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A climber in Asheville looked at my hinge cut and asked if I wanted the limb to swing toward his truck
I used to just eyeball my notch and back cut. Last month a guy on my crew named Ray watched me drop a big maple limb and pointed out that my hinge was too thick on one side, which sent it spinning toward the driveway instead of the drop zone. He showed me how to leave a hinge about 10 percent of the trunk diameter and match the cuts on both sides so it falls straight. Now I check that hinge thickness before every back cut, and I am wondering what other habits I picked up early that are quietly wrong.
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elizabethg1813d ago
I heard a guy on a podcast say he checks his hinge by looking at the sides before he ever touches the back cut, said it saves him a ton of cleanup. He also said a thick hinge on one side is the number one reason limbs twist on you. Sounds like Ray saved your driveway and your back.
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