Today 9:21 am
Bowlines are my go-to with falling trees - and tie downs, and lots of other stuff. I haven't felled any trees in decades, but when I was in my twenties, I was tasked with pulling down some Chyna-berry trees. I climbed high, tied off with bowlines, then climbed down and cut my wedge almost to the point it would fall, and {these trees being tall and light) I ran to my rope and hauled the trees my way by muscle only. These three trees were in a backyard, and there were power lines, and a fence, and roofs to avoid. No possibility of getting a vehicle back there.DeezerShoove » Yesterday, 11:28 pm » wrote: ↑ The one I referenced is 18,000 lbs tensile 200 feet long. It's my go-to.
I'm completely self-taught and trial & error battle worn.
Learning proper v-notch and hinging techniques are important the bigger the tree gets.
Once they're tied off and you begin to cut, you really can't change your mind. Committed to angles and gravity at that point.
I tie off as high as possible of course. 12-14 ft. up is usually plenty if you can fell the tree sort of in a direction favorable to its natural lean.
The arbor rope can pull it "backward" some.
I have done that with my truck 170 away, pulled tight, cut the wedge and watched the tree bend considerably toward the pull. Then go move the truck 20 feet further to re-tighten the pull. Then finish the cut.
When you get the hinge right the pull doesn't have to be exactly line line with the fall zone. It will pretty much fall where the hinge tells it to fall. The rope quits helping about when you yell "timber!"
Hint: You can angle the hinge a little to help aim the fall too. If the hinge is level it will fall quite predictably in a given direction. Sometimes there's stuff in the way of logistics of your escape route (for example) and can force a less-then-perfect cut. One way you can educate yourself a bit before you cut stupid is with a drinking straw. Bend it on an angle and that will inform you how your hinge cut will behave,
btw
A running bowline knot is very helpful. Easy to tie doesn't tighten up so hard you can't untie it.
This was a truly *** up job. I had no experience, but I knew rope work, I was a good climber, and I was strong as a bull. And I wasn't paying for a job like this. In all three cases, I had to stand my ground and continue the hard pull right up to the last minute in order to make damned sure the tree fell where X marked the spot. And then I had to do a running dive ending in a tuck and roll to avoid the canopy. I got scratched up a little, but I didn't get photosynthesized.
Looking back, it was the smart play - especially for a retard. A man's gotta know his limitations, but he's also gotta play to his strengths.
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