Hinge Thickness For Falling Large Diameter Trees?

[moxiemaul]

Giving the tree and/or some limbs a tug with a truck or similar reveals something about its condition. No guarantees but I'd rather go in cutting if it withstands a good hard pull beforehand.

 

[Del_]

Way too high. Most of the time for pulling over a tree, you don't need that much leverage, let alone on a dead tree.

It's at that height because it's just a bit higher than the limb on the left.

A perfect and easy place to toss a throw line and then to pull up the bull rope. Then running bowline the bull line and pull it up.

How would you set a pull line lower than that location?