Yes, a thicker hinge gives more fibre, there by strength and numbers. Pulling the tree earlier than it would go itself, forcces it to be thicker.
A lot of times, even in logging, you can't just lay a tree down where it leans; but rather sideways to it. In fact, that would be a slower drop (something i haven't mentioned) for it is not feeding into gravity's pull directly, but fighting it, to the side. For, it only has so much force, any of that moving sideways, is not moving down, there fore is less than a direct hit. So even in rigging, if i use these principals, to swing a limb sideways into a rig, it doesn't sink as much, as the sidewards motion is not pressing down as hard on the line during the sweep, so less stretch, less drop!
The holding fiber, their posititoning across the face and fron to back, the stretch that imposes, is also mechanically correct.
i guess i'm used to being on the outer fringe in these things, i guess all of us in our own way with enough passion to be here, walks that fringe at some location, as we stretch and feel our way where not many look.
i've 'argued' hear previously; things of wheel spinning on axle, as a 2nd class lever, while a wheel and axle spinning as one is a first class lever; how making the tire bigger or axle smaller on a wheel barrel lends more Mechanical Advantage, pulleys as rolling levers, front gear set on 10speed as a 2nd class lever, but the rear set is 3rd class, but then broke the 3 classes into either 1st class lever (center pivot) or non 1st class etc. It took me almost 8mos. to convince others on ISA that a DdRT is a 2/1 if the climber lifts themself up by one line. i don't know everything, but ya might just let this one soak in a bit and play with it!
i use these things for every cut, each an informed decision, perhaps just to get a limb to pull from my side some more in the tree to be safer, hold the sweep of the limb against something that might push it off path, have more pull to one side as it drops straight-so has a tendency to roll/ rock one way than the other.
Every cut is a hinge, a decision to make or not a face cut, how fast the backcut, how the hinge releases, where the final pull is as it does etc. This scenario just brings you deeper into all that for a peek!
Even in a downed tree, i take out overhead 'widow makers', then other unnecesary stuff, leaving log, and support legs. i notch and backcut them, if the holding wood is cut in these shapes it still has these effects, as the hinge folds the leg. When lowering something that needs some length cut off, we notch it, backcut it (limb), scheduling the holding wood in the tiny hinge to do a certain task, then stand back and lower line, causing hinge to load,and fail/folde (as line slackens loading the hinged leg) as prescribed by the mechanical instruction it was given. Every phase.........
