[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
It’s not that tall so I think I can make the highest cut from an extension ladder or maybe even from the roof.
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Don’t do that. More people get broken and killed by the branch swinging down and knocking the ladder and the person out, then hitting both the ladder and the person on the ground than you can imagine.
It is like a Rube Ginsberg device meets Chainsaw Massacre. I kid you not.
Also, if you aren’t doing the english, you don’t need to do the plunge cut. Just a simple pie cut and back cut.
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What do you mean by a plunge cut? Is that where the tip of the saw arm is inserted into the trunk rather than cutting with the broad edge of it? Like jabbing someone in the trachea with your fingers instead of a good ol’ forearm shiver?[/quote]
Yeah, that is pretty much what it is. Except that it is from front to back, and depending on the size of the trunk can be swept back and forth to widen it a bit. By doing that you have a two part hinge which allows you to spin the tree a little. (sometimes a lot)
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Okay, just so I’m not confused let me explain to you what I’ll do based on how I understand your directions.
Make a pie cut about a third of the way into the trunk on the side that I want the tree to fall toward. Then I plunge cut about an inch above where the notch closes. By that, do you mean an inch above where the two angles of the notch meet inside of the trunk or above the notch itself, right into the uncut part of the tree above the notch? Also, do I perform this plunge cut holding the bar flat? In other words, if the bar is an arm as described earlier, am I inserting it palm up or vertically, with the thumb on top and the pinky underneath?
As far as the back cut, I understand that part completely since it’s pretty obvious. Thanks a lot for your advice, by the way. I had a feeling you were the right guy to ask about this.[/quote]
The plunge cut goes inside of the trunk, with the bar flat (palm up).
You’re welcome. Just be careful. I don’t want to here a news story comming out of California like this guy from New Mexico- http://www.kvia.com/news/Man-shocked-by-power-line-stung-by-killer-bees-describes-experiences/-/391068/18076606/-/dqooe8/-/index.html
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Well, I did it yesterday before the Niners beat the FUCK out of the Fudgepackers. Everything went smoothly. All I needed was a slight spiral and I got it perfectly. It was a diseased birch with a trunk diameter of about 2’. I am currently burning a huge stack of it in my wood stove and I did the same thing last night during the game.
In fact, it went so well and cutting down trees with chainsaws in general has always given me quite the boner, so I went ahead and cut down a couple of my neighbors’ trees that looked problematic too. I forgot to ask them if they wanted them cut down but who cares what they think, right?