Avoid damaging the roots when placing the stake.

May 13, First, you have to look at different types of angles that might help you to cut down the tree in a perfect position. By making the correct notch, you can cut the tree at a specific angle and make it fall in any direction you wish. You need to use the chainsaw to cut a notch on tree in the direction you need the tree to fall. So you need to focus on making perfect cuts on the tree to avoid any type of Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. How to Fell Smaller Leaning Trees Against the Lean Make Your Felling Cut First.

Make a cut on the ground-facing (leaning) side of the tree first.

Then, they identify competing stems to shorten or remove.

This cut should be about Drive in Wedges. Drive wedges into the first cut until the tree is straight. It will be much easier to wedge and Make Your. Jul 16, That is except hitting the next tree in line and getting hung up. (A few of these trees are leaning"forwards" towards the next tree in line.) So they can fall left, right, or backwards, but not forwards. (I'm used to the large diameter trees we have around here.) So can I get a small diameter tree to fall the opposite direction of its natural Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.

Jul 03, Attach a rope or wire as a guy to the stake, but never attach it around the trunk of a tree. The bark of a young tree is fragile and these will chafe or slice the bark. Attach the trunk of the tree to the guy wire with something flexible, like cloth or rubber from a bicycle tire.

Gradually tighten the wire to hold or pull the leaning tree upright.

Pine trees can leave the soil in an acidic state after removal.

If the tree is leaning hard enough, it can pull your trigger. Which is why on some trees I use the bore cut, and once the hinge is set just go right out through the back directly, cutting fast before the tree gets to pulling.

No one has mentioned one of the major skill free tree removal valley of bore cutting, controlling kickback.