Once I'm done with the Sugar Maple up the ridge from here, I'll take care of this uprooted Cherry. Like Locust Post said, cut from the bottom up first and then do your plunge cut , this has a chit load of pressure on it.
That's a good size Cherry, have fun with it. Cherry is a great wood, some years more than half of my stacks is Cherry.:stacke:
I like cherry also. Sometimes I don't think it gets the respect it deserves, but I think it is great. Splits easy, dries quickly, and burns hot. Good stuff.
But you don't have to cut that far from the bottom up. Just a little will keep it from splitting. I also can see no reason for a plunge cut.
I did part of that Cherry two years ago, if you cut it from the top down it will split before you get done, if it reacts like the Sugar Maple I did the plunge cut on, it will hold together much longer. Either way you'll hear a pop, a chit load of tension in that tree.
The undercut won't stop it from splitting, chit it might split with the plunge cut up. I did the undercut on the twin (where it split off the main trunk) and then made my cut from the top, that split down the middle because of the tension.
I can't tell from the photo -- what is holding that tree up off the ground? Is it hung up on another tree somewhere?
Both these are down from the Sugar Maple on the same ridge, I would like to get the Cherry in picture 9987 this year. Picture 9988 is down the ridge from 9987, it's sitting on a broken off Maple.
