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Pretty Much How to Chop Down a Tree
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Hay guys not to be an ass but that cut was crazy low cut the tree at the same hight as you mod section thays what I have seen anyways
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You posted this video 4 o'clock in the evening, And i am watching this at 9:51am in morning. And youtube says it was uploaded 7 hours ago.
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i am at 28°North
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Disclaimer: I know this is the modern rogue, and what I'm about to write is gonna be totally ignored.
Professional forester here: While the principles are somewhat accurate, I would not advise the DIY people to try this. First off, with the tree being dead, the wood is way less bendy, and will crack before you even come close to being able to fell it. Secondly, while there were no branches on this one, when choosing the direction you wanna fell it, you wanna take both the lean of the tree, and the branches weight into account. Otherwise it might fall backwards.
If you do wanna fell a tree with an axe, instead of doing this, start the wedge cut with a horizontal cut, and then chop out the wedge downwards. This will make it much easier to fell. The hingewood is just as an important factor in how the tree will fall, as the wedge cut out. Make sure you have an even hinge, and that the cut from behind, does not go past end end of the wedge. And if you do use a chainsaw, remember your safety gear. Should you cut yourself in the leg with a chainsaw, you'll be lucky if you only lose the leg.
-Greetings from a danish forest worker,
ya, they should have roped it with tension in the direction they want it to fall, off another tree or an anchor in the ground so that it practically cant fall backwards.
@@MountainLich I mean, that is a valid tactic(though with larger trees or extremely one sided branching or lean I'd recommend a proper winch). It isn't always necessary though, which is why you should take a good look at the tree before felling it. Not to mention, be extra careful if it's windy.
Huzzah! As a fellow Dane, I feel obliged to reply! Great tips and knowledge!
Må jeg gætte
Emil Andersen
I know nothing about felling trees, but I appreciate your emphasis on correct information
This is peak Modern Rogue: The undercut halfheartedly nibbles into the tree instead of making a wedge, the sawing goes terrible (keep the saw straight, Murphy!), and in the end it just gets pushed over.
Yea, they missed the first step.
You want to "Chop Down A Tree". Step #1, find a tree.
That wasn't a "tree".
@@stevecotes301 Even calling that a twig is an insult to twigs...
@Ryan Adkins I actually remember I was at a summer camp at the age of like 15 and a tree, maybe not that size but like half that size fell during a storm and I started carrying it around and using it a walking stick for the rest of the one week camp. It was funny.
Axe technique: Awful
Saw technique: Terrible
Choice of tree: Appalling
Enjoyment: High
Hotel: Trivago
I had a job felling a tree (as a volunteer) at a local wildlife preserve, so in order to not introduce noxious fumes and loud mechanical noises into the preserve, I chose to use an axe and hand tools to fell a leaning tree. What they didn't tell me was that the tree in question I needed to take down was ironwood. I was tired AF by the end of that day.
It was beautiful to watch
*_Yep_*
Dick: Out
How to cut down a tree:
- Find a rotten tree less than 6 inches in diameter
- Spend 3 hours carefully setting up the felling strategy
- Inadvertently uproot the tree
"two of us make one person so we are technically alone" best quote i have heard on the modern rogue so far.
Not a professional logger, but one tip is to cut closer to waist height not and close to the ground. Axe swings will be more powerful and controlled.
Valderhide I’m a professional tree climber so I cut down trees with a chainsaw but I’ve used an axe before and I was coming down here to say the same thing lol
@@Carv97 How does one become a professional tree climber? it sounds like a fun job.
@@Carv97 This must have been painful to watch, even just the slightest bit
@@stephenward8052 I assume they are a tree surgeon
@@Carv97 I'm a professional RUclips commenter and I agree.
"Pretty much how to chop down a tree" *proceeds to just push a tree over*
There was no point to what they did lol
@@MooShaka89 the saw had many points
NekoWerewolf And the axe had 4 points
Spoilers!
"Pretty much how to vibrate the old dried root ball enough the ground goes to soup"
More accurate title: "How NOT to cut down a tree."
Even more accurate title, "How to loose your man card"
Unfortunately, I didn't film my attempt at the real way to not cut down a tree.
For reference, it takes an insane amount of rifle damage to take down an 8" thick oak tree.
This was painful to watch, why did they cut it so low
"How to push over a tree"
Good internet tho
"Pretty Much How To Chop Down A Tree"
The most Modern Rogue-ish title I've ever read.
Now watch pretty much how to not do this at home?
How every MR episode title should begin
Was bout to post it. Beat me to it
They changed it
*Fell*
I mean, you touched a tree with an ax and a saw, and that tree is now horizontal, so.... you win?
Appreciate the Book mention brothers, you should come out to my school for a class on me and we will film some stuff while you are here, might be cool-
You guys better do this! Dave is the man!!
That would be awesome!
David, please teach them how to do it properly!
indeed, teach them to fell, but like most (me included) they need help with all the bushcraft basics.
I read the book, for the safe splitting position im having issues generating enough force to split the logs, is it that my axe is too light?
"If I had 4 hours to cut down a tree, I'd spend the first 3 hours just like, sort of chopping at the bottom of it and then realize I could just push it over by the roots. Then I would have an hour for free. What were we talking about?"
- Abraham Lincoln
Yes
"Reasonably sized tree"
*Camera pans up*
Tree: 4 times the size of Jason
i honestly thought it was taller than it was until it fell.
3.9 meters, so like, less than two tall people. Unbelievably weedy
chops at tree for an hour, pushes it over.
*it still being fully intact*
"Cause im a modern rogue"
Tip: the type of axe head you use is important for what type of tree your cutting down.
Source: cutting down trees for winter for years.
Instructions not clear, chopped down a telephone line.
Instructions unclear phone started to fly away.
Wanna like it but it’s at 69
With these instructions, you couldn’t have chopped down anything lol.
Bruh moment
I chop trees a bit on my property so I know how tiring it can be, so I came expecting a laugh, but I never imaged they would try to cut flush with the ground lol.
Coming from a family that's been in the sawmill/timber milling trade since the 1650s, I have to say that this is the most cringy video I've ever seen.👏👍🏻
As the decendant of a Finn i must agree with your assessment
what would you change?
Yea if u have pretty much any experience at all in the subject they are covering it will pretty much be the cringiest thing every time
@@leannab5785 Everything. Just everything.
Me about every 5 seconds:
"You don't... *Sigh*"
yepppppppp
This was painful to watch lol they're completely bent over swinging that axe 😂
It looks like someone tried to cement a post and didnt dig a hole deep enough.
I've never chopped a tree down but I assume that they're cutting way too low
Yup, shoulda been waist height. Tho still like the vid
Yea, I always cut my trees standing up. You don't want to be on your knees, especially if the tree starts falling. Its always way easier on your life (and your back) to cut the stump down after.
Also, they needed a proper felling axe, it should take really good visible chunks out of the tree, and it should be easy to make nice straight lines with it (if you're accurate enough). The axe they were using was also def not sharp...
Would make the axe swings a lot less awkward, that's for sure.
Mohammed Shaker Very much so - they're chopping so close to the ground that it's tough to do accurately and forcefully at the same time. They were neither. At least knee height lets you get some power into the swing and actually bite into the wood. Even a dead, dried, rock hard tree should chip under the force of an axe swung by a grown man.
My 13 year old daughter was doing better when we were cutting firewood last fall, to be honest. We do almost all of it with chainsaws, but we still cut a few with axes to feel like manly men, or manly teenaged girls, as it were.
If you are cutting for logging, then that would be good. You want to get the most amount of wood possible.
Lmao, so basically wait until it’s so rotten that you can just push it over
Ehh, then it's too late, if you want it for wood.
Honestly I want to see how Brian’s sting operation went down?
Turns out it was Brian's youngest daughter. She's a bootleg gasoline wunderkind.
About Brian’s “sting operation”. One of the first things credit card fraudsters see before cloning a card is the BIN (first digits of the number) and the associated information. This information would say “@privacy.com’s bank@ PREPAID” or similar.
That is if they care to check that. Or even care what the BIN number is - they have no reason to be suspicious about that.
@@PersonOfRandomnesss if they wanna stay outa jail they will
@@LuckyMoniker Or if they don't know good enough about what they're doing
When are y'all gonna do an episode with Demolition Ranch? He's a true modern rogue, just saying.
that would be cool
Anonymous Anonymous that’s more “how to remove a tree” ;-)
@@DuesenbergJ you're not wrong
@Anonymous Anonymous "how to remove a tree... and clothes... along with most of your hair.... DO NOT TRY AT HOME"
Today we are going to lit a campfire with Dragon's Breath. Or some more common incendiary round.
*Browser Tab Title:* "Pretty Much How To Chop Down A Tree"
*RUclips Title:* "How to Fell a Tree"
*In-video Title:* "How To Cut Down A Tree"
*In-video Actions:* **accurate explanation of how to chop/saw a tree down**
*In-video Results:* **one Chevy Chase'd tree**
"When city boys do country things they read on the internets" fixed the title for you
Thank you!!!
I'm shocked you can't hear me screaming from Illinois...
never be on your knees when felling a tree, it makes it really hard to run away when it starts to fall.
Knowing when your tired is important, was doing some splitting work and missed the log, edge missed but felt the wide part brush leg, called it good for the day
One again they are pretty much inept in everything they do. But still get to do cool things on RUclips and make a living of it. Got to love it.
How to fell a tree: Find one that's almost falling over already. Push it over. Optionally chop and saw at it before for intimidation.
Ok, a dude that went to school to work with trees here, a few things that I want to point out.
1: Any tree taller than you, I'd use a helmet, things can fall and it's not good. Primarily branches but old dead trees could possibly snap from the vibration depending on how bad it is.
2: When deciding where to fell it, take into account if the tree is leaning and if the distribution of branches is lopsided.
3: Make sure to get the wedge properly made or the tree can fall unpredictably.
4: Make the felling cut in line with the bottom of the wedge but *NOT* lower. A small bit higher is better than lower.
5: The felling cut NEVER goes all the way through the tree, you leave a bit (depending on how tall the tree is, but an inch is good for medium trees in my mind) to act as a hinge to guide the tree down (if properly trained you can also leave the hinge uneven to make the tree kinda spin around and avoid another tree or other obstacle blocking the path in the direction where you want it).
6: Never cut down a tree if you are unsure about anything regarding the process, you could damage property, injur yourself or others or even die or kill someone else. Always seek out professional help or get proper training before going out to cut down any "taller" tree.
Also, to measure out a tree to know where the top lands, take any straight item, like a stick, and make it as tall asfrom your hand (when holding the stick in hand) to your shoulder.
Then you simply walk away and check when the bottom of the stick matches with the bottom of the tree and the top of the stick matches with the top of the tree. Where you stand is where the top of the tree lands (if you actually make it land over there). Or you can simply take a measurement from where you stand after following these steps to the tree and you have how tall the tree is and can measure it out in any direction. This can be used if you want the tree going in a certain direction that doesn't have a clear line of sight of the full tree but another direction does. So you just use the stick trick and then measure the distance to the tree and now you can check any direction.
I probably could add more stuff, but this should be enough to cover the basics.
Good luck and be careful.
You guys should totally build a guitar with someone like guns and guitars! That would so be the Modern Rogue! They’d have their own special guitar to woo the ladies with.
This needs to happen
"Take that Mr Beast"
An interesting reference
Only 19,999,999 to go!
Sharpness isn't important. I don't know, those scissors in grade school sure didn't cut straight! Great video :D
Lol what they say is you don't want the edge too fine or it might or will fold over, a good edge but not a razor
Well yeah they had a zig-zag blade duh (just fucking around but I do remember those scissors in school)
@@joshuapollack2921 actually the sharper an axe is the easier it is to use as I can bit into the wood more cleanly also the axe they were using was dull as anything it made a very dull thud as they were chopping you should be able to hear it cutting the wood not bludgeoning it
@@Tater_Lord I agree, a good edge is important, in the end I suppose its up to preference. I would like a good middle ground where I can work easily without my edge folding or chipping
I’m just glad they even uploaded this, most channels would just bin this video into trash and think of another.
Props for them for going with the vid even tho it didn’t work out so much we enjoyed it.
For sizing a tree, get a strait stick off the ground (or cut one) get back far enough so the stick matches the tree size. then lay it over where you want to drop the tree to see how much room you need for it to land.
Maybe, not the best explanation, but if you try it you should be able to see what a keyboard doesn't relate well.
"The two of us make one person, so we are technically alone."
Prediction: 4 out of 5 comments are RUclips lumberjacks complaining about how they're doing it wrong.
heh. accurate.
These guys are some of the most uncoordinated people I ever seen have a RUclips channel of this kind. They can't handle any tools or such yet so determined to learn.
Well seasoned dry cedar like that is a very hard wood and particularly difficult to chop, that's why its used in construction and furniture making, green or still living wood is much easier to chop. If you're cutting firewood for the winter its best to fell trees in the late summer/ early fall, and cut them into roughly the size you need for your fireplace or furnace, then stack them to dry for a few weeks. Green wood is easier to chop, seasoned wood is easier to split with a log splitting wedge, the more you know.
I was literally just binge watching old Modern Rogue episodes!
Still waiting for a 'how to make beef jerky' episode
I grew up using a chainsaw and ax from age 12. I applaud your willingness to try this and have only been screaming a little bit at the monitor.
I love the fact that you have spent so much time and effort on cutting a tree that you could just yoink from the ground from the very begining.
If a Rogue chuck could chuck wood...
Now I really, really want to find out where the leak on Brian's card comes from.
So that I can know not to shop there.
After scrolling through the comments I have three things I'd like to contribute, one which I also saw someone else already commented but I thought I might clarify.
1. Clean of the bark from where you're gonna be working as it may have tiny rocks or other debree that will dull your tools quickly.
2. When the tree falls remember that the low end might kick up a bit so don't stand right next to it.
3. When chopping the wedge, alternate horizontal and angled cuts. The horizontal ones to cut the fibers and define the bottom of the wedge and angled cuts to chop out the wedge along the top of the wedge down to your horizontal cut.
I love it when I try something for hours and hours, and the outcome end up being what I expected, but not because of anything I did and all those hours ended up being useless. It's like the universe is telling me, "Even when you get what you want, never forget, your efforts will always be futile."
I'm gonna buy shaving cream. I really need some, but I'm self conscious so I'll buy it secretly
Buy it secretly by shopping online with a burner card from privacy,com
(7:45) I believe a bow saw would be more effective for this part.
A couple of tips for next time.
1. Cut higher as this will keep your back from carrying your weight and the axes.
2. Use a saw to make the first face cut. It will give you a point of reference and will allow you to just swing down into the face cut
I think this video is a perfect example if one that needs a revisit with a professional guest.
every vid is top goddamn notch. Hope he succeeds on his sting operation
Before watching I predict the injury counter is going to be reset
Surprisingly not
Titles video "Pretty Much How To Chop Down A Tree"
*proceeds to try and chop down the tree, give up and just push the tree over*
My husband has taken over the TV so all I watch now is y’all. Pretty good except sometimes I need a break, then I’m good for another marathon. Today I just had to say; come on guys - the tree - held up by rocks and no roots🤣 and cutting it down - big swings only 2 hitting points. You have grown on me.
“Is it time to reset the safety meter?”
Thanks now I cut down tree yes
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I love you guys and the channel, but damn your incompetence at most new things you try on the channel never seizes to amaze me
I figured that because of the content of your comment I must inform you that the phrase is, "Never ceases to amaze me."
@@Gakulon you're absolutely correct. My mistake.
When using an axe, you want to make your strokes hit the tree at an angle from your last cut. Instead of making cuts at 90 degrees from the axis of the tree, try making your first cut to be about 45 degrees. The next cut should be at 45 degrees but at the opposite direction. You could also alternated between 90 and 45 degree cuts. Axes work better when you are using them to break big chunks of wood out of the cut.
Brian had the right idea when you were sawing the opposite side. Opening the cut will help to prevent the saw from getting pinched. When cutting big trees, they pound wedges into the cut to help keep it open and encourage the tree in the right direction.
This tree wasn't really an issue, but when you start cutting big tall dead pole-like trees, you can run the risk of them breaking off towards the top. These trees can sometimes be referred to as widow-makers. If the tree is tall enough, shaking it or striking it at the ground can cause it to shake quite a lot at the top, this has resulted in a 10' (or whatever length) piece at the top of say a 70-100' tall tree to break lose and come plummeting down on top of the cutter. Often killing them, hence the name.
If you are trying to get into some more "bush-crafty" type stuff, you could consider doing some sort of collab with a RUclipsr who does modern homesteading. I'm sure there are plenty of options out there, but I know Wranglerstar does all sorts of videos on tree cutting and could make for interesting content. Aside from his RUclips channel he is a wildland firefighter. He will go aid forest fires in his areas.
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Wobbly dead trees are harder to fell with an axe. The wobble absorbs a lot of the impact.
To measure how far the tree will fall, get a branch (or axe handle) the length of your arm. Hold your arm straight out, and branch straight up. Walk out until the top of the branch visually lines up with the top of the tree, and hand visually lines up with shoulder height on the tree. The tree will roughly reach where you stand.
This is basically making two right angle triangles with 45 degree corners. One from your eyes to hand to branch tip. And the other from your eyes to tree base to tree top. It does require level ground.
I love watching you guys goof off in the forest. You hardly know what youre doing but you still make it fun to watch anyway.
If anyone cares you had the right info, but there were just a couple things off. You want to aim for an angle of attack that is roughly waist level or a bit lower, and then bring the axe in at a flat angle to start. The helps forming your wedge and makes it a bit easier to actually swing. As for the back cut you can find plastic wedges that are perfect for this, you slide them a quarter inch in then beat on them with a mallet until it sheers properly.
I was once working as a volunteer, maintaining hiking trails in Michigan. The large depression forest pines are very tall, say 40-60'. We were looking for dead standing trees to eliminate, "widow makers", I was right next to one considering how to deal with it, and another volunteer came up and gave it a sharp push. This 8-10" thick tree snapped midway up and came down directly at me, I dodged it. Be careful around dead trees, if I wasn't looking right at it I wouldn't have reacted in time.
The fact that you used Dave’s book makes me sinfully happy. That man is my hero.
One tip to keep your tools protected from debris and stay sharper longer, you can remove the bark around the area you're going to cut first. Bark can contain foreign objects like stones or even nails when they are around houses.
This is crazy. Just a few days ago, out of rage, I grabbed the first good ax I could find, went into the woods, and spent a little over an hour chopping down a tree (completely legally; it was on property I own).
what is funny is I JUST bought a hatchet with intent to make a new handle for it and sharpen the blade. Then I see this video in my feed. You guys did Damn Fine.
once watched a group of 5 dudes fell a tree that could've used this info... 4 of them tied ropes on the tree to try to direct it's fall while the other went at it with a hand saw. it fell over the wrong way, dragged the guys with it as it fell towards the street, through power lines and onto a parked car. They did not have permission to cut the tree either, so there was hell to pay.
All this leadup just to something Bryan said right at the beginning of the video. This, for some reason, is way more satisfying than you actualy chopping the tree down.
It helps to start the top of the wedge cut first. Hit the tree in a downward motion to create the angle cut. Then once that is done, hit the tree straight on a few inches down. Once you’re through you’ll have a wedge... instead of a bunch of chunks taken out.
My friends used to hang in the woods near our house and we used to cut down trees. The cypress trees in the forest were diseased so alot of them were so dead and rotten you could push them and knock them down. The oak trees were pretty hard to remove. We made what was effectively a little stoner haven. :)
First tip is dont try to chop down a tree at the roots, aim about 2 feet up depending how much wood you need from it. Second is sharpen the axe, the axe was literally bouncing off. Third is hold your top hand near the head of the axe then slide your hand down through the swing. Fourth is swing with rotating your whole upper body and put most of the motion in your arms, dont lunge at the wood swing at it. Fifth is dont be scared of the axe and the wood, if you swing like youre pushing the axe into the wood then letting it hit it will bounce and it will put you at greater risk of getting hurt, you should swing the axe with authority, youre not trying to hit the tree, youre trying to cut through it.
Also its safer being closer to the base of the tree as if the tree falls towards you when your further you have to sprint really fast to avoid it rather if youre close you have to take 4 steps to go 360 all the way around the tree but dont stand too close in case if the tree rolls sideways half way through falling. most of this though applies to cutting down far larger trees, something you can touch your shoulder around is very safe
Seeing them just smack it like they're holding a baseball bat, and go "maybe it's not sharp enough". Oh boy.
And then they just push it over because its basically a dead log stuck upright into the ground. A real banger of a video, guys.
early 2010's Brian - "I'll teach you table magic and brain teasers to impress friends and get free beer"
early 2020's Brian - "I'll teach you how to break into cars, Make Thermite, Clone Cards and Sharpen dangerous weapons... also maybe a little bit of pool"
A sharp ax is absolutely the most important thing if you want to be safe, a blunt ax can bounce off the wood and hit you, but a well sharpened ax will bite
Thanks guys. This video made me feel good about my own abilities to make stuff.
I love the new direction that Jason is taking this channel on
First of all, I absolutely love you guys. If I could afford a patreon subscription, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Secondly, if you were to stand up straight, hold the axe out with both arms fully extended and on the bottom 6 inches of the shaft 😉, and then align your feet so the axe touches the tree, you could swing with full force and still maintain a decent accuracy with your swings. Not a professional, but I did chop down trees for fun growing up.
I think learning how to use the tools needed to do any task is probably the more important feature in this video.
I want to say so many things. I can not express how many things I want to say. Just the big pointers: Doubleaxes like that usually have 2 different grinds. One for Felling one for Splitting. I could go into degrees here, but everyone has their own opinion on that. How sharp the ax is matters tremendously. A sharp ax cuts, a blunt ax crushes. So the sharper it is the less force you need.
Now for the felling itself: Cut higher. Why cut at ground level like that? You loose 3/4 of your strenght by bending over like that. It doesn't matter if you leave a tall stump. You can always come back with a handsaw then and cut it to the ground. Even while chainsawing I would rarely take a tree THAT low to the ground.
So, boys, do us and yourself a favor and once you are done resetting the injury counter? Invite someone over that does this shit. There is a lot of Bushcrafting Channels out there you could collab with, or even just professional loggers that do this crap for a living. You will learn more in 10 minutes from one of them then you will reading any book.
Another thing and this is about sharpening ur axe one side of the double bit should have a more obtuse angle and that is the side u want to use when chopping near the ground. The other side should be a more acute angle so it bites into the wood more and that is the side u will be using when ur not near the ground. And u should chop at a higher level u can always come out and saw the stump down or u could use a truck and pull it out or something
I know this is the Modern Rogue and not a lumberjack channel but, you might want to aim higher up in the future. This allows for an easier cut, allows more strength in the swing, safer for you as less chance of a miss-swing and less back strain having to bend down to cut. If you want to save as much timber as possible, use a saw whether that's a good ol' chainsaw or a cross saw.
I have helped with cutting trees in the past. Every time we ended up using a car and a rope to guide the tree. It is a pain, like a few hours with a chainsaw just to fell it, then weeks of on and off choping to cut the logs into manageable size and piling them up. That said I have only really worked with fairly massive trees.
Generally speaking, cedar trees are pretty tough and very resistant to rot. The roots usually rot before the trunk above ground. Cutting dead/seasoned wood with an axe is far more difficult than cutting green wood. The sharpness of the blade is less important than the transition of the edge into the body. It needs to be a low profile edge with a smooth transition. Skallagrim has some very informative videos on sharpening tools and weapons.
They literally just made yard work into content, good job boys
>wants to cut down first tree
>PPE is only gloves and goggles - friggen hard hats guys, you're working with heavy stuff falling from way overhead
>picks a dead one - bad because the wood is more seasoned (harder), there is much less moisture in the tree (so it requires cutting more of it to get the weight past the hinge) and due to time and rot, it can be much less predictable about felling
>limbs the entire tree instead of the working area - no weight outside of the bole (again weight past hinge is needed - more wedging inbound)
>Picks a cedar - Not the worst to learn from, but a very hearty, dense wood (and worse again, dead), making it all the harder than starting with pines like most future sawyers
>starts at ground level - much harder than dropping a tree from comfortable working height, around waist level. if you haven't done this before, you're gonna have trouble reading the fall and getting up and to a safety zone when it would matter. Also look up with every strike or few seconds on the saw you don't know what the top of that tree is doing while you're hacking away.
>pushes it over anyway - that's how you get your hydrologist or soils person to come yell at you because of erosion
good on ya for picking a nice small tree that would have trouble hurting you if you did mess up, and for wanting to learn a new skill. maybe check some videos out though before tackling something bigger, that book left out some detail apparently.
The "wait for the tree to rot for 10 years then push with the force of a light breeze" technique is how I imagine the burly lumberjack men of yore to have done it.
When, after all Jason's efforts with the saw, Brian just pushes the tree over I was just inordinately pleased. Thanks team for bringing joy to an otherwise miserable, 'flu-filled day!
U gotta chop from at least 2 different angles to take chips out of the wood, just hitting the tree perpendicular with the axe head and nothing else will get you nowhere very slowly. Hit from an upwards angle to bite into the tree, then either bellow or perpendicular so that u take large chips out, also, put some more power into in, slide your hands down to the swell on the end of the handle either before or mid swing for more power.
As your resident amateur bushcrafter, y'all have thought about chopping down a tree way more than I ever have.
Just gonna point out that the cutting of that tree and all of your effort was for nothing because you pushed it out of the ground with dirt and root still attached, the tree did not break at all but was merely pushed
I think you should always check to see if you can push the tree over first, it's like checking to see if the door is unlocked before kicking it in.
Dad was in the tree business for years, an Indian (yeah I know) showed him a trick, you can take a stick, or axe handle or whatever, walk back some distance and hold your stick so one end is the top of the tree and the other end (or your hand) is at the base of the tree. Then just turn the stick so it's parallel to the ground and you can visualize how big the tree will be on the ground