Having not been there, and the vid being a little far away for detail, looks like it was a bit rotten? probably why yer hold wood failed
Also, while a block face is a good thing for scetchy hold wood, the cuts all have to line up, or it creates a week spot in the fibers, and the hinge will always fail at the weakest point, Not to mention a block face it kind of awkward to establish in the best of circumstances, let alone chin high.
WEDGES, WEDGES, WEDGES worst case the ******* falls over backwards on you, rather then going sideways, sideways sucks yes and a wedge wouldn't have done a whole lot of good there, but back falling on top of you sucks a whole bunch more.
The one obvious thing is you cut most if not all of the hold wood off the side facing the camera, maybe definitely should have left a little bit there, that there is probably the leading cause of the tree going sideways.
Biggest thing is making your cuts match, and develop a plan then follow the plan, kinda looked like you where flying by yer pants through most of it?
Finally, if it was ok for the tree to fall in the direction it fell, I probably would have fell it that way from the start, especially considering possible rot. Or left the sucker branch on the facing side and fell it the way you intended, using that big sucker as a counter weight to the rest of the tree, albeit with a much lower stump.
Also, while a block face is a good thing for scetchy hold wood, the cuts all have to line up, or it creates a week spot in the fibers, and the hinge will always fail at the weakest point, Not to mention a block face it kind of awkward to establish in the best of circumstances, let alone chin high.
WEDGES, WEDGES, WEDGES worst case the ******* falls over backwards on you, rather then going sideways, sideways sucks yes and a wedge wouldn't have done a whole lot of good there, but back falling on top of you sucks a whole bunch more.
The one obvious thing is you cut most if not all of the hold wood off the side facing the camera, maybe definitely should have left a little bit there, that there is probably the leading cause of the tree going sideways.
Biggest thing is making your cuts match, and develop a plan then follow the plan, kinda looked like you where flying by yer pants through most of it?
Finally, if it was ok for the tree to fall in the direction it fell, I probably would have fell it that way from the start, especially considering possible rot. Or left the sucker branch on the facing side and fell it the way you intended, using that big sucker as a counter weight to the rest of the tree, albeit with a much lower stump.
