Shoutout to the old timer who showed me my notch cuts were all wrong

I'd been doing conventional notches for 5 years until a retired climber watched me fell a maple in Portland and told me my hinge wood was way too thick. He pulled out a sharpie to draw the right Humboldt cut on the bark, and now my trees land exactly where I want them. Has anyone else had a simple trick from a veteran totally change their felling game?

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karen_sanchez493d ago

the smallest tweak is all it takes to fix everything you thought you knew" - man that hits home lol. I used to swear my notches were perfect and it was always the tree's fault for not falling straight. Turns out I was just being stubborn and my cuts were trash. One old pro showed me I was leaving way too much hinge and now I feel dumb for all those years of fighting it lmao.

quinna893d ago

Man that's exactly what happened to me but with the wedge placement. Old logger watched me set up and just moved my wedge an inch to the left and suddenly my back cuts stopped binding up on me. Sometimes the smallest tweak is all it takes to fix everything you thought you knew.

miles_burns2d ago

Watched an old timer fix my notch angle by just eyeballing it and I felt like a total clown.