Just to clarify, this was the first time I have done this cut, I saw a picture of it and decided to give it a try. Obviously this little trunk didn't need it done or anything but the cut looked cool so I gave it a go :)
farmer andy I thought maybe he was doing it to avoid the silo. Then I saw how short the tree was. When they panned the camera I saw the hill. Good idea nice cut
Wow a guy can't go out and do things differently just to change things up. Obviously not his first tree or last tree to fell. Good job thanks for sharing!
@Boon Doggle I believe this method would work on trees that have a slight lean, no more than 15 degrees. Of course rope will still be used to lower the tension on the hinge. I like this idea because it allows you to direct the fall in a very specific direction.
This cut is normally used to create a felling bench so it's easier to snedd the tree up without having to bend down. I've also heard of it being used to send trees down a hillside, by felling several trees in this style aiming down the hill, and then felling others across them so that they slide down the hillside on the smooth trunks
That's right... a young buck takes on trying something new and testing his metal a bit.. ..films it with a bit of well earned pride for getting out there for those of us who are sitting on our ass at home so we can shit on it. C'mon people! We are better than this! Good job lad. I'll like and subscribe for sure!
This isn't about self pride, you tube is also about sharing knowledge, I have cut hundreds of trees in the past, many of them quite dangerous, but I never thought of this method until today, I appreciate him for sharing, great job!!! I actually have a place for this method. I am going try it.
Never had to use this cut in almost 3 decades of tree felling,but no problems if you like it, but even more amazing , the hateful mommie's basement troll comments , some people I just feel sorry for.
What do you recommend for trees that are close to a house though? I'm trying to save myself $3K and thinking of doing a bunch of ash trees near my house that need to come down myself.
So many people not understanding the utility of this cut! Find yourself 4 trees in a perfect square, cut at whatever is 2 feet above grade for all 4 trees and cut in a manner to create the perfect raised foundation for a log cabin, complete with massive exposed mortise in tennons direct into natural stumps! It's perfection!
Ooooh lots of people saying waste of time, but I think it would be very useful in a cross wind!! No felling wedge or winch can beat the power of the wind but this trick could be just the right technique. I've got a Forty foot birch to drop next to a train line, play time me thinks! Thanks for sharing
Pretty good technique when you want to have it fall in a tight squeeze. I wouldn't recommend having someone bounce on a rope in front of a tall tree in a real scenario.
Very clever technique. You clearly have carpentry skills to cut that tenon joint so precisely. Made me chuckle, as it's so 'outside the box'. Thanks for sharing.
I don't care what any of the naysayers write, this is pretty cool! Probably the best tree felling technique I've seen. Drop the tree basically exactly where you want it. The ONLY THING that I would suggest, and you probably already know this, is to use a block & tackle winch instead of pulling on the rope. You obviously jumped up and down on the rope 😆😆😆. Good job!
I could see this cut being useful in a few situations, you won't use it every day but it is a guarantee of where that tree will fall, like, as previously stated the tree is close to a house, building, in between two buildings or power lines out in the country where the city and county rarely maintain anything and it's all up to the landowner. Good video.
Michael Blyzes problem is you need a rope because it can fall in two directions + it works only on small trees. But usually you wont have any problems to bring down a small tree in the direction you want anyway...so theres kinda no purpose. Maybe if its very steep and you dont want the log to roll away
Martin Erhard. I believe with one more cut this technique could be used on larger trees, (24 - 30 inches) and yeah I agree that the age old wedge and back cut will fall about any tree you want, it's just that this is a hinge and if you got a tree that is growing much more on one side than the other or whatever this would prevent the trunk from twisting, especially when up against a building or on a hill etc. But I personally won't use this technique, I can just see that there are advantages and disadvantages to both, and everyone will do as they please anyways hahaha
Clever idea. I've seen enough chain saw fails on youtube by unskilled or careless people where this technique might have come in handy. I'd probably make the tenon a lot wider. Like a third of the trunk width.
@@treeclimberharry582 have you tried this with a bottle jack. I am a fan of when in doubt rope it out. So I wouldn't attempt this but some of those bottle jack guys might. Might be a good video to do
That may be a fun thing to try but it certainly ain't a technique and would be quite dangerous to do with a large tree. I cut trees and actually felt panick watching this not knowing it already had its head off. Cool to try but that was useless
it is definately not a technique. everything was extremely dangerous, even for a professional. it looks nice. but is definately not some thing i think should be promoted
The joke is on everyone else because Harry just made $1400 off of this video felling a worthless rotten tree with a cool looking technique with 1.4 million views! Good job!
Wow. I shall give this a go next time I take down a tree in tight quarters. Brilliant way to control the fall but the tree can't have a dead core, otherwise it seems it could split on you. I've felled a lot of trees and study them prior to doing so, including how to go about the cut and the "timber!" aspect. Yet I've never considered doing a hinge cut like this! As a result, have passed on some projects for others due to uncertainty on how to bring it down without risk of hitting a cabin, garage, shed, house, livestock, RV, electric wires/ poles, etc. This method would have worked I bet. Thanks for the tip!
What a clever idea, and a brilliant demonstration. I would have guessed the small open square at the bottom was not deep enough to allow the tenon to swing free. I was wrong, the bottom front edge of the tenon didn't scrape bottom at all. The challenge is to cut the hinge evenly, and to safely get the drop started.
I could see this being a handy technique on much much larger green trees where the vertical sides would be more robust and provide more meat. Very cool to watch.
I think the purpose of this cut is to keep the tree from falling totally to the ground, for example if you need to fall a tree over a driveway but don’t want it to actually hit the driveway. Usually the cut is up a little higher and the top will prop the tree up and off the drive. Not sure but I think this is the most practical way of using the cut as you should be able to direct the tree without it
A fun demonstration of a technique with only a few applications...well done. Notice that the tree had already been topped an d that they used a rope to topple the tree from its hinge. This technique is an advanced level one that should not be attempted by beginners or even "moderately experienced" fellers. It is however one of the coolest looking techniques out there.
This should have been a obvious solution to one of the most dangerous aspects of tree felling. I have dropped a lot of trees and never considered this. A innovative safety addition to the fellers bag of tricks.
Looks like a good way to control the direction of the fall, plus keep the tree from twisting/rolling to the side. I'd love to see it in use on a 'leaner', to see if it can make the fall go in a direction different from the lean. And to the haters on never having had to use it in '87 yrs' or whatever of lumberjacking, it's too dangerous (because they never saw it before), why not use the standard openface notch/hinge approach always and only, blah blah... I'll just say, in woodworking, I know several joinery techniques I could use to join 2 pieces of wood together. There are some I know and never used (having some favorites) and no doubt some I've never heard of (especially in the area of certain exotic Japanese techniques). I would never be so arrogant as to say my favorite joint, or even one I know that's in wider use, is the 'right' one, and all others are 'dangerous' or stupid. That would be self-aggrandizing and ignorant, two qualities I try (and sometimes, admittedly, fail) to steer clear of.
I fell enough trees on my ranch to find this useful. - I've been afraid to cut some because I couldn't guarantee the direction, but I feel a little more confident now. Not a lot, but some.
It looks like a bridle joint in wood working. I could see this having use in certain situations, in particular tipping spars real close to a building, which we have done in the past with a well tensioned butt tie. I think the tricky part would be setting your hinge width while not cutting too far into the joint so as to weaken it.
I used this cut, but 90 degrees offset. It is used when you have a tree that has fallen over in wind, and has a huge preload in it. You do the cuts, then you pull it off the stump with a chain. Saves the whole mess blowing up. This this may be a mistaken version of that cut.
That would be a nice cut for keeping a log from rolling sideways into something valuable after it hits the ground. An open faced notch works well too as long as the hinge wood isn't weak but this method would work no matter what. I've seen a variant of this where the plunge cut was much higher up but it was a lot sketchier than this. Nice job!
Well done good sir! Coming from a fellow arborist; this is a great way to make a controlled fall and am baffled that nobody without an AARP card knows about it. WARNING: great way to get your saw bound up if you are not experienced and have a cheap dull saw! (I've rescued many jammed saws for people who claim to know what they're doing)
Total amateur myself...learning fast...so far just surface wounds... 😏 every one I’ve had issue/danger with has not gone down the way it was supposed to... this looks like it would eliminate that. No way it was falling toward the catchment tank. Thanks for sharing.
Doug Loan dude I don't live in a city, I just have a lot of time for more intricate work so like messing with new cuts from time to time. Besides if it works to keep the tree on the stump id be encouraging it around houses and residential type areas as opposed to even thinking about risking anything else - I'm good with my saw(s) but anything I can use to minimise any kind of risk to me is worth it's weight. I don't care much for the 'macho' type image I just like a good, clean safe job done well... everyone wins
SQTS1 I'm saying that people who cut trees like that risk the stump spitting in half, just like a steel wedge splitting wood, and I wasn't implying you were from the city, just people in general, heavy trees are going to fell which ever way its leaning, those little stobb cuts are not going to hold it
I can see where this would be handy on the side of a hill so the log don't take off down the hill, but mostly just neat, not worth a lot, but I'll keep it in mind for a later use
Would love to try this on a big leaner, been cutting/ climbing 30 yrs, dropped thousands with no problems. Usually I just climb, put a rope way up top, make a simple notch and back cut. Still have to consider lean, center of gravity, wind , any rot or hollow spots the tree may have in the cut/ control/ hinge area. A proper notch, and a rope, can only leverage the laws of physics and gravity to you so much, then they may take over to your disappointment, as the tree comes over. A big enough mortise and tenon like this in the base would be very interesting to try multiple times, to give an experienced opinion on them. Usually, the trees I am in , with the small areas I have to work in, are pretty much cut back, limb wise, and a rope already left up top, to slide down on.
I suppose if saw blade gets pinched making final horizontal cut (tree setting downward on saw before falling) - a wedge driven in square hole could either finish felling of tree or release pinched saw? Just curious. This is clever way to control felling of fairly large trees. Thanks for posting! I have several large pine trees I need to remove - threatening to fall on my home. 👍
Ive cut down a lot of damn trees in the Sims and this technique is very important to safely falling trees. You can take that to the bank, I'm an honest 2god lumbernjacker
I had to think about it for a minute to come up with a practical application for this type of cut. Say you're on a Hillside and you don't want the trunk to roll away on ya. The cutout locks into the groove and holds everything in place. Other than that, it looks like a "sure. I'll give that a shot, for funs sake". I might give it a go on my next layup drop.
Perfect spot and trunk to test that cut. So obvious, I'm surprised it's not better known. First I've seen it. Almost takes the fun out of landing fell in the right spot.
seen this technique years ago. its purpose is to make a 'bench' off the ground on which the feller can then fell further trees. it keeps them off the ground to make snedding easier...
Hey bro. Ignore the negative. We use this all the time. It's really handy for retaining walls. Or water mains or services below that you can't damage. #hardfell
All these keyboard warriors who have never fell a tree or used a chainsaw in their life 🤣. They're trying out a directional felling technique, get off your high horses, he's having fun
At first I thought it was tall tree and you were trying to avoid the galvanized grain tower thing. It was good practice for when you really need. Sweet. Just don't feed the trolls and let them starve.
Please pull your face shield down to cover your eyes and protect them. I enjoyed seeing the technique, which I have never seen before. Thanks for that.
Just to clarify, this was the first time I have done this cut, I saw a picture of it and decided to give it a try. Obviously this little trunk didn't need it done or anything but the cut looked cool so I gave it a go :)
Fruitarian Climber f the haters. That was cool.
Fruitarian Climber whats the theroy behind this cut? Is it to stop falling to the side? Intresting stuff!
Yeah.. Ive cut down many trees. Never seen that technique before. Pretty interesting idea.
farmer andy I thought maybe he was doing it to avoid the silo. Then I saw how short the tree was. When they panned the camera I saw the hill. Good idea nice cut
Tree Climber Harry Lol I saw this on Instagram too and wanted to try it out.
Wow a guy can't go out and do things differently just to change things up. Obviously not his first tree or last tree to fell. Good job thanks for sharing!
lol right. how dare he do something a little different and DEAR GOD, learn something in the process!!!! This world is full of pussies lol.
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, troll"!
Awesome vid mate 👍.
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I've never seen a cut like that before. Thank you for sharing!
I would love to see this used on a 75 foot leaner, to see if it could control the drop.
@Boon Doggle I believe this method would work on trees that have a slight lean, no more than 15 degrees. Of course rope will still be used to lower the tension on the hinge. I like this idea because it allows you to direct the fall in a very specific direction.
I think wedges would be good to use in starting the tree's fall
Nope. It will barberchair
@@Johnrider1234 my old boss would say..sooo who cares
Won’t work
This cut is normally used to create a felling bench so it's easier to snedd the tree up without having to bend down. I've also heard of it being used to send trees down a hillside, by felling several trees in this style aiming down the hill, and then felling others across them so that they slide down the hillside on the smooth trunks
I've got a bad leaner over a small barn. This technique might be used very soon. Thanks
That's right... a young buck takes on trying something new and testing his metal a bit.. ..films it with a bit of well earned pride for getting out there for those of us who are sitting on our ass at home so we can shit on it. C'mon people! We are better than this! Good job lad. I'll like and subscribe for sure!
What happened to sharing knowledge and learning something new how is that possible if kept to ones self
This isn't about self pride, you tube is also about sharing knowledge, I have cut hundreds of trees in the past, many of them quite dangerous, but I never thought of this method until today, I appreciate him for sharing, great job!!! I actually have a place for this method. I am going try it.
I live in arizona, the sonoran desert. we don't have tree's. without videos like this, i would probably go my whole life without seeing a chainsaw.
Michael Milsom and his mettle.
Never had to use this cut in almost 3 decades of tree felling,but no problems if you like it, but even more amazing , the hateful mommie's basement troll comments , some people I just feel sorry for.
Mike Sokolow machines within?
Slim Monty Machines without too.
What do you recommend for trees that are close to a house though? I'm trying to save myself $3K and thinking of doing a bunch of ash trees near my house that need to come down myself.
Maybe top cut and work your way down, gotta climb tho
@@TheLegendBrolySS No chance of that for me, thanks though. That's what the tree service wants to do.
I'll be damned Who knew trees were put together with mortise and tenon
So many people not understanding the utility of this cut! Find yourself 4 trees in a perfect square, cut at whatever is 2 feet above grade for all 4 trees and cut in a manner to create the perfect raised foundation for a log cabin, complete with massive exposed mortise in tennons direct into natural stumps! It's perfection!
This way of felling where you need to be super accurate should work very well. Good job.
Ooooh lots of people saying waste of time, but I think it would be very useful in a cross wind!!
No felling wedge or winch can beat the power of the wind but this trick could be just the right technique.
I've got a Forty foot birch to drop next to a train line, play time me thinks!
Thanks for sharing
Nice! I'll have to try this at the U-cut Xmas tree farm this year.
Pretty good technique when you want to have it fall in a tight squeeze. I wouldn't recommend having someone bounce on a rope in front of a tall tree in a real scenario.
Nicely done! I've been downing trees almost 40 years and have seen and used several techniques! This is now on my to do list! Thanks!
The face shied is doing a awesome job keeping the hard hat safe!
Excellent. Looks like this will keep tree from rolling after falling. Thanks for posting 👍🏾👍🏾
That's cool af. Perfect way to guide the tree it couldn't turn on the stump and fell the wrong way.
Very clever technique. You clearly have carpentry skills to cut that tenon joint so precisely. Made me chuckle, as it's so 'outside the box'. Thanks for sharing.
Good job he’s keeping the front of his hard hat free from saw dust with the face visor 👍
I don't care what any of the naysayers write, this is pretty cool! Probably the best tree felling technique I've seen. Drop the tree basically exactly where you want it. The ONLY THING that I would suggest, and you probably already know this, is to use a block & tackle winch instead of pulling on the rope. You obviously jumped up and down on the rope 😆😆😆. Good job!
I could see this cut being useful in a few situations, you won't use it every day but it is a guarantee of where that tree will fall, like, as previously stated the tree is close to a house, building, in between two buildings or power lines out in the country where the city and county rarely maintain anything and it's all up to the landowner. Good video.
Michael Blyzes problem is you need a rope because it can fall in two directions + it works only on small trees. But usually you wont have any problems to bring down a small tree in the direction you want anyway...so theres kinda no purpose. Maybe if its very steep and you dont want the log to roll away
Martin Erhard. I believe with one more cut this technique could be used on larger trees, (24 - 30 inches) and yeah I agree that the age old wedge and back cut will fall about any tree you want, it's just that this is a hinge and if you got a tree that is growing much more on one side than the other or whatever this would prevent the trunk from twisting, especially when up against a building or on a hill etc. But I personally won't use this technique, I can just see that there are advantages and disadvantages to both, and everyone will do as they please anyways hahaha
Clever idea. I've seen enough chain saw fails on youtube by unskilled or careless people where this technique might have come in handy. I'd probably make the tenon a lot wider. Like a third of the trunk width.
Joe Stallings yeah definitely if it was a bigger tree, but cutting the tenon much bigger would leave little hinge wood
@@treeclimberharry582 have you tried this with a bottle jack. I am a fan of when in doubt rope it out. So I wouldn't attempt this but some of those bottle jack guys might. Might be a good video to do
Such an awesome idea. I love the fact you tested it safely rather than hurting yourself with a new technique.
Haters everywhere!! Probably never even seen a real saw up close. I think it's a cool idea, thanks for sharing!!
That may be a fun thing to try but it certainly ain't a technique and would be quite dangerous to do with a large tree. I cut trees and actually felt panick watching this not knowing it already had its head off. Cool to try but that was useless
Cool idea bad execution.
@subarolla - what do you mean "aint a technique". What a ridiculous statement. It is obviously a "technique". Thanks for sharing Harry.
it is definately not a technique. everything was extremely dangerous, even for a professional. it looks nice. but is definately not some thing i think should be promoted
@Neon - I'm not sure that word means what you think it means.
It serves a purpose for directional falling on a small scale if it was tight quarters
jmac262610
I was wondering how this would work with a big tree.
Maybe save the vertical cuts for last to avoid pinching.
Aswell as if there's something under the tree that shouldn't be damaged such as a flower bed.
Awesome, if you put in a hinge pin, you can put the tree back upright if you feel that that one had to stay.
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The joke is on everyone else because Harry just made $1400 off of this video felling a worthless rotten tree with a cool looking technique with 1.4 million views! Good job!
That's not how RUclips works.
Him yeah, there were no ads on this video and I don't have ad blocker.....sooooo....how's is he making money on an unmonetized vid again?
This video is an about the experiment on that type of cutting tree
How do you work tha out ?
Way more...
YOU SIR ARE ONE OF VERY FEW, EXCELLENT METHOD IM JUST AN OLD DIYS AND I WISH I KNEW ABOUT YOUR CUT EARLY IN LIFE NICE JOB
Wow. I shall give this a go next time I take down a tree in tight quarters. Brilliant way to control the fall but the tree can't have a dead core, otherwise it seems it could split on you. I've felled a lot of trees and study them prior to doing so, including how to go about the cut and the "timber!" aspect. Yet I've never considered doing a hinge cut like this! As a result, have passed on some projects for others due to uncertainty on how to bring it down without risk of hitting a cabin, garage, shed, house, livestock, RV, electric wires/ poles, etc. This method would have worked I bet. Thanks for the tip!
Awsome. Pointless some say. Well sharing on youtube is not pointless. So it has already served one purpose. Thanks for sharing.
I personally would be leery of that tail coming back when finishing the cut, but i see the use for it. Good job
What a clever idea, and a brilliant demonstration. I would have guessed the small open square at the bottom was not deep enough to allow the tenon to swing free. I was wrong, the bottom front edge of the tenon didn't scrape bottom at all. The challenge is to cut the hinge evenly, and to safely get the drop started.
With a little more care, and a hole saw, you could've left an intact hinge pin.
Just sayin'.
Seems like a cool way to help guide a tree just that much better, I'll have to give it a try this weekend.
I could see this being a handy technique on much much larger green trees where the vertical sides would be more robust and provide more meat. Very cool to watch.
Brilliant. Never seen that trick before and I have felled lots of trees.
Jeez, he stated he was trying something he saw and wanted to give it a try! I could see this very useful when near a Bldg or other trees
Leave it to the comment section on youtube to spread negativity never did he say this is my new technique only he saw it done gave it a shot period .
Note to self: Don't grin (or grimace) while you are running the saw, unless you want to spit sawdust the rest of the day.
ha ha.
Ha!
Been there
True words. I'm spitting out sawdust right now resting from stump fighting with a fresh cut Magnolia stump.
Come on who doesn't love the taste of trees
Awesome face guard technique as well!!!
I really appreciate that y’all pray on the job. That’s awesome!! Praise the Lord!!!!
A lot of precise plunge cuts. Good thing you made that disclaimer I was about to go off. Nice cut, may try that.
I think the purpose of this cut is to keep the tree from falling totally to the ground, for example if you need to fall a tree over a driveway but don’t want it to actually hit the driveway. Usually the cut is up a little higher and the top will prop the tree up and off the drive. Not sure but I think this is the most practical way of using the cut as you should be able to direct the tree without it
That is a pretty cool technique. Thanks for sharing!
Damn ..... Haven't seen this kinda tree cutting video.... hat's off toooo youuu
A fun demonstration of a technique with only a few applications...well done. Notice that the tree had already been topped an d that they used a rope to topple the tree from its hinge. This technique is an advanced level one that should not be attempted by beginners or even "moderately experienced" fellers. It is however one of the coolest looking techniques out there.
So people understand... You can fall a tree much simpler... However this technique allows you to fall it EXACTLY where you want it. Very cool.
That was so cool. I'll try it someday when needed. Thanks
Why are there so many hateful commenters on videos about tree feeling and welding. Cool cut sharp saw
This should have been a obvious solution to one of the most dangerous aspects of tree felling. I have dropped a lot of trees and never considered this.
A innovative safety addition to the fellers bag of tricks.
That's BADASS! thanks for sharing.
neat! Not only does it keep the tree up higher for cutting into logs, but keeps it from rolling AT ALL if on a slope
Looks like a good way to control the direction of the fall, plus keep the tree from twisting/rolling to the side. I'd love to see it in use on a 'leaner', to see if it can make the fall go in a direction different from the lean. And to the haters on never having had to use it in '87 yrs' or whatever of lumberjacking, it's too dangerous (because they never saw it before), why not use the standard openface notch/hinge approach always and only, blah blah... I'll just say, in woodworking, I know several joinery techniques I could use to join 2 pieces of wood together. There are some I know and never used (having some favorites) and no doubt some I've never heard of (especially in the area of certain exotic Japanese techniques). I would never be so arrogant as to say my favorite joint, or even one I know that's in wider use, is the 'right' one, and all others are 'dangerous' or stupid. That would be self-aggrandizing and ignorant, two qualities I try (and sometimes, admittedly, fail) to steer clear of.
Whether the tree needed it or not this was awesome to see. Thanks for sharing.
Tried it today..... works like a charm.. dead on..
Never seen it done like that. Pretty cool!
I fell enough trees on my ranch to find this useful.
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I've been afraid to cut some because I couldn't guarantee the direction, but I feel a little more confident now. Not a lot, but some.
Cool fell. I need to give this a go
Nice cut. Well done!
that's awesome
Hey Fowler, my boy!! Haha, just noticed this was 2yrs ago.. Welp, your still AWESOME Brotha'!!!
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Very cool i think its great way to cut great video
It looks like a bridle joint in wood working. I could see this having use in certain situations, in particular tipping spars real close to a building, which we have done in the past with a well tensioned butt tie. I think the tricky part would be setting your hinge width while not cutting too far into the joint so as to weaken it.
Mark Young
Just cut the horizontol cuts first. Avoid the pinch. The vertical cuts would be tricky though. Full on plunge cut for accuracy?
Nice! Looks quite safe allthough it also looks like a waist of wood. Not so much if you are felling for firewood though...thumbs up!
This is a cool piece of extra security. I'll have to try it when I'm cutting alone.
I used this cut, but 90 degrees offset. It is used when you have a tree that has fallen over in wind, and has a huge preload in it. You do the cuts, then you pull it off the stump with a chain. Saves the whole mess blowing up. This this may be a mistaken version of that cut.
That would be a nice cut for keeping a log from rolling sideways into something valuable after it hits the ground. An open faced notch works well too as long as the hinge wood isn't weak but this method would work no matter what. I've seen a variant of this where the plunge cut was much higher up but it was a lot sketchier than this. Nice job!
i love the creativity shown here
Well done good sir! Coming from a fellow arborist; this is a great way to make a controlled fall and am baffled that nobody without an AARP card knows about it. WARNING: great way to get your saw bound up if you are not experienced and have a cheap dull saw! (I've rescued many jammed saws for people who claim to know what they're doing)
Great Idea! Just the ticket when there is more side lean than you want! You ought to patent this!
Total amateur myself...learning fast...so far just surface wounds... 😏 every one I’ve had issue/danger with has not gone down the way it was supposed to... this looks like it would eliminate that. No way it was falling toward the catchment tank. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting technique, might give that a go when the opportunity arises (don’t get to fell trees that often)
Looks awesome, I'll be trying this Monday morning bro. Will hit you up with how it goes lol
SQTS1 hopefully not from the emergency room, you cut trees like that around here, they'd laugh you back to the city
Doug Loan dude I don't live in a city, I just have a lot of time for more intricate work so like messing with new cuts from time to time.
Besides if it works to keep the tree on the stump id be encouraging it around houses and residential type areas as opposed to even thinking about risking anything else - I'm good with my saw(s) but anything I can use to minimise any kind of risk to me is worth it's weight.
I don't care much for the 'macho' type image I just like a good, clean safe job done well... everyone wins
SQTS1 I'm saying that people who cut trees like that risk the stump spitting in half, just like a steel wedge splitting wood, and I wasn't implying you were from the city, just people in general, heavy trees are going to fell which ever way its leaning, those little stobb cuts are not going to hold it
That's pretty cool. I just might have to try that.
Interesting variation of the tongue and groove technique. Keep it up man! Be safe, and always remain innovative!👍
I can see where this would be handy on the side of a hill so the log don't take off down the hill, but mostly just neat, not worth a lot, but I'll keep it in mind for a later use
adam clark
That and it also acts as a bench to make limbing easier while on the hillside
Would love to try this on a big leaner, been cutting/ climbing 30 yrs, dropped thousands with no problems. Usually I just climb, put a rope way up top, make a simple notch and back cut. Still have to consider lean, center of gravity, wind , any rot or hollow spots the tree may have in the cut/ control/ hinge area. A proper notch, and a rope, can only leverage the laws of physics and gravity to you so much, then they may take over to your disappointment, as the tree comes over. A big enough mortise and tenon like this in the base would be very interesting to try multiple times, to give an experienced opinion on them. Usually, the trees I am in , with the small areas I have to work in, are pretty much cut back, limb wise, and a rope already left up top, to slide down on.
Interesting way to control the fall, great idea.
I suppose if saw blade gets pinched making final horizontal cut (tree setting downward on saw before falling) - a wedge driven in square hole could either finish felling of tree or release pinched saw? Just curious. This is clever way to control felling of fairly large trees. Thanks for posting! I have several large pine trees I need to remove - threatening to fall on my home. 👍
Thats awesome. Ive been wanting to try it out too!! ✌👊
I was skeptical but, good job man.
Ive cut down a lot of damn trees in the Sims and this technique is very important to safely falling trees. You can take that to the bank, I'm an honest 2god lumbernjacker
Plunge cutting is very dangerous but you did an incredible job.
Ok, that there was impressive. Damn fine job and thanks for posting, I'm gonna give it a go! 👍
This is some next level wranglerstar shit, subbed.
I had to think about it for a minute to come up with a practical application for this type of cut. Say you're on a Hillside and you don't want the trunk to roll away on ya. The cutout locks into the groove and holds everything in place. Other than that, it looks like a "sure. I'll give that a shot, for funs sake". I might give it a go on my next layup drop.
Perfect spot and trunk to test that cut. So obvious, I'm surprised it's not better known. First I've seen it. Almost takes the fun out of landing fell in the right spot.
Hey.... a lot of haters but that was pretty impressive.
seen this technique years ago. its purpose is to make a 'bench' off the ground on which the feller can then fell further trees. it keeps them off the ground to make snedding easier...
PURE GENIUS!...EYE PROTECTION COMPLETELY BYPASSED. SEEYA'.
Hey bro. Ignore the negative. We use this all the time. It's really handy for retaining walls. Or water mains or services below that you can't damage. #hardfell
awesome, video that i've never seen before
All these keyboard warriors who have never fell a tree or used a chainsaw in their life 🤣. They're trying out a directional felling technique, get off your high horses, he's having fun
Vizerei exactly! 👍
I agree, what is wrong with some experimentation once in a while, makes life interesting and fun, I saw no harm in what he did...
Vizerei right IT is Just for fun
You seem to be the key bored warrior tho
So putting yourself in the path of a falling tree and using your weight to fell it is clever, interesting , cool.....
At first I thought it was tall tree and you were trying to avoid the galvanized grain tower thing. It was good practice for when you really need. Sweet. Just don't feed the trolls and let them starve.
thats one big toung and groove joint with some sweet walnut :)
I’m definitely not an expert but i would definitely try this, looks like a reasonably good way to get it to fall where you want it to
Please pull your face shield down to cover your eyes and protect them. I enjoyed seeing the technique, which I have never seen before. Thanks for that.
I use the dovetail method and then I use the wood to build some cabinets
Ha ha brilliant!
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Next time, please put your face-shield down when cutting