Don! exactly what happened. I didn't preload the tree, just hooked up a rope in anticipation of it hangin' up halfway down after which I applied the load. Yes. I need a more open face notch. I've actually surveyed some of my prior stumps and realized that I simply forgot what I already knew... Tim, still confused! If adding the egg helped the housewife, then shouldn't adding the tree help me? We did get a mailing from a guy who sends a whole timber frame "kit" for 70K dollars, but I like to do things myself....Is that like the cake mix w/o the egg? Ok trying to attach a picture now.
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