Wee always look at placing load in truck for more traction, sound ground too and maintianing both especially if then using truck for dragging/ more drops.
On some things we have placed a low pulley to redirect the line thru to alleviate the subsequent lift from pulling at an upward angle to tree as mentioned. So as to deal with that opposite and equal reaction that we invoke.
i kinda go with reading the line strethc the way Stumper says; altrernatively, placing ~3 wraps on a Porty on truck; providing overriding slip on Porty before overloading line. Best is driver that knows what to do, and pays attention to cutter, who doesn't tell truck to creep ahead until tree starts to 'breathe'/show life and movement. Then no gun-ho kid driving, but carefully metered force, like a giant that can help and not hurt with using only a portion of power, applied at jsut the right time to force hinge strength. Then a slow backcut, to backing off as tree falls, so as to take the trucks power, multiply that through the leveraged length of the tree, to place more force at the hinge. Take this force and make it slow power and not fast speed, for strongest hinge. Also without the speed multiplier, so as to keep the force the stronger hinge has to support low; working at both ends of the equation in that fashion; lowest load with strongest support.
Orrrrr something like that...
On some things we have placed a low pulley to redirect the line thru to alleviate the subsequent lift from pulling at an upward angle to tree as mentioned. So as to deal with that opposite and equal reaction that we invoke.
i kinda go with reading the line strethc the way Stumper says; altrernatively, placing ~3 wraps on a Porty on truck; providing overriding slip on Porty before overloading line. Best is driver that knows what to do, and pays attention to cutter, who doesn't tell truck to creep ahead until tree starts to 'breathe'/show life and movement. Then no gun-ho kid driving, but carefully metered force, like a giant that can help and not hurt with using only a portion of power, applied at jsut the right time to force hinge strength. Then a slow backcut, to backing off as tree falls, so as to take the trucks power, multiply that through the leveraged length of the tree, to place more force at the hinge. Take this force and make it slow power and not fast speed, for strongest hinge. Also without the speed multiplier, so as to keep the force the stronger hinge has to support low; working at both ends of the equation in that fashion; lowest load with strongest support.
Orrrrr something like that...
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