Back cut safety question

[WildDog]

GOL and all safety trainings I do we shoot for level at center of the notch.
This allows exact hinge thickness.Coming in above or below can look like you have an inch of hinge. but have less or more, depending on how the notch is placed. Having less can lose the tree to side lean or weight. Having to much can cause barberchair .

Couldn't agree more Dale, as in my previous post thats the reason I go to the extra effort to mark my back cut, I only fall trees on the weekend and I get a few odd looks and such but thats the way I was taught and I know my instructor fails proffessional tree fallers when he's doing audits for not having a straight even hinge. 

[GASoline71]

Howdy ALL  been gone for a spell.
GOL and all safety trainings I do we shoot for level at center of the notch.
This allows exact hinge thickness.Coming in above or below can look like you have an inch of hinge. but have less or more, depending on how the notch is placed. Having less can lose the tree to side lean or weight. Having to much can cause barberchair .
The osha rules were wrote her on the east coast. They had to add the diff for the strage ways of the west 

Glad I could contribute my part from the part of the country where longer bars and other goofy stuff exist... 

Gary

[chucker]

  ? hummmmm? strange from the west, so what does that make someone that moved from there to the mid west? must be half strange or just half way here (or there )??  now this will be points to ponder!!