice but I'd rather work with the tree than against it.

edit; I almost always have safe high tie in trees around and bracing anchor trees. The joys of working with the forest rather than against it. Like a city.
 
Probably not too many times you can see a tree coming down that is leaning into to a house and calmly talk about the fact that it is barberchairing instead of lots of wild screaming and 'ohshits' going on.
Nothing bad was going to happen because the plan was good.

Boreality suggests cutting above the split and tearout? I wouldn't be brave enough to high stump that one. If parts of the split were even higher and unseen the outcome could be scary. Maybe I misunderstood his alternative suggestion.
 
Sorry I cant help but jump back in on this one. Did the plan mention the barber chair? Then was there not an accident? Would it be safe to say if you have an accident with no harm done you were lucky? If you were in the process of making the back cut and the barber chair happened that would have been bad luck, eh? Daniel is spot on about the hinge thickness causing the barber chair. Leaving too thick of hinge because you were worried about the hinge breaking off caused the accident. Some trees you can fell and some trees you cant. One quick look at that tree says, not a candidate for felling. Would you do it again? What would you change?

Thanks for posting, some have already learned from your mistakes and some have already made the same mistakes, and quite a few have been killed by barber chairs.

Because the tree landed in the planned landing zone has little to do with this discussion. NASA makes some pretty elaborate plans, and they have a lot of fancy equipment, but I would say the Apollo 16 astronauts were lucky fellas.
 
The faller was out of the way , the tree went the right way . End of regulation , game over . Title of thread isn't Tree Rigging : the Perfect Plan . I'm sure the check went the right way to , deposit !
 
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The faller was out of the way , the tree went the right way . End of regulation , game over . Title of thread isn't Tree Rigging : the Perfect Plan . I'm sure the check went the right way to , deposit !

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Agree 100% Riggs.

Great job Nick!
 
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You gotta be smarter than the tree, and strapping it can tip the balance in your favour!

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That's a given (for most of us at least)... I personally will just take a short piece of 1/2" and take a bunch of wraps.. its not going anywhere.. That's a quick and effective solution anytime there is a chance of a tree splitting.. Given that we all pretty much already know that, the question is, what else can be learned from the video..
 
Every time you cut there should be a clear picture of the wood and how it is going to react or how it will sever. Your daily observations will keep you alive.
Every piece of wood has a story to tell.
New growth, old growth, moisture content, reaction wood, temperature, species, Knots, twists, abnormalities etc etc its all part of the learning curve and helps you to arrive at a logical estimate rather than a guesstimate.

With my apprentices it is put this way.
"Every time you cut your throwing a punch, so you best be prepared for the counter punch" don't get KO'd!
 
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