Hinge Thickness For Falling Large Diameter Trees?

[Gologit]

This was cut by an expert. I've posted it before. He made two immaculate escape routes prior to cutting. He did have his hard hat fall off in the Run Like Hell moment. The tree was around 11 feet in diameter. SW Warshington was the location and it was along a fairly busy, for that area, road. Not good to wait so long to cut. Once again, this guy is an elite in the faller world. He no longer does production falling, but does do hazard trees for the Forest Service via a contract. That is, if he hasn't retired.

I've posted this before.

I think I heard most professional cutters use the term "I'm gonna run like hell" at some time. It is not recommended.



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Snags...yuck. There's a lot about working in the woods that I miss. Snags don't even make the top ten.

 

[irhunter]

I know that it is in the new USFS saw training class material. It might also be in the older MTDC training manual and possibly the S-212 wildfire training materials.

Well, all the numbers you cite...10%-this, 45"-that...seem like they might be coming out of a class for beginners. And, not absolute requirements which apply to advanced fallers.

But, I don't know all that much about the USFS.

I am surprised you can't say to the Forest..."We have a tree we've started on...but, now we need a FAL1 to come out and finish the tree." I suspect, that dude will show up with a long-enough bar.

Roy