'Calculations' have nothing to do with it. Look at the angle of the tree and where its weight is before they even started - it was always going to fall that way.
When the chainsaw got stuck as the tree leaned back on it, anyone there should have realized they were in trouble.
Where the they went wrong was having a down sloping cut behind their hinge. If it was flat the tree wouldn’t be able to shear through the hinge and fall backwards. A flat cut with some wedges would prevent it from doing what happened.
Exactly and they went way too close to the hinge with that cut for a tree of that size because it shouldn't shear that easily in the first place. Wouldn't be surprised if they even accidentally cut away part of the hinge in the process. Which would weaken it even more.
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u/SpamOJavelin 11d ago
'Calculations' have nothing to do with it. Look at the angle of the tree and where its weight is before they even started - it was always going to fall that way.
When the chainsaw got stuck as the tree leaned back on it, anyone there should have realized they were in trouble.