savageactor7 said:av8roc last year or 2 years ago, I finished up a 3+ year swale hole project that required the removal of 100+ trees ...ALL of them leaning the opposite way.
1. used ladder to secure 100' rope about 20' high in tree then secured rope to tractor take up slack and made rope tight.
2. put in conventional hinge, observe, lay in a kerf cut inside hinge, observe, ditto kerf cut.
3. carefully make rope tight observe for tree lean.
4. If you get the favorable lean cut the tree. If not try another quick kerf cut.
Only use the attack part of the bar to lace in that kerf or you could get stuck. Understand you're not pulling down the tree with the tractor. But there's a mechanical advantage to be had by tieing off high in the tree. Often with the rope properly tightened a few kerf cuts was enough to produce a favorable lean so I could proceed with a felling cut.
the above procedure is not for hang ups, only leaners, and none as bad as zap's...maybe a cable for that but its way too far over for a rope. Our leaners were like that next tree up in the background of zaps pic ...maybe 10°.
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