Hello,
I have dropped a 7” live tree with a chainsaw. I selected this tree because it was in a cluster of 4 trees all within a 6'circle. Three need to go and this one had a significant lean and was closest to the one that we want to keep.
Pictures Include:
1) Cluster of four trees
2) Selected tree with the wedge notch cut
3) tree on the ground
Tree-Selection-70.JPG
Cluster of four - three need to go - the second from right is selected
Tree-Knotched-73.JPG
from this angle the selected & notched tree is to the right
The pictures will probably be way on the edge of acceptable, but at the time I wasn't cutting down a tree for a badge. :) The birch in the pictures was getting too close to the power lines to the cabin, and my buddy wanted it down so he didn't have to worry about it falling over onto the lines in a windstorm.
The birch in question can be seen next to the power pole. There was more tree to it at one time, but that had been cut down years before. This guy was about 6-8" diameter if I had to guess. Since it was already leaning the direction I needed, didn't need much of a notch.
Asked him if he had any more pictures of me taking down the tree, but I think we were both more involved with watching the tree come down safely than taking pictures.
Tree-Lean2.jpg
Serious lean on that birch
Cutting-Birch.JPG
Can see the notch/slant of the cut on the stump behind me as I cut it into ~18-24" logs for firewood
Someone flagged this submission as not complete. BBV price: 1 Note: Sorry, we need to see the notch cut. There's always next time! Good job locking out your elbow!