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A release cut, while traditionally used for leaning tree?s, leaves you in a pretty safe position when the time comes to let the tree go. I think its fair to say there?s a lot more chance of a tree going sideways than it toppling over directly backwards?if at all.

If I?m felling something large or precarious, I?ll normally take this extra measure if I think it?ll give me an advantage. The splits on this tree extended right the way down to no more than a meter off where I had to make the felling cuts. We had it tied up pretty good around the splits but I still wanted to be directly behind the tree at the finish.

Also, I?ll always bore the middle out of a tree that has been de-limbed or has no top weight (not shown on the video).

I use an angled release cut because my posture/stance allows a little more distance from the tree, so I have a better view of what?s going on up top. And no, it has never snatched the saw cutting above the back cut, at least, not as part of a felling sequence coming down at such an angle.

Beech are hard and heavy, not as stringy as a euc but not as brittle as a maple either. Thanks