Tree Felling Technique Thread

[chipper1]

Gotta love “smart phones”...lol! It’s a 1990, not a true anniversary saw, I got the cover from @Daserlon , his dad bought it new in 1989.

I was wondering, you knew what I was thinking .

 

[XP_Slinger]

Have you played with the depth of the face?


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Not a whole lot yet. I didn’t go quite as deep as I normally do on the bigger stump from yesterday. Tree was HEAVY and had a good lean, not terrible, but enough that I wanted the hinge a little more shallow. In my inexperienced (and often idiotic) mind, a normal depth face isn’t needed in that situation.

 

[Willard]

Invest in a slingshot, throw line, weight bags, some rope and you can lay down a tree anywhere you want.
I work alone removing trees in customer's yards and rigging is a save all preventing damage.
90° anchored to lay guy rope with redirected pull rope to vehicle or ratchet puller I do alot.
4ft T square I use to sight in the lay and anchor points from the face cut.

 

[Willard]

Easy straight forward job here. Customer needed these poplars removed and I had to work around a very expensive piece of equipment he had under a tarp.

 

[Willard]

Good to learn the "stick trick" to measure tree height to lay, especially around 12K volt powerlines and a very expensive glass sun room.

 

[Drptrch]

Just an FYI
True North 42” bar cover, pack $20

https://truenorthoutlet.com/collections/wildland/products/saw-bar-cover-1

Erik

 

[jakethesnake]

I’m not good at stacking wedges. A little piece of wood works well as a new lift point.

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[Skeans1]

View attachment 168544 I’m not good at stacking wedges. A little piece of wood works well as a new lift point.

Might try some of the rifled wedges, when pounding are you hitting one then the other or both at once? If you hit both at once they’ll spit out also try a little saw dust of dirt in between the wedges.


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[Dustin4185]

Just an FYI
True North 42” bar cover, pack $20

https://truenorthoutlet.com/collections/wildland/products/saw-bar-cover-1

Erik

Those are neck savers with large dogs!

 

[XP_Slinger]

Good stuff gents.

Question: how much lean can be overcome with wedges as a general rule of thumb. I was eyeballing an ash yesterday, about 17” dbh, 10 to 15* of back lean, 75 feet tall.

Want to send it against its lean to fell into an open area but the relatively small diameter doesn’t leave a ton of room to drive wedges. I know it’s hard to judge the situation by my description but if you have some incite I’m all ears. I think I can push it over but it’s got enough lean that I know I’ll have to lift at the stump A LOT to move the top enough to fell against the lean.

Maybe I’ll just winch it over, there’s that option too

This is just funny

 

[Coltont]

Good stuff gents.

Question: how much lean can be overcome with wedges as a general rule of thumb. I was eyeballing an ash yesterday, about 17” dbh, 10 to 15* of back lean, 75 feet tall.

Want to send it against its lean to fell into an open area but the relatively small diameter doesn’t leave a ton of room to drive wedges. I know it’s hard to judge the situation by my description but if you have some incite I’m all ears. I think I can push it over but it’s got enough lean that I know I’ll have to lift at the stump A LOT to move the top enough to fell against the lean.

Maybe I’ll just winch it over, there’s that option too

This is just funny

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Some trees are to small to wedge.

 

[Ryan Browne]

Good stuff gents.

Question: how much lean can be overcome with wedges as a general rule of thumb. I was eyeballing an ash yesterday, about 17” dbh, 10 to 15* of back lean, 75 feet tall.

Want to send it against its lean to fell into an open area but the relatively small diameter doesn’t leave a ton of room to drive wedges. I know it’s hard to judge the situation by my description but if you have some incite I’m all ears. I think I can push it over but it’s got enough lean that I know I’ll have to lift at the stump A LOT to move the top enough to fell against the lean.

Maybe I’ll just winch it over, there’s that option too

This is just funny

View attachment 168667

Sounds like a job for a throw line, bull rope, and a uniforest.

 

[Skeans1]

Good stuff gents.

Question: how much lean can be overcome with wedges as a general rule of thumb. I was eyeballing an ash yesterday, about 17” dbh, 10 to 15* of back lean, 75 feet tall.

Want to send it against its lean to fell into an open area but the relatively small diameter doesn’t leave a ton of room to drive wedges. I know it’s hard to judge the situation by my description but if you have some incite I’m all ears. I think I can push it over but it’s got enough lean that I know I’ll have to lift at the stump A LOT to move the top enough to fell against the lean.

Maybe I’ll just winch it over, there’s that option too

This is just funny

View attachment 168667

Some trees are to small to wedge.

Back cut get the wedges started then put your face in, it’s a lot like jacking it takes times to do and sometimes stuff just doesn’t work.


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[Skeans1]

These are Bitzer from AS he’s up in the Great Lakes he’s talked about how he used to back bore with the low scratch face or GOL style of cutting then figured why west cutting is faster and easier.

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[Ryan Browne]

This guy has some cool videos on the subject. His other videos are cool too. Basic in a sense, but backed up with great math. Check it out.

 

[Coltont]

These are Bitzer from AS he’s up in the Great Lakes he’s talked about how he used to back bore with the low scratch face or GOL style of cutting then figured why west cutting is faster and easier.

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I miss seeing his stuff. He is one of the few you can trust advice from.

 

[Skeans1]

I miss seeing his stuff. He is one of the few you can trust advice from.

Those pictures are from yesterday


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[Coltont]

Those pictures are from yesterday


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Bark looks like identical to ash, but the wood is awful dark.

 

[huskyboy]

Could be a smoothbark hickory?