Is there a name for this?

[TheJollyLogger]

Understand, we're just trying to help. I can understand why you'd be hesitant to rope those limbs down after your recent rigging experience, but why risk a house with that cut? Pop a top, block the rest down, and be done with it. As far as not trusting that madsen, that's the first thing you've said that makes sense. But backing it up with that PMI that already failed on you makes no sense to me. And where is your hinge?

 

[HuskStihl]

If I had hired you to remove a big ass tree just feet from my house, and found out later you were on an internet forum asking people if there was a name for the face cut you improvised as you went along, I would be upset even though the result was perfect. That face cut did nothing for you that an open faced humboldt with a snipe wouldn't have done, probably with more predictable and repeatable results. You were there, you read the tree right, it did exactly as you wanted.
This is coming from my perspective as a guy who hires guys like y'all for stuff like this, as most days I couldn't get myself out of a wet paper bag with a saw. When I hire somebody to take down a tree that could squash part of my house, (or my whole house in that case) I expect that tree to come down in pieces small enough that even if there is a #### up, I am not rebuilding

 

[RandyMac]

LMAO!!!

Arborist B&D 101

 

[Big O]

This is 101, yes?

I'm the last to be giving advice on removal much less felling but dropping a tree that close to a house goes against everything I've read or been told is sane and I've been doing a lot of research. This type of removal would seem to belong in the professional forum.

 

[Stayalert]

LMAO!!!

Arborist B&D 101

Happy to oblige with the opportunity for some laughter....Whats "B&D"?

Business & Decision?
Black and Decker?

 

[bustedup]

Ya know ifn ya wanna see a good face cut on a big un close to a house .........look thru the threads RandyMac posted one that I'd suggest would have been easier to achieve than the one you did ....not being rude bro and the face cut that I'm on about would have given ya the control ya looking for

 

[Stayalert]

I Appreciate the help.

I'm not hesitant to climb and rig, I climbed and removed: 1) dead limbs (if they were big enough to separate/fail and cause harm during felling), 2) limbs with insufficient reach/clear path to clear house or other assets, 3) limbs that would stab earth at an angle and possibly impart undesirable twist/turn/force to stem after it separated from the stump.

I love climbing but I still believe processing as much of the tree ON THE GROUND as is feasible, is safer than processing it while climbing. Maasdan was backed up by 1/2" 3 strand. yes I also cut a face on the log.

 

[Stayalert]

Ya know ifn ya wanna see a good face cut on a big un close to a house .........look thru the threads RandyMac posted one that I'd suggest would have been easier to achieve than the one you did ....not being rude bro and the face cut that I'm on about would have given ya the control ya looking for

will do, thanks.

 

[bustedup]

If I had hired you to remove a big ass tree just feet from my house, and found out later you were on an internet forum asking people if there was a name for the face cut you improvised as you went along, I would be upset even though the result was perfect. That face cut did nothing for you that an open faced humboldt with a snipe wouldn't have done, probably with more predictable and repeatable results. You were there, you read the tree right, it did exactly as you wanted.
This is coming from my perspective as a guy who hires guys like y'all for stuff like this, as most days I couldn't get myself out of a wet paper bag with a saw. When I hire somebody to take down a tree that could squash part of my house, (or my whole house in that case) I expect that tree to come down in pieces small enough that even if there is a #### up, I am not rebuilding

Husk here's another type of face for ya collection.......a Swanson

 

[HuskStihl]

Thanks Busted. I did not know that had a name, but now I have a new word to annoy the real fallers in the logging forum

 

[Carburetorless]

It's a Rubber Tree, he tied the ropes to the trunk so it couldn't "Bounce" and hit the house.

 

[B Harrison]

I wanted to drop this ash tree with good control of the stem. worked like a charm. Don't know if this is "right" or not but made sense to me. Is there a name for the "non standard face?"View attachment 314061View attachment 314062

Looks like a safety precaution and a back up safety precaution, and it looks like they worked well. Not sure what kind of notch you made, but it looks like it worked well too.

 

[Stayalert]

It's a Rubber Tree, he tied the ropes to the trunk so it couldn't "Bounce" and hit the house.

It was an ash but the homeowner had a rather large super ball collection which he conveniently stored in the LZ

 

[Carburetorless]

That explains your concern over the bounce.

What did you do with the tree after you downed it?

 

[Stayalert]

That explains your concern over the bounce.

What did you do with the tree after you downed it?

Sounds like a lead in to a joke or some abuse....But what I did was buck it up and take it to my house for some of next years heat and hot water. (Ash is my Fav. for firewood.) Brush staged for chipping....Cut the stump low to the ground......

 

[Carburetorless]

Sounds like a lead in to a joke or some abuse....But what I did was buck it up and take it to my house for some of next years heat and hot water. (Ash is my Fav. for firewood.) Brush staged for chipping....Cut the stump low to the ground......

Ash burns nice and clean, hardly anything left.

Never saw one bounce though.

 

[Stayalert]

Only in Northern climes
TREE FELLING HAZARD BOUNCE - YouTube - This one bounces like crazy!

 

[tramp bushler]

Sounds like a lead in to a joke or some abuse....But what I did was buck it up and take it to my house for some of next years heat and hot water. (Ash is my Fav. for firewood.) Brush staged for chipping....Cut the stump low to the ground......

I wish I had some of it here

 

[tramp bushler]

Only in Northern climes
TREE FELLING HAZARD BOUNCE - YouTube - This one bounces like crazy!

Please don't post those kind of vids. . There just isn't enough ways to unsee something like that.

 

[lone wolf]

That bounced?