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Bryce Frazier
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I'll be honest, even though I have fell LOTS of trees in my life, many of which were that big, I don't think I could have done that!
Well, I could do it, but maybe one out of ten.... Which might not be exactly the results wanted. 
Here trees don't grow straight and tall, so its more the art of figuring which way it will want to flop over, and if you have to persuade it to go against the natural lean some.....
Paul
Here trees don't grow straight and tall, so its more the art of figuring which way it will want to flop over, and if you have to persuade it to go against the natural lean some.....
Paul
farmerwithmutt
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Helping a guy drop trees and a power line was close by put a bobcat against the tree to help push it over.we think that maybe the cuts didnt line up right (tree was bigger then chainsaw blade) but something caught and the tree twisted on the way down and put the lights in town out expensive day
Looked like he had a good chance to start with, shows the value of wedges !!!! It looks easy enough, put the cut where it needs to be, then jack the opposite side with wedges, well it works on paper, what actually happens may differ LOL ! I'd have left the darned thing, it looked healthy, but maybe there were limbs or some reason it needed to come down, best left to a pro !!! and even then...
Years ago, I worked with an older gentleman that I think would have had no problems doing the same as this professional did.
He once showed me how to correct a slight miss-alignment of the notch to back-cut.
Basically, if you want the tree to go slightly to the left or right, you leave a little more wood on that side, while cutting through on the opposite side and it will pull the tree [b:df4f670885][i:df4f670885]slightly[/i:df4f670885][/b:df4f670885] in that direction.
I have used his advise and it worked.
He once showed me how to correct a slight miss-alignment of the notch to back-cut.
Basically, if you want the tree to go slightly to the left or right, you leave a little more wood on that side, while cutting through on the opposite side and it will pull the tree [b:df4f670885][i:df4f670885]slightly[/i:df4f670885][/b:df4f670885] in that direction.
I have used his advise and it worked.
Ken Macfarlane
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Its just normal tree felling but with higher stakes. As long as the tree isn't rotten any half decent logger should be able to squish a beer can 50 feet out. I know some get lazy if they aren't used to doing thinning work or if they have a skidder behind them to pull down snags but that wastes time that they could be limbing.
Its the rotten and half rotten trees that get dangerous.
Its the rotten and half rotten trees that get dangerous.
I had a line of fir trees beside the lawn that I fell several years ago- all except one, that had a real healthy lean toward an apple tree about 10 feet away. My wife hosted a baby shower for daughter-in-law, and one of the attendees was my cousin, a timber faller. Only problem was, he was awaiting a hip replacement, and could hardly walk.
He looked it over, and said "I'll get myself situated, then you start the saw and hand it to me." He did a series of cuts on it, ending up with a hinge that was on the side he was going to put the tree. He'd nibble a bit at the hinge, and the tree would twist a little on the stump, thereby moving the "lean" a little bit each time. When he figured he had cleared the apple tree, he finished cutting the hinge, and down it came, about 40° from the original lean, and missed the apple tree very nicely.
The shower attendees were at the sliding door in the house, and cheered and applauded when the deed was done. He made a big bow, then I helped him get to the house.
He looked it over, and said "I'll get myself situated, then you start the saw and hand it to me." He did a series of cuts on it, ending up with a hinge that was on the side he was going to put the tree. He'd nibble a bit at the hinge, and the tree would twist a little on the stump, thereby moving the "lean" a little bit each time. When he figured he had cleared the apple tree, he finished cutting the hinge, and down it came, about 40° from the original lean, and missed the apple tree very nicely.
The shower attendees were at the sliding door in the house, and cheered and applauded when the deed was done. He made a big bow, then I helped him get to the house.
teddy52food
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With my luck, the butt end would have wiped out one or the other after it hit the ground!
texasranger
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that's pretty good
Adirondack case guy
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I cut down a "widomaker" yesterday. The unknowns were how tightly the broken top was wedged into the adjacent tree, and how strong the existing split was attached to the main tree. I always fell the main tree perpendicular to the split top in these situations. This one held on to the last tooth pick on the stump, but had a picture perfect landing on the side of the woods road. The main tree went east and the butt of the broken top followed east and top of it went west and landed side by side. Made for easy blocking and splitting.
Loren, the Acg.
Loren, the Acg.
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