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Clean Cut, Avoid Barber Chair. May 07, Old loggers Felling technique used to keep trees on the stumps when being dropped. Great technique for felling trees on steep slopes or near houses.

You should never stand or walk in front or behind a falling tree.

Felling The Tree (Summarize) Mark Cut Locations With Surveyors' Paint (Visually Plan Felling Approach) Face The Tree (Two Planar Cuts) –Select A Face Cut Type: Open, Conventional, Humboldt –Always Located On The Desired Felling Direction Side Of The Tree –Check Face Location With A Horizontal Line Centered AndMissing: scarf tree.

Nov 27, As the name suggests, a corner of the tree trunk is left unsawn for one last cut before the tree is felled. A big advantage of this method is that the hinge can be clearly cut and inspected before the tree is felled.

In addition, the saved corner prevents the tree from falling treenotch.barted Reading Time: 7 mins. ensuring there is no overcutting or undercutting of the scarf cuts, which will prevent the tree standing up and not falling, as well as preventing the trunk from splitting, – this will ensure control of the tree as it is falling; ensuring the back cut is horizontal and placed above the scarf approximately 50mm for each mm of the trees diameter.