Small Diameter Back-Leaning Tree

These videos cover specific cutting techniques, and are supplementary material for our chainsaw safety course. They are not a comprehensive explanation of when to use the cuts, the potential hazards, or the basics of saw use.

This felling technique is used on small diameter trees that are back leaning, and allows you to use a wedge to force the tree over. By boring through the mouth of the notch, there is enough room to place a wedge, which then gives you options for felling in the tree in multiple directions.

[joshuaneuman]

I appreciate diving right into what you are doing and not talking for 45 mins.

[bennyblanko]

Great video! I've seen this numerous times before - but I love how short and clear this video is, and the cutting is great too. I'm going to try this today.

[jaroslavcharvat]

Great, thanks. One of the best formats available!

[nitrampd]

Regardless of what anyone says, thinks, or does otherwise, it’s a pretty interesting cut.

[robertmaclean]

This is a great cut. Really helps put white birch within easy reach on my extraction trail.

[yusef]

Back cut first for sure! Putting the face cut in just allows it to set back more

[Saw_Squatch]

I hope to see more coming from this channel!

[TheHonestPeanut]

Well I learned something today. Great instructional.

[zavensaroyan]

Excellent easy to follow video. Thank you.

[Agustin-jomv]

That was cool! I will use this next time!

[thomasdavenport]

Cool. Last time I did a little tree like that, it was a little bit bigger but my wedge bottomed out and flew out of the back cut and the tree started coming back at me. Haha
I thought it would go before the wedge bottomed out.
But I'm a cool professional so I picked up the wedge and put it back in the cut and pushed the tree over with a li'l grunt force. Hehe
Good idea robot man!
You cut like a robot. All or nothin!
Full throttle or bust!

[kk]

Small trees often damage plastic.
This method is new and interesting.
It seems like a way to solve my problems.
It's a good video.

[splitpin]

For a hard back leaning small tree, I prefer Buckin Billy Rays method. Back cut first, set your wedge then do a face cut. More hinge wood and room after setting your first wedge a little to one side, to double up on a second set of wedges if a single can't get the tree moving. Buckin has a lifetime of real world felling experience and 323k subscribers

[TheJonsberg]

👍 Learned something new from your video, Blessings in Christ

[LiveFreeOrRIP]

Well done but like others said a back cut first with a wedge and then put a nice face would be my way but this is also obviously effective.

[davidlund]

Great job, but lets warn people that center bore can go sideways if you are not careful!

[rexrose]

How big of a trunk can I do with this method?

[theleepster]

Small tree did not really need a bore cut, but good work

[tdmmcl]

i understand the logic of this cut method for back leaning trees.

but I really don't think the tree example in this video is the best profile that really allows someone to appreciate what it can do with truly "back leaning" trees. There was barely a lean at all to it. It make it difficult to accept that a standard front and back cut would have been a more safe and efficient cut. (besides saving lots of time and excessive wear on the sprocket head and chain!)...

maybe the point would best be driven home with a sharply leaning tree of a more substantial size?

A wedge on a 8 inch tree?

huH/???


sounds like some arbitrary union rule.

[brianquigley]

Just make the back cut first, set yer wedge, make undercut, don't cut off yer holding wood, drive it over. Much faster than yer nimrod method. PNW timber cutter, 41 years.