Unnecessary extra work IMHO... all you need to do is, when coming in with the back cut, leave the hinge wider on the side you want to pull towards. (And have your winch/pully set up correctly to assist that movement.)
I wrote an article for TCI magazine in 2004 touting the benefits of the tapered hinge.. SO I have been using it successfully for many years. IME, the added strength to fight side of the sizwheel is far superior to the tapered hinge. And while it may be "unnecessary" on any given tree, I believe in throwing everything to your advantage. It's time well spent or a good trade to have that added security for the few extra seconds it takes to cut a sizwheel.
If you use your sizwheel with a Humboldt style cut, you can use your falling momentum to rock the tree into your holding wood. Give er a try sometime. Thanks for the video
I still dont know when one would do a sizwheel instead of a gapped face cut which holds the direction unlike the sizwheel where the direction is dependent on weather it will "sizwheel" or not. Meaning it can go straight with the face cut or the sizwheel side can flex forward, altering the direction
I haven't been using the sizwheel for long enough to be sure, but from what I can tell, the sizwheel just holds against the side lean.. it doesn't appear to turn the fall off the gun.. just keeps it pretty darn close to the direction of the face...
@@murphy4treescan't you just aim the tree further to the left to compensate for the lean so when it falls it will pull some toward the lean but if you accounted for that with where you aim shouldn't it be fine? In addition to a larger hinge on the side opposite of the lean
Don't see the point when you have a rope on the tree. I think you would have had the same result by simply leaving a bit of holding wood on the back cut. But then again, you have a rope adding tension. Don't see the point.
it's an isnurance policy ina ddition to the rope.. You can still lose a tre to side lean depending on hinge strenth and the amount of side pulling force
Out in the woods with no concern for property damage, go for it. For an arborist working around homes and wanting to avoid damaging any structures or other trees, it isn't pointless as you seem to think. Pride has no place if you are wanting to avoid a lawsuit and ruin your reputation for what you consider pointless, no matter how good you think you are.
don't know.. I don't usually cut pines when it's that cold... maybe someone else could tell you. my thought is that it can;t hurt, but when in doubt ... rope it out..
@murphy4trees actually I fell that side leaning pine with two wedges using modified letter box technique or directional bore cut however to call it. All good as compesate north lean nearly to east as about 70degrees saving my mom's outdoor store without any damage 😊
The purpose it to keep the hinge from failing to the side lean or side weight. If the tree is leaning left, the part of the hinge that has the most ability to fight that lean is on the right. By opeing the height of the face cut on that side (away from the lean) you allow more beding of those fibers, so they have more control, as evidenced by the long torn fibers on that side of the broken hinge.
no.. thought about it, but never felt the need... I can usually use the loader to protect the surroundings with padding logs. I have tried to make cuts that will stay on the stump, but that's hard to do unless the tree hits the ground evenly....
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Good job....I definitely agree on pushing limits when and where you can
Yep. You get a better conception of what's possible.
True Pro at work right there folks.
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thanks... good to hear..stay safe
Unnecessary extra work IMHO... all you need to do is, when coming in with the back cut, leave the hinge wider on the side you want to pull towards. (And have your winch/pully set up correctly to assist that movement.)
I wrote an article for TCI magazine in 2004 touting the benefits of the tapered hinge.. SO I have been using it successfully for many years. IME, the added strength to fight side of the sizwheel is far superior to the tapered hinge. And while it may be "unnecessary" on any given tree, I believe in throwing everything to your advantage. It's time well spent or a good trade to have that added security for the few extra seconds it takes to cut a sizwheel.
Good stuff
In the pacific NW we use a similar, sort of, cut called a Dutchman or swing cut.
I fell in the Northeast & I am familiar with the Dutchman but haven’t used it we do a lot of Hinge cuts. You guys out west are great fellers 👏👍👍
Very well done. I learned a lot!
try it and let me know how it works...
Never heard of that. Thank you!
If you use your sizwheel with a Humboldt style cut, you can use your falling momentum to rock the tree into your holding wood. Give er a try sometime. Thanks for the video
will keep that one in the tool bag.. thanks... might play with it... PS.. I hate cutting Humboldts
Nice Job...That tree it hit is deader than disco...Yo from philly.
actually it brushed the dead dogwood but dodn't break a limb. We had to cut it down yesterday
I still dont know when one would do a sizwheel instead of a gapped face cut which holds the direction unlike the sizwheel where the direction is dependent on weather it will "sizwheel" or not. Meaning it can go straight with the face cut or the sizwheel side can flex forward, altering the direction
I haven't been using the sizwheel for long enough to be sure, but from what I can tell, the sizwheel just holds against the side lean.. it doesn't appear to turn the fall off the gun.. just keeps it pretty darn close to the direction of the face...
@@murphy4treescan't you just aim the tree further to the left to compensate for the lean so when it falls it will pull some toward the lean but if you accounted for that with where you aim shouldn't it be fine? In addition to a larger hinge on the side opposite of the lean
Don't see the point when you have a rope on the tree. I think you would have had the same result by simply leaving a bit of holding wood on the back cut. But then again, you have a rope adding tension. Don't see the point.
it's an isnurance policy ina ddition to the rope.. You can still lose a tre to side lean depending on hinge strenth and the amount of side pulling force
Out in the woods with no concern for property damage, go for it. For an arborist working around homes and wanting to avoid damaging any structures or other trees, it isn't pointless as you seem to think. Pride has no place if you are wanting to avoid a lawsuit and ruin your reputation for what you consider pointless, no matter how good you think you are.
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Is sizwheel working for pine tree in low (under frost point) temperatures?
don't know.. I don't usually cut pines when it's that cold... maybe someone else could tell you. my thought is that it can;t hurt, but when in doubt ... rope it out..
@murphy4trees actually I fell that side leaning pine with two wedges using modified letter box technique or directional bore cut however to call it. All good as compesate north lean nearly to east as about 70degrees saving my mom's outdoor store without any damage 😊
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Whats the purpose again?
The purpose it to keep the hinge from failing to the side lean or side weight. If the tree is leaning left, the part of the hinge that has the most ability to fight that lean is on the right. By opeing the height of the face cut on that side (away from the lean) you allow more beding of those fibers, so they have more control, as evidenced by the long torn fibers on that side of the broken hinge.
Can you read ?
You ever use the tongue and groove technique?
no.. thought about it, but never felt the need... I can usually use the loader to protect the surroundings with padding logs. I have tried to make cuts that will stay on the stump, but that's hard to do unless the tree hits the ground evenly....