Glad you survived with life and limb, and with the tree down.

Mar 02, We'd locate the skidder near the bottom and snake out the ' mainline and choker 10 trees while they were standing. Then you'd do the exact opposite with the saw cuts. You'd make the back cut first and then cut the notch (pointing uphill), leaving a stout hinge.

(the tree would lean and pinch the back cut closed). This time we needed to cut down a massive dead ash tree that was leaning towards a road and the neighbors house across the road.

We would need to use our heavy duty pulling rope and tie it to a tractor to help pull the tree! The tree was about feet tall and 45 inches in diameter at the base. The first big branches were about 40 feet high. Jun 29, Pulling with a truck, tractor or skidder is one of the most efficient methods available for getting a tree to go exactly where you want it to.

I often pull off to one side of the lay, in order to compensate for lean or limb weight, also so you don’t hit the skidder if the cable is to short. Sep 01, Cut down slide first and then make upward cut to complete the notch. Make sure that your guy at the truck or atv start pulling little bit more. Then make the back cut toward to the corner of the face notch. While you cutting make sure your helpers pulling.

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 aspects of bore cutting, controlling kickback.