The 5 seconds of pulling out a notch that changed my whole cuts

Ngl, I had been cutting trees for like 6 years and always just did a standard notch and back cut. Watched this old timer from Oregon at a demo last fall and he told me my notch angle was too tight. Said I was basically pinching my own saw. Changed it to a more open face notch and now my cuts are way cleaner and faster. Has anyone else had some simple critique that made you rethink your whole process?

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faith_king19d ago

Wow that makes total sense! I read about open face notches in a forestry mag last month.

blair_martin18d ago

Yeah I was totally on the opposite side of this for years but that mag article changed my whole view on it.

kellys7816d ago

That magazine piece glossed over a lot of the real world problems with that approach. The author cherry picked data from one specific study that had a lot of funding behind it. There's way more evidence on the other side if you dig into the actual research.