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Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2013

Well I did not get to the tree cuttin as the wife came up with too many other things for me to do, plus toook her out for steak dinner for Mother Day - go early and avoid the crowds!!! Anyway here is the leaner I was talking about.

Janicholson · May 11, 2013

cut a notch 8-10 inches above the ground on the leaning toward side. the notch should 1/4 of the way through. be careful with pinching the saw. Stop if it begins to pinch any. Then go to the lean away side and cut 3 inches above the notch. Make the cut even and parallel to the notch deepest cut. It should break at the henge, and fall such that the offset prevents it from kicking out. Jim

Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2013

thanks, that it what I was thinking, but I'll admit, I'll be nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs making that wedge.

Cam50 · May 11, 2013

I"ve cut those before and always wrapped a chain around the trunk about 2" above the cut just in case it splits. If nothing else it makes it FEEL safer. Just my $.02 worth.

Cam50 · May 11, 2013

Sorry I meant to say two feet above cut.

Janicholson · May 11, 2013

not a bad idea, wrap until you have only a tail of chain, and use a load binder on the loops to prevent splitting. A foot above would be fine with me. I have been 70 ft up in a 100 foot blue spruce topping the 30 feet off. I chained the two together at the cut and kept the topped piece from hitting the garage it was over. I was harnessed to the tree, and used hard wood wedges to fell it where i wanted. 15 people were watching in lawn chairs drinking beer. (down town San Jose)
I fell a 40 inch dead Ponderosa Pine in the middle of a parking lot full of cars. 140 feet of dead ponda. 20 feet at a time. (I was younger then, and quite fearless.) Jim

Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2013

ya you're a he77 of alot braver than I am!

Anonymous-0 · May 11, 2013

sounds like a good idea. I have fallen a lot of trees over the years- this one really makes me nervous.

Janicholson · May 11, 2013

Remember I was 40 then, I'm 64 now, I would not climb (bucket truck and tether/harness sure). Jim

2x4 · May 11, 2013

I don't cut a notch but go to the side of the tree where you would notch it if it were standing straight & bore straight in with the saw blade to within 2-3" of the backside. Then move the blade back & forth til there is a outer rim of solid wood all around the tree except where you bored in at. Then go to the backside & 2" above the hollowing cut slice thru the tree as a normal cut. The rim will hold it til it breaks off clean & falls. Can't split if you cut it right because there is no center to split or kick back. Presuming you have watched the chips & saw it was solid & had no rot. Have stabbed a tree like that & water ran out.

retired farmer · May 12, 2013

I would tell you how I would do it but you wouldn't listen anyway. Don't get yourself hurt or your saw stuck. Be a good idea to have a good running backup saw on hand.

ohiojim · May 12, 2013

you'll want a small notch and then bore through the tree 3 or four inches behind the notch till you have about 4 inches holding on the backside,..then you can cut the rest from the back and she'll be fine,...just like the above post,...i think she will split if you cut it the regular way....

Anonymous-0 · May 12, 2013

You ohiojim are 100% right.

VADAVE · May 12, 2013

I think you're working too hard.
There lots of open ground around that tree. Cut on the sides to weaken the the trunk wrap a chain around it above the cut and hook to a decent tractor and pull.

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