how to cut down a tree

[low_delta]

First you climb up and tie a rope to it.


Cut a notch in the base.




Tie the rope around another tree.




Cut through.


Keep pressure on the rope (pull sideways) to help guide the falling tree in the direction you want it to go.


Stay out of the way when it falls.


Cut all the little branches off, so they can be gathered and hauled away.


Cut the big limbs into sections.


Cut the trunk into sections. He cut down as far as he could, then rolled the log over and cut the rest of the way.


Haul and stack it all.


Take a photo.

Now I have to split it all.

My neighbor had to remove some dying ash trees. He got his uncle to bring them down. I helped gather and haul.

Comments

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

Damn... THAT is a lot of wood! Some of them would make really pretty tables or stools.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Emerald Ash Borer victims?

That'll keep you in firewood for a while.
:)

Could you maybe rent a chainsaw and cut them thinner if you wanted to make stuff like Raven suggests?

[daphnep.livejournal.com]

Whoah, cool! It seems so neat and efficient, reduced to a photo series. There was a messy, dead, sprawling tree...then it folds down into a neat stack of wood.

[rivendweller.livejournal.com]

They did a good job with that tree. Sometimes the tree will have a heavy branch going out in a direction you don't want the tree to fall. Then you have to cut that branch off first. Otherwise, the tree will fall where that heavy branch takes it. Gravity. No rope would stop it from falling the wrong way then!