 Re: Angled back cut| backcut| tree felling
I think Eric has effectively covered all the important points relating to this angled back cut sometimes (incorrectly) called a sloven. Critical in all the negatives is the increased difficulty in making the backcut correctly meet the scarf, and the very real dangers in not doing so...and by meet I mean set up your hinge correctly. The angled backcut increases the risk of placing your back cut below the bottom cut of the scarf....not recommended. Yes in times past and with some loggers today still the arguement is put that it reduces the likelyhood of the stem coming back at you once the hinge breaks, but honestly controlled directional felling carried out by qualified experienced fellers makes this type of back cut outdated and unnecessary.
__________________ Sean  Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
- Kahlil Gibran
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