I have a similar poplar/tulip. It will land on my neighbor's house if I screw up. My throwball got stuck so I can't make any progress today. Just ordered two more.

So happy to see you back with another great video

Cheaper to buy a new electric winch.

This man made so many good point especially about the a machete is made for green wood not dried up and he is correct with green wood it’s easier for the blade to go through

Wonderful work, and explanation. Love how that strip of bark kept the tree alive. My guess was no kickback. I have had several trees fracture that were dead as they hit obstructions on the way down.

After explaining various dangers, I cracked up when he reappeared with a band aid on his forehead. 😅

I enjoy your video, my experience with cutting trees that are leaning and depending on the types of tree it is? Especially cedar's are suseptic for splitting up the trunks, is to stay consistent with the cut and follow through. The faster you are able to cut? It will be less likely to split up the trunk as quickly? I put the question mark in place because if your saw isn't very sharp,it won't cut as fast. Im not saying that only to see how fast you can cut, but yo have control over your cut. I hope this makes sense? The idea is that you want to make accurate cuts and stay alert and stay in the back cut as much as possible to ensure that the fiber's are cut quickly. If you are unsure if it will split then use safety and use a chain or a strap or a rope and wrap the trunk of the tree so it won't split up the trunk and prevent possible injury

Good video on the technique but use snatch blocks and steel cable instead of rope for safety.

Absolutely positively outstanding! Thank you very much, Sir.

You had me interested until you called your bar a "Blade"...8:00

Greetings from dystopian 2024! Thank you for a great video with no irritating music!!!!

Finally a real engineer (vs a KZfaq certified wannabe).. I was a chip designer. so not much trig and mechanical physics req'd for sub-micron wires & transistors... Besides, our "outdoor work" was camping, skiing, hiking, bicycling, snowmobiling, boating, etc., etc. My kudos to your excellent job with the video instruction Terry. By choice, I don't design chips anymore, but I've designed a few ad-hoc "systems" since, that always exceeded the clients expectations. Albeit you agree that the easiest way to get an engineer to do something they don’t really want to do was to tell them that it’s impossible or it cant be done!!! <grins> Continued success...

Magificent!. I know you through tree felling videos, but this is a whole other animal. Kudos to you and your ingenuity.

Plz post more content if possible on anything- I learn so much from the way you think and problem solve

You are brilliant 🎉🎉🎉

A giant set of log tongs might have been an alternate solution, or nailing it into one of the slots already cut in the log with the saw, but on the backside, so your rope was part way around the log and was imparting a rolling force.

I'm also a blacksmith, it is a lot of hard work upsetting steel that size by hand. I made a similar wedge using a piece of 45mm square trailer axle, which is a medium carbon steel. First I cut the wedge shape in roughly using a lot of angle grinder cut off disks, going from 45mm at the struck end to 20mm at the business end, before putting it into the forge to refine it and then heat treating it. It is way to heavy to keep in your normal felling kit, but I have it if i need it.

It seems most all the trees I take down have no branches to toss a bag over. So I use an extension ladder. And a shorter length of rope, most likely. Yes, less moment arm as a result.

This has got to be the absolute best tree-feeling content on all of KZfaq. Buckin' Billy and TreeSon are great for hands-on, but this goes deeper into the engineering of it all. Folks, I think the main reason you hire a pro to handle a backleaner around a structure has to do with three words: "Licensed, bonded, and insured". Even though we may not be completely incompetent, the decision to tackle certain trees around one's own house would be akin to performing your own brain surgery - only the foolhardy would ever attempt it. Terry thank you so much for sharing your considerable expertise with us, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

5:11 "damage to the stuff you wanna keep alive" 😬😬😬

Thanks for sharing!

This video should be called," When Trees Unite and Revolt". Very well done.

My neighbor used a ladder to climb up into a large maple tree and straddling a branch, sever said large branch with his chainsaw. The branch then proceded to fall and stike his ladder knocking it from the tree (as well as destroying it) leaving him some 20 feet up in the tree on the branch he decided to sit on to make his cut. With no way to climb down the large tree, he was left to sit there several hours until I came home. I now get paid to do the tree care work. Very informative as well as entertaining video Terry Hale. Thank you.

When I cut the tree and it starts moving, I want rope that keeps pulling in the right direct for 15% of travel. Rope that becomes slack after 2% movement could let the tree stall and fall left or right.

The butt of your axe tapers to a point that may be to thin. Be mindful when using that axe to strike steel wedge. or if accidentally hit something harder than AVS

I just became mesmerized with the stuff in this series! I am definately going through these and crunch the numbers before going to attack any bigger trees.

I love the maths approach! Exactly my cup of tea!

This was exactly what I needed to see. I got a good few widowmakers in the forest that I need to be clearing out before the spring gets properly on its way. REALLY important to see a tutorial that has setbacks all the way so I can start copying the ropeworks approach for securing the hanging trunks. Still need to be doing a fair bit of overkill safety on my problem trees but at least I don't have that grape stuff growing here, just trees hanging from trees.

Terry brings to our attention that wisdom comes with age. The know it all tenderfoots that do something in the outdoors and have suddenly become enlightened is typical. Tiresome are the primadonnas who usually are loud because they innately know no one is listening. Thanks for your great video Terry.

Very helpful. Thank you.

Very good explanation and warnings about some dangerous situations for newbies who could be unaware of them. I have two trees growing at the angle and I thought they are the easiest ones to fell. Now I need to watch videos about leaning trees to know what could go wrong.

THANX for the video. It's excellent !!

Never saw a chainsaw with a blade.

You did not mention how to get the rope high on the target tree. I use a bow and arrow with a string.

The wedge I look for has groves in it such that you could put 2 wedges together and they will not slide sideways.

Not sure how I can use the info. What I have is a bunch of dead trees (re emerald ash borer). want them to remain vertical to dry until I need them for firewood. Now when the wind blows them over, I want them not to fall in one direction which is toward the house (they are not close). Another tree not to fall on driveway. I figure if the hinge is made perpendicular to the unwanted direction it should fall parallel to the unwanted direction. Not sure if I should just cut on either side of the tree with a straight cut or wedge cuts.? not sure if I explained that.

*promosm* 🙌

I'm not an arborist, but wondering if anyone has thoughts about the following. It seem that getting a plunge cut in the right place is tricky, just a slight error could mess up the hinge width and make it too narrow on one side or too high or too low on the far side. So is it prudent or sensible to use the following sequence: 1. Make the plunge cut. 2. Make the notch using the knowledge of the whereabouts of the plunge cut as a guide. 3. Finish off the back cut from within the plunge cut.

It's been a long time, nice to see you again.

What pully is he using in the video? Is it ratching to keep the tension, I'm assuming the original man isn't responding to these post considering it's almost 10 years old.

For me, a ladder, tree, and chainsaw equals the branch getting mad and knocking me off the ladder everytime. I gave it up.

Education. Fear, Trauma. One package. Well done. 👍

If I use a ladder it's only to get up into the tree, and I then use my belt harness & lanyard to loop around the tree truck so I'm stable and can have both hands free for my chainsaw. Good rule of thumb is to be above the limbs you are cutting rather than below. For a 'branchy' tree, I'll cut the lower branches first, leaving a foot or so of stub still attached to the tree to stand on, and work my way up. Once the top-most branches are trimmed, I'll work my way back down trimming the remaining branch stubs back to the trunk. Leaning your body away from the tree while wearing a harness feels super freaky, but it gives you the most stability when using a chainsaw.

It never goes well when you mix the 2.

Somehow my notifications didn't work to let me know you released a new video. I am happy to have it suggested in my feed. Good video. I have used a ladder when other options weren't available. One a friend wanted to support my ladder as it tipped a bit. He did so, but the chainsaw came down near him when the limb cut all the way through. He quit holding the ladder for me, for which I was relieved of him bring out of the danger zone. Close call that is not forgotten. Thank you, Terry.

so happy to hear your content,,!

Just watched a video entitled *"Man goes flying off a ladder"* that demonstrates exactly what you're saying.

Pro you are going to get somebody just off a ladder

I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm captivated

Before I tried pruning a tree from a ladder with a chain saw, I would have thought this overkill with safety. Having had the exact thing happen as described I realized this is an excellent video. Lucky I’m here to view it.