Im just wondering now, why do you consider falling trees larger than your bar length ''unsafe''?
I would think of anything it would make matters safer. there is no way to accidentally sever your off side holding wood while trying to get a uniform holding strip.
What is unsafe is a tired sawyer and a 25 inch bar will do it a LOT faster than a shorter one!
I have fallen many a large tree with a 20 inch bar accurately. Some so big that with a full 20 inch bored face i still wasent able to reach the heart wood in the back cut. Now that is more of an extreme than 14 and 25.
I would think of anything it would make matters safer. there is no way to accidentally sever your off side holding wood while trying to get a uniform holding strip.
What is unsafe is a tired sawyer and a 25 inch bar will do it a LOT faster than a shorter one!
I have fallen many a large tree with a 20 inch bar accurately. Some so big that with a full 20 inch bored face i still wasent able to reach the heart wood in the back cut. Now that is more of an extreme than 14 and 25.
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