Beware of rolling trees| stay uphill

Eric Frei

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olyman

somem people shouldnt be cutting trees!!!! why dont people look at what they are going to do, BEFORE they do it????? a plan if you will??? clowns

Bruce Hopf

Have you ever had a tree go the opposite way, that you have planned it to go, or have missed judged a tree, of being heavier on one side or the other?
It does happen!!! Nobody is perfect. Bruce.

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olyman

to tell ya the truth--only one. and that happended,only because it was starting to go where it was supposed to, and a sudden gust of wind started to push it just opposite. there was still enough hinge attached--so i went and grabbed the wedges, and as the wind would back off a bit--i just kept thunking them--it finally went where it was supposed to--that raised the adrenaline level a mite!!!! i guess im not anal about it---but read the tree, and what im going to do,before i do it--

Eric Frei

Torqued and loaded trees on the ground, especially really spread crowned trees like say oaks, figs, albizias etc have a lot of movement on the ground. Sometimes you fell the tree and even though it's lying down it's still 20' tall.

Be careful and read the weight and tension well, have some wedges on you if your saw gets stuck or another saw to cut you out of a jam.

Be careful out there.

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