Sizwheel for side lean

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Daniel Murphy

Жыл бұрын

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@j-cfalcon5092 Жыл бұрын

True Pro at work right there folks.

@bradstreeservicellc2894 Жыл бұрын

Good job....I definitely agree on pushing limits when and where you can

@samuelluria4744 Жыл бұрын

Yep. You get a better conception of what's possible.

@douglasglaser9634 11 ай бұрын

Never heard of that. Thank you!

@timothysullivan4130 Жыл бұрын

DAMN, this gentleman is a tru professional. I’ve been falling for 30yrs & KNOW a seasoned pro. 👏👏👍👍GREAT video 👍👍✌️

@murphy4trees Жыл бұрын

thanks... good to hear..stay safe

@carbineZDH1 8 ай бұрын

Very well done. I learned a lot!

@murphy4trees 8 ай бұрын

try it and let me know how it works...

@markcrawford8284 11 ай бұрын

Unnecessary extra work IMHO... all you need to do is, when coming in with the back cut, leave the hinge wider on the side you want to pull towards. (And have your winch/pully set up correctly to assist that movement.)

@murphy4trees 11 ай бұрын

I wrote an article for TCI magazine in 2004 touting the benefits of the tapered hinge.. SO I have been using it successfully for many years. IME, the added strength to fight side of the sizwheel is far superior to the tapered hinge. And while it may be "unnecessary" on any given tree, I believe in throwing everything to your advantage. It's time well spent or a good trade to have that added security for the few extra seconds it takes to cut a sizwheel.

@den0matic Жыл бұрын

In the pacific NW we use a similar, sort of, cut called a Dutchman or swing cut.

@timothysullivan4130 Жыл бұрын

I fell in the Northeast & I am familiar with the Dutchman but haven’t used it we do a lot of Hinge cuts. You guys out west are great fellers 👏👍👍

@0ptimal 2 ай бұрын

Good stuff

@godbluffvdgg Жыл бұрын

Nice Job...That tree it hit is deader than disco...Yo from philly.

@murphy4trees Жыл бұрын

actually it brushed the dead dogwood but dodn't break a limb. We had to cut it down yesterday

@sheamatheson560 2 ай бұрын

If you use your sizwheel with a Humboldt style cut, you can use your falling momentum to rock the tree into your holding wood. Give er a try sometime. Thanks for the video

@murphy4trees 2 ай бұрын

will keep that one in the tool bag.. thanks... might play with it... PS.. I hate cutting Humboldts

@thomaslindroos1667 3 ай бұрын

I still dont know when one would do a sizwheel instead of a gapped face cut which holds the direction unlike the sizwheel where the direction is dependent on weather it will "sizwheel" or not. Meaning it can go straight with the face cut or the sizwheel side can flex forward, altering the direction

@murphy4trees 3 ай бұрын

I haven't been using the sizwheel for long enough to be sure, but from what I can tell, the sizwheel just holds against the side lean.. it doesn't appear to turn the fall off the gun.. just keeps it pretty darn close to the direction of the face...

@simd510 2 ай бұрын

@@murphy4treescan't you just aim the tree further to the left to compensate for the lean so when it falls it will pull some toward the lean but if you accounted for that with where you aim shouldn't it be fine? In addition to a larger hinge on the side opposite of the lean

@terryedmondson3563 Жыл бұрын

Hi good job, take care,, terry australia.

@19Kamau79 7 ай бұрын

Is sizwheel working for pine tree in low (under frost point) temperatures?

@murphy4trees 7 ай бұрын

don't know.. I don't usually cut pines when it's that cold... maybe someone else could tell you. my thought is that it can;t hurt, but when in doubt ... rope it out..

@19Kamau79 5 ай бұрын

@murphy4trees actually I fell that side leaning pine with two wedges using modified letter box technique or directional bore cut however to call it. All good as compesate north lean nearly to east as about 70degrees saving my mom's outdoor store without any damage 😊

@myhermitlife 11 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@chrisweiss6363 11 ай бұрын

You ever use the tongue and groove technique?

@murphy4trees 11 ай бұрын

no.. thought about it, but never felt the need... I can usually use the loader to protect the surroundings with padding logs. I have tried to make cuts that will stay on the stump, but that's hard to do unless the tree hits the ground evenly....

@abetaylor4977 Жыл бұрын

Whats the purpose again?

@murphy4trees Жыл бұрын

The purpose it to keep the hinge from failing to the side lean or side weight. If the tree is leaning left, the part of the hinge that has the most ability to fight that lean is on the right. By opeing the height of the face cut on that side (away from the lean) you allow more beding of those fibers, so they have more control, as evidenced by the long torn fibers on that side of the broken hinge.

@robertowen1648 6 ай бұрын

Can you read ?

@fanaticforager6610 Ай бұрын

U2 🙏🏼☂️📍🦘

@colinmartin5994 11 ай бұрын

Don't see the point when you have a rope on the tree. I think you would have had the same result by simply leaving a bit of holding wood on the back cut. But then again, you have a rope adding tension. Don't see the point.

@murphy4trees 9 ай бұрын

it's an isnurance policy ina ddition to the rope.. You can still lose a tre to side lean depending on hinge strenth and the amount of side pulling force

@robertowen1648 6 ай бұрын

Out in the woods with no concern for property damage, go for it. For an arborist working around homes and wanting to avoid damaging any structures or other trees, it isn't pointless as you seem to think. Pride has no place if you are wanting to avoid a lawsuit and ruin your reputation for what you consider pointless, no matter how good you think you are.