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2. FELLING SMALL TREES -- LESS THAN 6"
|NDIAMETER
a. Ifyou know the direction of fall:
1.) Make a singte felling cut on the side away
from the direction of fail
2.) Cut aJlthe way through.
3.) Stop the saw, put it down, and get away
quickly on your planned retreat path,
b. If you are not sure which way 1he tree wili fall,
use the notch method de_soribed for fellinglarge
trees,
_,WARNING
DO NOTCUT:
-- nea_eleclricatwires or buildings.
m ifyou do not knowthe direction of treefall.
at night since YoUwill not be able to seewell.
---during I_d weather ---strong wind, snow, rain,
etc.
.3. iFELUNG LARGE TREES -- 6"_DIAMETER
OR MORE
T'e notch method is used to cut large trees. A
notchis ,cuton the side of the tree in thedesired
direction offall.After a felling cut ismade on the
opposite side of the tree, the tree willtend to fall
•into thenotch.
NOTE; If.thetree haslarge buttressroots,remove
' before making_the notch. Cut into thebuU.resses
vertically,thenhorizontaJly.Figure 18.
.a. Make thenotchcut.Figure 19.
1.) Cut_-_ebottomofthenotchfirst,through1/3
,ofthediameterofthebee.
2.} Completethenotchby makingtheslantcut.
3.) Removethenotchofwood.
b. Make lt,_efelling,c_t on,the opposite sideofthe
notch about ,2' higher Ihan the bottom of the
¢: Leave enough uncut wood between the felling
,cut and thenoah toform a hinge,F_gure20.
; ,,= . ...........
•NOllE: Tt_e,-hingehetps-to keep the tree from
:. twistir_jandfallinginthewrongdirection.
.d. ,Use awedge if thereis any chancethat the tree
will not fallin thedesireddireclJon.
Figure 19 Figure 20
_WARNING
Stayon theuphillside ofthe treeto avoidthe treeroll-
ing or sliding downhill into you.
NOTE: Before the fellingcut is complete,drive
wedges toopen upthecut when necessarytocon-
trolthedirectionoffalt.Usewoodorplasticwedges
but never meta!, to avoid kickback and chain
damage.
Bealertforsigns that theBee is readytofall:
1.) crackingsounds
2.) wideningof thefeUingcut
3.) movement in the upperbranches.
6 As .the tree st,_rts'to fail, stop _e saw,"put it
down, and getaway quickly on your planned re-
treat path.
..g, -Be extmmely.cau_usw_.p_____/_J._.L,-ees_
• maybepoodysupported:When atreedoesn'tfall
compiet_,,settf_esawasideandpulldownthettee
witha cablewitch, block and tackle or tractor.To
avoidinjury,donotcutdowna partiallyfallentree
withyoursaw.
DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN THESE PosmoI_S
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ChecktheImdince.
Don'tc_tonv_ght=d slde.
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