The Faller's Corner - HARD Side Leaning Tree, Sizwell AND A Triple Hinge, With A Mid-Distance Push

Описание: This is one way to push a very hard side leaning tree. The area has “brash” type wood in the bole as we could see .
Not the same 461 (this one is mine) as seen in the Torquer 440 vs Mid-Range XPW vs Torquer 461 but a similar build.
~ :06 noting lean of this tree Saw the slight lean of the top out the left Main part of bole down low is leaning to the right and vectored down.
~ :42 looking at the curly (wavy, brash) wood on the sister tree stump.
~ :55 noting things may go south.
~ 1:10 clearing duff and inspecting.
~1:18 back baring trying to get a lower stump, a Matterhorn will be a problem for other trees.
~ 1:46 putting in the ax into the deck kerf - movement is monitored.
~ 1:50 until 2:02 watching the ax handle for movement.
~ 2:12 & 2:14 watching chips – looking for rot.
~ 2:28 start the sizwell.
~ 2:40 Deep with the initial vertical plunge cut, lets more the hinge be dynamic .
~ 2:52 making the well broader on near side to prevent contact between the diagonal and deck cuts.
~3:17 opening up far side, making sure there is a gap at the back so the hinge the wood can be as dynamic as possible.
~ 4:30 inspecting for back cut elevation.
~ 4:49, 4:55, & 4:59 inspecting line of the face for holding wood width, getting pinched “wood” be a das-aster!
~ 5:20 reevaluate the gun now that both sides are in.
~ 5:26 more of the face to gun the tree a fuzz higher.
~ 5:49 final look at the line of the hinge.
~ 5:52 initial vertical cut for multiple hinge Unclear on which one will be utilized Backcut needs to be started. Tree needs to be watched for movement.
~ 6:07 pondering the look of the stump/hinge, considering thoughts in the
~ 5:52 timeline.
~ 6:32 starting the close side of the backcut.
~ 6:27 watching for initial movement.
~ 6:31 noticing the tree is sitting back ALREADY. Bole of redwood trees is where a lot to most of the weight is located the majority.
~ 6:36 viewing bar to see what the distance is from the face/vertical cut for the double/triple hinge.
~ 6:38 watching & sawing, the tree continuing to sit back.
~ 6:42 siting the bar to face relationship.
~ 6:44 looking up again watching for movement.
~ 6:46 to 6:48 take another “siting lap” (look) at the hinge to get my mind’s eye focused on where the tip is in relation to line of hinge.
~ 6:50 looking up again for movement, tree continues to sit back.
~ 6:52 to 7:00 a few more “looksee”s watching for movement.
~ 7:02 second vertical cut to net this a triple hinge stump.
~ 7:12 watching for movement.
~ 7:21 finishing off back cut.
~ 7:23 hand on the bole & completing the backcut with several looks up.
~ 7:42 looking up to verify the tree has stopped moving.
Hand on the bole is purposeful. I am “feeling” for/if any wood is moving/breaking I’m gingerly sawing the backcut, “pulsating” blasts, also purposefully. Allows the tree to move slowly and not come back to far. Settle in gently if you will.
~ 8:01 alerting “assistant” .
~ 8:12 kill dead sucker.
~ 8:34 look at drivee.
~ 8:44 sawing driver tree.
~ 8:46 look at drivee
~ 8:55 check the gun, look at the drivee
~ 9:00 using plumb to gun off the saw’s sites.
~ 9:06 gunning the driver tree.
~ 9:16 to 9:38 adjusting gun, putting in bias cut, and knocking out the face.
~ 9:39 having a looksee in the driver tree’s face.
~ 9:43 making an adjustment to the bias cut.
~ 9:59 start on the drive tree backcut.
~ 10:05 take a look up the drivee tree looking for movement.
~ 10:14 adjusting the face in the driver tree. Noteworthy - I adjusted the face on the far side so it did not come up tight so quickly. This is after starting on the back cut, while watching the initial movement direction in the driver tree. Premise: having the face open up enough, but not to much, so the driver tree will be leveraging itself into the drivee tree at about the same time it hits the drivee tree..
~ 10:34 start on the driver tree backcut again.
~ 10:37 having another look up the driver tree looking for movement.
~ 10:40 having a look around the front for a “siting mark” on the tip’s location. Noteworthy – cutting the corner off on this tree could yield catastrophic “FAIL”.
~ 10:46 pull the saw back a bit and continue with the backcut .
~ 10:50 to 11:08 multiple up looks for driver tree movement – specifically the flight path and if it is on course looking for limbs coming down is also every time I looked up.
~ 11:04 watching and steering as the tree is falling.
~ 11:07 hit the corner.
~ 11:09 we watched the driver tree nail the pushee tree dead-on and start the pushing process.
~ 11:12 we hear my “assistant’s” in awe-ness.
~ 11:15 to 11:17 we watched ~ 300 feet of tree hitting the deck, in the road, and not down over the bank.
~ 11:30 The net was 3 long, long logs, out of each of these trees. There was an out building & yard down over the bank that either tree could have topped out on/in.
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