I’m 57 this year and never owned a chainsaw as I’ve always lived in the city. Now living in the country and the old folks need firewood in the winter, I’ve had to “drop and chop” wood so you’ve been a great help to me. Thanks bud and will always come back to you when I’m unsure. Cheers 👍

I worked in the logging industry for three years out of high school. I logged hundreds of acres. I never saw a bit of a log with a wedge cut from it ever. Undercuts are taken from the stump always. This is so the tree won’t kick back off the stump if the crown comes in contact with standing timber. Think about it.

You are very good at explaining things . Thank you for helping all of us be safe and efficient. Hope you have a great day

Love the way your instruction makes things easy to understand and follow. That's a skill set that's increasingly uncommon.

Thank you!! Never have I had to cut a tree, but this summer has been brutal in Texas and several of my smaller trees have already died. You explained it very well and I feel much better about cutting them down now. Video was very detailed and you explained it so well!!

Your directional technique explanations are extremely helpful, thank you. That's something I've struggled with for years and am hoping to get down. I'll be glad to give it a shot! 👍🏼👍🏼

That's a great tip about making sure the chain is 90 degrees to the axis of the tree, and how the tip of the chain cuts slower than the inner part. That's information I've never heard before, and I'm pretty sure it will be useful for improving my cuts!

You Sir have mastered your craft! Love your detailed instructions/tutorials!

Im gonna show your video in my chainsaw safety class, your doing an excellent job of explaining the basic techniques of chainsaw use. Thank you

Extremely well explained. Love your video's. Great work. 👍

I especially liked you discussing the fine points of cutting the planes properly. I've struggled with getting them right. It's been hit-and-miss for me and this video will help me a lot. It's one thing to see someone make face cuts and a back cut and show how they look, but an entirely different thing for that "someone" to point out what things to notice about the bar orientation and placement. Thanks. Really useful.

Really welldone and so helpful. Thank you! 👏🏻

16 years old and this vid is the best one I’ve seen so far it’s prolly really gona help me tomorrow been dealing with big pines around the house and trying to clean up thank you for the vid ! Been messing up with the face cut a little but this should improve my skill !

I'm always watching these begginer videos even after cutting firewood for over 27 years. Good stuff, never hurts to stay up to date on felling trees as it is dangerous. The worst ones are the unexpected ones, the trees that twist turn, fall 180 degrees from where you were aiming them, despite doing everything right. One miss calculation on the lean and your running in a different direction. I'm always looking up as well... Great video thanks for sharing...

Thank you! heading out with my Ego chainsaw today to take down a friend’s tree, this was very helpful and gave me some confidence.

Good job explaining the face cut. I also like to choose the "right" side, make the top cut first, then make the bottom cut while looking down the top cut to make the two cuts meet, thus preventing a "Dutchman" hazard. Also, I encourage everyone to focus on safety, and take a formal Forest Service or Park Service class, every three years. Thanks again, continued blessings, and you have my warmest regards.

used your video as my inspiration/instruction to cut down a part of a tree in my tight spaced side yard. Worked perfectly!!! Fell the tree over a 5foot block wall right into my spacious front yard. Fell within a foot of where I desired it to be. Thanks!!!

I have never commented on a video before..... BUT this is one of the best demonstrations I have seen...... I spent 33 years on a 400 man full time fire department and have used a chainsaw a lot... But I learned "Why" we did things the way that we do instead of just following directions. Great video

I just cut down a palm following this advice / technique. Went off without a hitch. Thanks buddy, much appreciated.

Fantastic teaching! Thank you so much!

Hi I had to drop a dead gum tree 80 feet high and was very concerned on how to drop the tree correctly. I watched your tutorial and decided it was time to take this on.I did exactly what you advised and I cut the tree perfectly and had an escape route planned and it went to plan and I have now got enough wood for winter. Thanks so much for your advise.

Very helpful tutorial. Watched it and tried cutting a tree. It worked out very well for me. Thank you.

Thanks a lot! I’ve been having issues making level cuts and this helps.

😮Due to my advanced age and decrepitude I make the very same cuts but at waist-height. I can take the stump down in fireplace length pieces or use the stump'sheight for leverage when I remove it but mainly, since I no longed have a "jump up" to clear the tree when it gives way, I can move to safety without quetion or delay. Thanks for a fine basic lesson. I will share it from now on with beginners. DOUG out

Hello from Finland! Your explaining are simple and even i understand it 😃 I have been watched and learned so much from u, keep on going. Thank you!

Excellent video and explanation of proper tree felling technique!

Thank You. I like the way you teach. Clear and very useful advice.

Awesome educational video. One of the very best. Thank you!

Lotta great details here!

Very well presented. We use almost exclusively bore cuts for our back cut. Here's hoping your lessons catch on

Great video , very detailed , clear technique, thank you!

This is such an amazing video thank you for sharing.

Thank you. Learned a lot. Subscribed.

As a beginner, I learnt a few things from this, thanks

Nice and clear. I prefer to do the top cut first as well. I see people do the bottom cut first but I think you risk getting the bar pinched if the tree is leaning in that direction.

Great tutorial mate, cheers

Thanks! Good instructed!

Thanks for the video. Look forward to more Mountain Deer videos too

Dang, you are as good at tree cutting info, as you are at deer tracking info. Keep ‘em both coming!

Stuning tutorial, thanks mate 🇭🇲

Bro you forgot to mention to everyone at home to always look up for widow makers. I haven’t fallen trees in a really long time, but that was really crucial for everyone’s safety upon falling a tree whenever we would fall trees 🌲 Stay safe

You have a great way of teaching, thank you. You asked us for things we’d like to see, how about some large oak trees that are standing dead. I have many that are 32”-36” dead and punky in the middle. I have room to work but they still make me nervous.

Just started using a chainsaw for the first time... really admire the competency you exhibit with the tool, inspiring tbh

Outstanding. Thank you!

Another great informative video, thank you 👍🏼👍🏼

Made it so easy to explain 👍👍

Thanks for the wonderful video, and a huge thanks for not ruining it with crappy background music. I don't know why some people feel compelled to add annoying background music throughout their videos.

Fantastic help Bro 🤙🏼

Thanks for your explanation and tips...

thanks bro, very helpful. any tip on swampy tree cutting?

Excellent! Keep up the great videos!

I enjoy your videos and the way you do them

Thanks for the tip on the cut

I've learned so much from these tutorials. Textbook felling with no yahoo bs. It's dangerous enough as it is without winging it. Top Branch is top notch.

Split level cut tutorial please for trees that have a lean against the intended felling direction. Thanks for taking the time - really enjoying these videos.

Excellent introduction or refresher with some good points explained. I would encourage people to take a course but check out your content before doing so .

Nice job! Perfect explanation and perfect technique! A+

Makes me miss my grandpa. He taught me all this when I was 12/13/14 years old. Many Years ago

Thanks, that's been very helpful!

Lots of practical advice there sir. By and large, very useful information for learners. Your fibre-pull (draw wood) is because your step wasn't high enough, for the thickness of your hinge wood. It's a good idea to give a tree like that 4 to 6 inches of step between the scarf and your backcut. This will give your fibres ( your hinge ) the length they need to bend " before " shearing off. Life is for learning, keep up the good work.

Thanks for your knowledge sir.

Thank you Luigi, very cool.

Nice job, young bucks will want to learn from you...

Thanks for sharing 👊

I've subscribed! Good stuff here. Thanks I hired an arborist last week to drop some dangerous leaning trees over a shed and another building and posted it. You might find it interesting. All the best from British Columbia, Canada.

Good video appreciate the tips and information!

Fantastic, great help. Cheers

I teach all the new guys at work to do the top cut first. It's uncomfortable and awkward when you're learning but there are several benefits. First of all you establish the angle of your face and your aim simultaneously. The next reason is exactly what was explained in thr video. You've got a sight line to the other side of the tree and you'll know when to stop cutting. If you make the bottom cut first you're shooting blind on the opposite side of the tree and more likely to miss your mark.

Worked. Thanks

Well done! Thank you.

Great tutorial! Thank you. Could you do a video or short about chains! Changing them, adjusting them and maybe sharpening them?

Perfect, thanks.

Great tutorial for a beginner like myself!. Would love to see a video on when and why to use a pushing or pulling chain for making certain cuts.

Good work my good fellow 😊

Great video! Thanks!

Thank you so much.

PERFECT Thanks Dude

Great tips thanks

Thanks for the tutorial. Wish I was strong enough to hold that heavy saw

Awesome video, thank you!

Great video

Great tutorial! How do you get your chainsaw to start on the first pull every time? Even warmed up the same.

Great video!!!

Perfect landing

Thanks!

You cut that back cut really quick. I'd never cut one that quick. I like to see it barely start to move so I prepare myself for the exit. The weight will generally bring it down once you see movement without the need to stay much longer cutting. You were already halfway through the back cut while still coming around the side which made me nervous, cause that was all happening fast. When you talked about cutting and felling a tree the direction of the lean. You can sometimes get away with felling it a different direction depending on how much weight the tree has on a particular side. I have a video of me cutting a pine the other day. I couldn't fell it in the direction of the lean because the lean was towards a building, but up top I could see there was enough tree weight on one side that if I cut level/straight on the side of the lean I could get it to fall uphill and away from my building which it did. It was a pretty good example of it. You can see that video on my channel. Cutting pine tree video, uploaded a few days ago.

Great video. Thanks

Thanks. I knew nothing before this.

Спасибо за ваши видео. Мне они придают уверенности, что все получится.

Thank you.

Thanks man

Gr8 vid thanks😇😁

This was excellent! I sometimes have trouble keeping my bar horizontal on the back cut. I can't always tell if I have the bar tip too low/high. Any tips for dealing with this would be appreciated.

Every logging outfit ive worked for would have sent you down the road for that cut.

Great way to explainit thanks

Watched a few videos on cutting down a tree. This is the last one I need to watch. Great job at explaining everything throughout the process.

Awesome video, thank you so much for making this

thank you.

I think I may have asked before in one of your videos, but, I thought the back cut plane, was supposed to be about 2-3 inches above the bottom cut of your face cut. But you place your back cuts same height?

Ive just bought a small 4 acre property, with a section of trees which need felling. Most of the trees are between 4 to 9 inches thick. Does the same technique apply to this thickness of tree or there are other techniques depending on the thickness. Ive had a tree surgeon in and its starting to get costly. He works hard, but i think its time i learn and do some myself.