Rushing it and not being as safe is a recipe for getting hurt or killed. Trust me there's a ton of numbskulls that aren't as cautious. It doesn't always end well.

safety first always, I know people that are in wheelchairs from working with reckless log cutters, always make sure the area is clear before you make your release cut, look twice save a life

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Sprnklrmn one way to lift someone up is tell them what they are doing wrong.

​@@saxopio6280 Yeah, but only if someone's doing something wrong. There are many idiots on KZfaq who think it was their job to criticize other's mistakes even if there aren't any considerable mistakes - as you can see in the example of this video. The mistake for them maybe is that this guy is able to handle a chainsaw at this young age which themselves haven't been able to do.

@@saxopio6280 You lift with praise and diplomatic correction. There are wrong ways and there better/alternative ways, striving at all times to get the best out of the situation.

Looks to me inexperienced and not sure how to do directional cutting

It's not too bad. But to be honest you're better off removing the face shield and wearing a pair of safety glasses because I find wood still gets under and into my eyes. Though the visor does protect your face in the event of a kickback.

In Germany we call the technique that the guy in the video has used something like "safety felling technique". You can use this technique on almost every tree you want to take down. If the tree is expected to be rotten at the base you always have to leave enough holding wood, so you would beginn with your cut further away from the hinge and watch the sawdust. The tree will stand safely after setting that first plunge cut. Now you can deside what's the safest way to continue, removing more of the holding wood or not. Then you can cut in the oppotite direction, but not completely through, you'll leave a few centimeters of stabil wood, what we call "Halteband" in Germany. I don't know how you would call it... Would translate it with "holding belt". You cut it through from behind the tree after setting some wedges if needed. Its a very safe way to fell trees, maybe the safest.

+Stephen Neeson It's actually the method that is generally recommended for any tree that isn't too small for it. Safest way to do it. In Sweden we save a corner, rather than the full back part, which gives room for a wedge at the back, giving it the most leverage. We call it the "Safe corner technique" and it's the only method teached on the Swedish chain saw license courses.

+Stephen Neeson An open face notch with a plunge cut to establish the hinge, along with wedging as soon as possible to stabilize the tree, is the method taught in the Game of Logging training program. Some may consider it too slow, and/or finicky, but done correctly it is very safe and gives the feller good control over the tree. Using this technique I've never had a barber chair and the trees generally fell where I wanted them (a very few exceptions for rotten trees when the hinge failed). I've also found that taking one last look around the area before cutting the trigger has proven to be a valuable safety tool. This as I've twice had people walk into the danger area while making the cut back cut. I hate to think what would have happened if the back cut was made entirely through the back with no trigger... In regards to this particular video I do have to wonder why he worked from that side of the tree for the face cuts... he couldn't take advantage of the "hang" of the saw in the handle bar for the top cut and he had to push the saw into the tree for the bottom cut instead of letting the saw pull itself in. It made me wonder if he is left handed... His plunge cut was well controlled and appears to be reasonably level (the camera is canted in much of this video!). Regarding the hearing protection, when viewed full screen it appears that he is wearing plugs... not a bad thing on hot days as muffs are hot.

Texas Muddog I can't tell, he may have earplugs in. It's a cool helmet, maybe the muffs suck.

That's possible? I didn't think about it... Thanks..

Well, I'm experienced with that helmet, and the hearing protectors on it aren't that great anyway. Ear plugs work way better than the stock-ear-protectors on that helmet. People buy that helmet for the face screen protection and head protection. Also, he probably wanted to listen to the tree, especially since it was dead, to make sure it wasn't going to fall prematurely and unpredictably.

ear plugs maybe?

Too bad you do dumb shit all the time in your videos, but I'm not sure you're intelligent enough to care.

@@savageboner man thats uncalled for. Why did you plunge cut that tree. Wedge and backcut and over she goes.

My bayou country power saws 046 is faster and stronger then all your husqvarnas combined

14wafflesandpancakes I don't mean to sound like an English teacher with 60+ years experience, but your grammar is jacked.

because the subject of this video is clearly "grammar". What a douche you are.

You and 14 can maybe get together and look for your lost shift keys.

First thing I noticed, lol. Had that wonderful one piece head/face protection system and didn't flip the danged ears down!!!

the fuckin muffs on those helmets dont block any noise, gimme a break, I put in plugs if I have to when I'm being a pussy

Lmaoooooooo. Ya man what a noob. Can't believe he cut his notch upside down smh. What a humboldt! (Means loser in german).

+SlappyHuck No lie Huck. I just bought myself a new pair of chaps and they are very shiny too, but they are the 5th pair I've had. They take a while to get broke in good and get comfortable. And yes those Muffs are hotter than H in the summer so use ear plugs and keep the Muffs for winter.

SlappyHuck I thought that was perfect

Maybe hes got big ass nuts and does it the way he knows will work

CBonesey I seen it too, I remove poison ivy for a living lol

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@@krisvalenti4141 lmao

+Bob Hawaiian Nice to see all the videos you've uploaded of yourself using the right technique to fell trees, and quickly at that! Oh, wait...

Chris Sharpe NOBODY ASKED YOU

Chris Sharpe hes been doing this dont ask how I know

Jileane U I love cutting trees and growing trees. and smoking trees. thanks for your reply. who makes the best chainsaw. timber

plumptrout's my dad

Looks like he went out and spent $1400+ to drop one little ass tree

he's never cut a tree before

Trust fund kid? That Stihl and safety gear wouldn't exactly break the bank.

Maybe he built that 460 mag from parts off fleabay.....I’m doing one up right now -smile-

joe blow ? like what

Ok give some examples. Guy did alright!

Where is the correct place to put the wedges when plunge cutting?

@@bendotwood It's cause they think he's wasting wood if the wedge is that high... But this is nothing more than silly, cause the wood of this dead tree went into the oven. I'm pretty sure that the stamp went there too.

@@reinhardmuller3406 I think we're thinking of different things, I was asking about the wedges not the face cut. I agree the stump is a lot higher than the logging industry likes though.