Man Is Cutting A Fallen Tree When He Gets A Big Surprise Despite the hazards of this, the fact his chain hasn't seen a file in a while or even his technique, this is funny. Several years ago, a 30"+ red oak tree fell over along the creek in the back of my property. The heavy rains had raised the creek and the old tree just leaned over, root ball and all. I thought well, it's down now, might as well make use of the wood. I was thankful for the opportunity and the BTU's. After the creek subsided a bit, I took everything but about 4' of the trunk. I had to leave that amount because it was too close to the creek - if I had cut a round off, it would have fallen in the water for sure and I wouldnt have been able to recover it. Very steep bank and 5' of water. Several weeks went by and I went to see if I could get the last of the trunk. To my surprise, the tree had righted itself and was standing straight up. It looked as though a boat had come by and cut the tree and hauled it off. Strange looking site.
Some people's kids.....lol All joking aside, this is a risky cut he made. Most certainly would've been better off cutting it at the stump. And most chainsaws that I've used didn't require the "hand saw" technique (pushing the chainsaw back and forth whilst cutting the wood)......
Well, I see a ladder in the background, so he should still be good to cut up the rest of it! What's really got me puzzled is, what exactly was the purpose of the plastic coathanger? A friend of mine asked me to cut some cookies (from a log) to use as table decorations for their wedding last year. He had never run a chainsaw, but he looked interested so I let him give it a whirl. He got into sort of a kung-fu fighting stance, and was using the "hand saw" technique - it was hilarious. But I had to take the chainsaw back for safety reasons....
That happens quite often. I had a few do that last year but i was expecting it, cut off at the base and it stands right back up. The one I cut was a big beech and the stump hole was full of water. It made a pretty impressive splash when it stood back up.
I had a couple a few years back that were in the woods. We cut them while the ground was frozen so they did not stand back up....right then. But come spring, they did.
I like it when I can get blow overs to stand back up, you don't have to deal with a root ball sticking up. Sometimes when gravity won't do it for you, I stand em up myself. You have to be careful though, I remember a story from a few years ago where a young child was killed when he was crushed by a rootball that stood up on his grandfather.
I had a hickory stand up on me last year. It's just so tempting to cut from the top down when the whole trunk is up off the ground.
Not only tempting, but I simply can't deny myself the pleasure of cutting one that is up off the ground! Had a 18" cherry last year that was about 42" at the highest point and 18" at the lowest. Yes, it was cut from the top down and no, it did not stand back up. Cutting in winter helps that.
Yeah, I always cut from the top down and just pay attention for the stand up moment. I can't resist the easy cutting.
