TREE FELLING the SAFE WAY! Line up your face- and backcut! The right way to fell trees with an axe!

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2 ай бұрын

In this video, I demonstrate how to fell trees safely using an axe. Learn the ambidextrious felling technique formerly required of fellers by logging companies. When using this method, you will never feel unsafe cutting down a tree with your axe again! I use a Rinaldi America no 4 in this demonstration, but the principles work no matter what axe you use!

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@johanfahlberg3778 2 ай бұрын

Nice that you're aiming to get it a bit higher and save your back a bit. Superb felling, as always!

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

The trestles will make a big difference. And I was pretty happy with this felling, despite the fact my backcut was a little high on one side. The tree dropped exactly where I wanted it to, in a pretty tight gap too.

@Joey-L 2 ай бұрын

you looked just as comfortable swinging the backcut as the front. Great skill to have.

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I agree, good to know. Maybe not everyone find it quite as easy though. I’ve also always been able to use a hammer reasonsbly well with both right and left hand. But it’s not that hard to learn it good enough for tree felling.

@gumboot65 2 ай бұрын

Great video. And great accuracy and power switching hands .

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. I do think it’s easier to hit the mark with this than with my Rinaldi Normal, although it’s the same weight. But the handles are of different shapes and lengths, and that makes a bigger difference than I thought it would.

@MsLori62 2 ай бұрын

Nicely done! This might be my new favorite channel!

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@MichaelJordan-iv8fs 2 ай бұрын

same

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

😊

@MattKeevil 2 ай бұрын

Well explained and great video!

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it. Trying out making shorter videos.

@samueldougoud3289 2 ай бұрын

Very instructive, thank you for uploading. Subd.

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it. Welcome as a subscriber!

@TheBrifors 2 ай бұрын

Vedrfy nice. Good to know you are taking care and working safe out there.

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

I think that’s the only reasonable way to work with larger trees. Always thinking about what could go wrong and avoiding the risks.

@gumboot65 2 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT . Your getting very comfortable with that axe !! Nice face and backcut !! I dont usually make my stumps nearly as pretty. Just don't take the time to . I found a patch of spruce I can cut in . Nice size timber up to 24" dbh and 70' tall. Maybe taller. I'll use my Puget Sound Fallers pattern axe for falling . Ide like to get some 28' long logs home to hew a couple beams from. I need some long beams and my sawmill only will mill to 17 feet long.

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

What are you going to build with those beams? And what’s dbh?

@kurts64 2 ай бұрын

That was some nice work. The little bit high back cut was still good. Fair sized tree too, looking forward to the next one👍👍🪓 Oh what was the knife on your belt?

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words on the backcut. To be fair, I’ve done a lot worse in the past … and the tree fell nice and slow. The knife is just a cheap model I got from a hardware store that also sell some outdoors stuff. It’s a Kayoba. Think I paid about 20€ for it … so nothing fancy. But I made a new sheath for it, aswell as one of my larger knives. There’s a couple of videos of that on my other channel, My Able Ways.

@dennisobrien3618 2 ай бұрын

I think ideally a level cut at waist hieght would produce the best hinge. I understand there are many factors to consider and that's not always feasible.

@myoutdoorways 2 ай бұрын

You’ll get a straighter cut that way of course. But the risk of hitting your leg or foot if you miss increases when you cut higher up on the trunk. Perhaps not a great problem if you are aware of it and position yourself accordingly. But I also think some of the wood is wasted with a higher stump.

@greenleaf239 Ай бұрын

If you were to chop from a kneeling position, like you did in a recent video felling a small birch, would that help to create a more level hinge? Or do you need the extra power from a standing position to cut the larger pine in this video?

@myoutdoorways Ай бұрын

I could probably sit down and fell it. But it’s not really ergonomically reasonable, if you fell trees with axe on a regular basis. I think Glen Urquhart knows a thing or two about felling with low stumps from a standing position, I’ll probably ask him about it.