wedges

There are a number of cuts to use for back-leaning trees, my preference is a split-level - what's yours?

This has been mentioned in a few threads on wedges - here are some 'Before' and 'After' photos (hope you can tell which are which!). Plastic bucking / felling wedges are 'consumables', and in a sense sacrificial, but no need to waste them if they can be brought back to serviceable life. This...

Canvas + old strap + sewing machine = Tool roll Pipe + motorcycle sprocket + nuts & bolts + welder = A redneck log jack. A piece of Jarrah + elbow grease = Hardwood bucking wedge. They may not be all fancy pantsy, but they work well and best of all they = Tools on the cheap.