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Offline Al Smith

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Re: Take downs
« Reply #60 on: January 08, 2013, 10:13:59 am »
I stand corrected as in reviewing that vid there was one but it was at first hard to see .It was tripped incorrectly having sawn sideways into it though .No felling wedges and it just sat back hard and hit the house with a thump .

It makes sense due to cutting in essence half the hold wood it would tend to lay back opposite and spin off axis a tad bit .

I don't know the vid isn't that clear because it looks like on this side of the tree it was beaver cut maybe which certainly would not help things in guiding it down .Then too it didn't show what was up above .Might have been a scad of heavy limbs over the house we couldn't see in the vid clip .

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Re: Take downs
« Reply #61 on: January 08, 2013, 10:22:13 am »
If I have any doubt about where it will go and there building neer I have cables, chains and a winch with a snatch block pulling sideways on the cable.  I would have that one sinched up tight and a good hinge.  I might also wait until the wind is right.

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Re: Take downs
« Reply #62 on: January 08, 2013, 12:40:29 pm »
I don't usually put a line on them if they are in the woods ,Fact seldom rope them at all . I did a year ago last fall because I pulled an old dead oak rather than wedge in over and take the chance of getting my neck broke from a 500 pound widow maker breaking loose and falling 80 feet onto my poor old noggin .

I shot this one through about a 15 foot gate opening a few years back .

 

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