That cut is an excellent choice. If you have several trees to deal with, or larger trees, you can try a straight down "salami" cut from the top only. Start your cut in the top and when the bar is all the way in the tree, just "palm" a wedge or lightly tap it in the top of the cut with an axe. The wedge maintains the gap for you while you cut. Then you can just blast straight down without having to line up the cuts. Lifting up to cut gets tiring on a bigger tree. Easy peasy dude. Take care....
Best way is to start at the top until half way through and then work around to the bottom with just the tip borrowed in the wood, and then cut from beneath. Works everytime. Just remember to cut the compressed wood first always. If you have a monster saw, you can also cut straight towards the ground, just like that, to make rest of the tree fall. And make sure you don't use a dull chain like in this video. Saves you a lot of problems.
No hard hat, no gloves, no hearing protection, no eye protection, nothing to protect the legs... He's just asking for a serious accident, and if he survives long enough he'll develop tinnitus instead.
Thanks for making this video. The tree im cutting down is massive with 2 huge branches up high, going different directions, one of em is in the ground. I have it cut mostly through near the base but its completely hung up. I tried come-along pulls in 3 different spots with no success. If the wind doesn't take it down this week, im going to finish it off with a polesaw near the trunk so when it goes i wont be near it
what I have is a pine tree that kind of snapped off about six feet from the ground and is now at an angle. I'm not sure whether to try to cut the part below where it snapped off as I'm not sure where that broken part that's being held up will jump. It would be a about a foot in diameter or bigger.
Maybe cut a notch and use a long chain or rope and a cable puller and ratchet it down from a safe distance🤔. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it
Thank you for providing this video! How would you deal with a widow maker which is actually a massive branch that broke off a tree and is held by the lower branches in a precarious way?
I take a long rope and tie half a brick or a rock on the end and throw it around the branch,then stand waaaay back and pull it down. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
You mean from my point of view? I can see how that would have been a good shot, I didn’t think of it at the time. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Skip to 3:45 for tree cutting
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Sharpen you chain
I'd recommend a Stihl 2in1 file, they work really well and last a long time. Worth the money
That’s for sure and of course the big saw has a new chain, that’s how it goes sometimes . Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
I just bought a few 2 in 1 files for the different pitch chains I run, pretty sweet, and it's nice they file the rakers to the right height!
Yep as he said at the end "well it definitely would have been easier with a sharper chainsaw" at least that's what he should have said.
Small saw would have worked just fine - with a sharp chain.
That cut is an excellent choice. If you have several trees to deal with, or larger trees, you can try a straight down "salami" cut from the top only. Start your cut in the top and when the bar is all the way in the tree, just "palm" a wedge or lightly tap it in the top of the cut with an axe. The wedge maintains the gap for you while you cut. Then you can just blast straight down without having to line up the cuts. Lifting up to cut gets tiring on a bigger tree. Easy peasy dude. Take care....
Thanks for the info,I bet that way would work good with a bigger tree. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
They sell files and if you know how to sharpen a chain it will spit chips again instead of smoke
Best way is to start at the top until half way through and then work around to the bottom with just the tip borrowed in the wood, and then cut from beneath. Works everytime. Just remember to cut the compressed wood first always. If you have a monster saw, you can also cut straight towards the ground, just like that, to make rest of the tree fall. And make sure you don't use a dull chain like in this video. Saves you a lot of problems.
Chain is dull
No hard hat, no gloves, no hearing protection, no eye protection, nothing to protect the legs... He's just asking for a serious accident, and if he survives long enough he'll develop tinnitus instead.
And a dull chain.
Hey, that's how it is done in the real world .😂 it's called being a man
All that and the walking-drop-start.
Video: I need to sharpen the chain
Overgrown prostates in the comments:
YoU sHoUlD sHaRpEn YoUr ChAIn
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Nice tractor......
It’s a good tractor. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for making this video. The tree im cutting down is massive with 2 huge branches up high, going different directions, one of em is in the ground. I have it cut mostly through near the base but its completely hung up. I tried come-along pulls in 3 different spots with no success. If the wind doesn't take it down this week, im going to finish it off with a polesaw near the trunk so when it goes i wont be near it
Big trees are a little more difficult. Be careful. Good luck with it. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
what I have is a pine tree that kind of snapped off about six feet from the ground and is now at an angle. I'm not sure whether to try to cut the part below where it snapped off as I'm not sure where that broken part that's being held up will jump. It would be a about a foot in diameter or bigger.
Maybe cut a notch and use a long chain or rope and a cable puller and ratchet it down from a safe distance🤔. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it
Thank you for providing this video! How would you deal with a widow maker which is actually a massive branch that broke off a tree and is held by the lower branches in a precarious way?
I take a long rope and tie half a brick or a rock on the end and throw it around the branch,then stand waaaay back and pull it down. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Sharpen that
Talked too much BS
Lol
why isn’t the camera on the other side to see what is being cut?
You mean from my point of view? I can see how that would have been a good shot, I didn’t think of it at the time. Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it.
Skip the music, the song of the saw cutting is much better.