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A climber in Tulsa told me to stop cutting my hinge so thin and it finally clicked
He said leaving the hinge about 10% of the trunk diameter gives you way more control on leaners, and I tried it on a big water oak the next day. Anyone else change up their hinge thickness depending on the species, or do you keep it the same every time?
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carr.lee19d ago
Learned this same lesson on a totally different thing, but it tracks. I used to tighten every bolt on my truck to the max, thinking tighter equals safer, until an old mechanic told me some bolts need to stretch a little or they just snap. Same idea with the hinge, sounds like. Leave a little give and the whole thing works with you instead of fighting you. It's funny how often the fix is doing less, not more.
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