Face cut, bore through center of face cut straight through.

Sep 01, The back lean is the distance from this point along the intended direction of fall to the apex of the planned undercut. The apex will be the front of the hinge and the pivot point for the falling stem. The weight of the tree leaned back against the tree be brought over this pivot point before the tree will fall. In the foot-tall tree at right, the back lean is three feet.

Jul 12, Felling a tree with heavy back lean toward a structure. Employed the use of a pull line ( Fiddleblock) combined with bottle jack to overcome back lean.

Make the notch by first making a flat cut 1/4 of the way through the trunk. Then, make a slanting cut above the first, so that the two cuts meet and a triangular notch is removed from the trunk.

Cut a right-angle notch in the side of the tree opposite the lean. The notch should be 1/4 of the tree’s diameter. Oct 13, I use the wedge to keep the bar from getting pinched. Remember if the wind blows the wedge can fall out, as the tree starts forward out it comes only to have the wind bring the tree back with no wedge.

If the tree has a back lean and the wedge falls out as described the saw gets pinched, the hinge breaks and major damage may occur.

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The wedge is no guarantee. If the tree has a back lean.