Search...
Home Subscribe
Pie
Home Subscribe
Recent topics Flagged topics Hot topics Best topics
Search...
Search within pep woodland care Search permies
Advance search Google search
Register / Login
Energy efficient DIY wood stoves
  • Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
permaculture playing cards Clean with Cleaners You Can Eat - Free ebook Better Wood Heat DIY Rocket Mass Heater DVD IC.org woodchopping
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • John F Dean
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • r ranson
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Jay Angler
stewards:
  • Liv Smith
  • paul wheaton
  • Nicole Alderman
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Matt McSpadden
  • Eric Hanson

Felling a live tree with a chainsaw - PEP BB woodland.sand.livechain

BB woodland care - sand badge
 
Malek Beitinjan
pioneer
Posts: 261
Location: SF Bay, California Zone 10b
136
4
I like...
forest garden fungi foraging cooking
posted 3 years ago
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
I felled a live tree with a chainsaw!
wedge.png
wedge cut
wedge cut
chainsawaction.png
chainsaw action
chainsaw action
stumpdiameter.jpg
stump diameter
stump diameter
felledtree.jpg
Tree after being felled
Tree after being felled
tree.jpg
Tree before being felled
Tree before being felled

“There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.”
― G. K. Chesterton

Staff note (gir bot) :

Nicole Alderman approved this submission.
Note: I hereby certify that this badge bit is complete!

 
Brandon Gladefield
Posts: 114
Location: VIC, Australia
78
I like...
kids gear cooking building solar homestead
posted 3 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
I could've sworn I did the Chainsaw BBs but alas I have not and so here is one of them!
20210928_081311.jpg
Selected tree
Selected tree
20210928_082239.jpg
A good looking wedge
A good looking wedge
20210928_082525.jpg
Fallen down
Fallen down
20210928_085155.jpg
Easily over 8" about 2ft up from the base
Easily over 8" about 2ft up from the base

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. - Job 1:21

Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Haasl approved this submission.

 
Christopher Weeks
master gardener
Posts: 3122
Location: Carlton County, Minnesota, USA: 3b; Dfb; sandy loam; in the woods
1534
6
I like...
forest garden trees chicken food preservation cooking fiber arts woodworking homestead ungarbage
posted 3 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
I have a bunch of trees that were allowed to grow between the pole building and the path on this property that I’ve been meaning to take down. So that’s a current project.
79B8BED7-82AD-469F-B782-E82D95379100.jpeg
All these trees need to go.
All these trees need to go.
B62981C3-C28A-491D-B385-7A5725509F0B.jpeg
A notch.
A notch.
DDE79428-5D1D-4783-8727-6E04B3CE6992.jpeg
The branches at the top were resting on another tree’s branches so I had to hit the fibers under tension again with the saw.
The branches at the top were resting on another tree’s branches so I had to hit the fibers under tension again with the saw.
62130E35-9EBA-42E4-899F-DCAA6E03C18F.jpeg
Down.
Down.
C92B5ECD-1244-4372-BBB6-E280F4BD7F9D.jpeg
Just big enough.
Just big enough.
Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Haasl approved this submission.
Note: Hint: cut your notch angle much more open (70 degrees or so).  Looks like the notch closing may have contributed to it hanging up.

 
Ashley Cottonwood
gardener
Posts: 1958
Location: British Columbia
1113
3
I like...
monies home care forest garden foraging chicken wood heat homestead ungarbage
posted 2 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
To document your completion of the BB, provide the following as pics or video (<2 min):
- your chosen tree
- tree with the wedge/notch cut
- tree on the ground
- measure across the stump showing diameter

My sister was concerned this cottonwood might blow over in a windstorm and was thinning her horse pasture area. This was a big tree for me so my husband was taking photos and giving me feedback as I worked.

Start:


Progress:


Results:

Like my shiny badges? Want your own? Check out Skills to Inherit Property!

Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Barkley approved this submission.

 
Mark Brunnr
gardener
Posts: 1236
360
7
I like...
trees wofati rocket stoves
posted 2 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
This patch of trees had two in the middle to remove to free up space (the other was removed with the bowsaw):
ChainsawLive1.jpg
Candidate is right next to the big tree, and in front by a few feet
Candidate is right next to the big tree, and in front by a few feet
ChainsawLive2.jpg
Wedge is cut
Wedge is cut
ChainsawLive3.jpg
Timber!
Timber!
ChainsawLive4.jpg
Stump width
Stump width

The holy trinity of wholesomeness: Fred Rogers - be kind to others; Steve Irwin - be kind to animals; Bob Ross - be kind to yourself

Staff note (gir bot) :

Mike Haasl approved this submission.

 
I wasn't selected to go to mars. This tiny ad got in ahead of me:
A rocket mass heater is the most sustainable way to heat a conventional home
http://woodheat.net
reply
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
Boost this thread!
Similar Threads
More...