Someday isle
5 year old buck +
I'm involved in a couple discussions on the 'hinge cutting bedding areas' thread and in the 'who is working this weekend' threads. I thought I'd start a separate one on tools for hinge cutting and ask what you guys all use.
I have a Stihl MS 251 Wood Boss chainsaw. I have a couple Stihl wedges, my trusty Silky Zubat hand saw and a Fiskars pole saw that I bought on clearance a couple weeks ago at Home Depot for $8. I'm not sure how strong or durable the blade on the Fiskars will be. Its not near the tool the Silky is, at least in my experience and opinion, but for $8 its worth it for as long as it lasts.
The pole saw is just to remove any small limbs that might appear to be in the way of a tree I'm wanting to hinge. The chainsaw will only get used on bigger trees when I have help.
The Silky Zubat is my tool of choice for the 3-5 inch trees that I've started learning to hinge on. I can already see the benefit of the wedges and a small sledge hammer for the slightly larger trees. I have one of those short handled 4 pound sledges that carries easily.
I'm seriously thinking of buying one of the Habitat hooks. They have a heavy duty expanding model that is made to extend from 5 1/2 to 9 1/2 feet that looks like it'd be useful. I had a couple trees where I could have used something like that last week.
So what do you guys use and recommend?
I have a Stihl MS 251 Wood Boss chainsaw. I have a couple Stihl wedges, my trusty Silky Zubat hand saw and a Fiskars pole saw that I bought on clearance a couple weeks ago at Home Depot for $8. I'm not sure how strong or durable the blade on the Fiskars will be. Its not near the tool the Silky is, at least in my experience and opinion, but for $8 its worth it for as long as it lasts.
The pole saw is just to remove any small limbs that might appear to be in the way of a tree I'm wanting to hinge. The chainsaw will only get used on bigger trees when I have help.
The Silky Zubat is my tool of choice for the 3-5 inch trees that I've started learning to hinge on. I can already see the benefit of the wedges and a small sledge hammer for the slightly larger trees. I have one of those short handled 4 pound sledges that carries easily.
I'm seriously thinking of buying one of the Habitat hooks. They have a heavy duty expanding model that is made to extend from 5 1/2 to 9 1/2 feet that looks like it'd be useful. I had a couple trees where I could have used something like that last week.
So what do you guys use and recommend?