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Safe Tree Felling Practices

 
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Winter time! That means lots of tree felling! This is a great video that explains how a 'BarberChair' cut can happen while felling a tree.

Explanation of a BarberChair



And here's one of a professional explaining lots of different facets of tree cutting-
 
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The barber chair link was not at all explanatory and trying to step through for further information got me a 404 not found error.
 
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Here is a new excerpt of the bootcamp, shared with the permies community, showing how to safely fell a tree using a timber tool, which may be of interest here:



More info about the bootcamp here: https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp/
 
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