It looks like a Birch??
If so the smaller ones can be sensitive to cut when the wood is frozen !!
Now that's a truly bad stump. I'll have to start taking pictures of all the farmer stumps around here...
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Not sure about the whole situation since I wasn't there, however, in dealing with smaller trees that have a back lean and they just can't be fallen that direction, I will backcut the tree first, set a wedge and then insert the undercut.
Now, before anyone jumps on me, let me say that you MUST have all your ducks lined up in a row before you start something like that. You have to figure out how much backcut you're going to make so you can leave enough for a face cut AND the hinge wood. I've used this method hundreds of times in past years with great success. However, if you don't have the experience and have never done it, don't do it in a situation where you have to be perfect and the tree going over backwards is not an option. I just did this the other day with a tree, an alder as a matter of fact, that hung over a guys shop. After I got done and talking to the owner, he said that he thought I was nuts and had a few head bolts gone when he saw me doing it. However, the results showed something else.
Again, we're talking on the internet, not on the ground. Big difference.
Not sure about the whole situation since I wasn't there, however, in dealing with smaller trees that have a back lean and they just can't be fallen that direction, I will backcut the tree first, set a wedge and then insert the undercut.
Now, before anyone jumps on me, let me say that you MUST have all your ducks lined up in a row before you start something like that. You have to figure out how much backcut you're going to make so you can leave enough for a face cut AND the hinge wood. I've used this method hundreds of times in past years with great success. However, if you don't have the experience and have never done it, don't do it in a situation where you have to be perfect and the tree going over backwards is not an option. I just did this the other day with a tree, an alder as a matter of fact, that hung over a guys shop. After I got done and talking to the owner, he said that he thought I was nuts and had a few head bolts gone when he saw me doing it. However, the results showed something else.
Again, we're talking on the internet, not on the ground. Big difference.
Yes, I could almost swear it's a Downy Birch (Betula Pubescens). But it only exists in Europe. I have never seen a Paper Birch, which grows in the North America. Could it look that much alike it's European cousin?
Me too! i love cuttin timber in the snow.
Wow, never tried it that way. But, why not.
For the less skilled I would recommend the split level cut for dealing with the small diameter back leaners. Got some pics from the last winter.
Hey nice pics Jake! You aren't kiddin, its pretty chewy. If you buck off the entire far half first you have less of a chance of pinching. No gut in the cut.
Boy! Not much holding wood left with all that decay! Glad it all worked out safely. :msp_thumbsup:
thanks man, yeah I shoulda done that, I went about 4 inches into the top and then started up from the bottom and as soon as it was severed it slipped down and was waaaay stuck
Hey man it happens! If you didn't have a specific length you needed maybe a foot to your right and you woulda been fine. I bet it was good cardio while sending that thing off the stump!
From what I have seen here in Ireland, the closest thing I have encountered in the states to European Silver Birch(Betula Pendula) and Downy Birch is American Red Alder (Alnus - Alder Species: Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest). It is a dead ringer for young Silver Birch, but once the Silver Birch and Downy Birch reaches age the bark goes much more gnarled or rough than Alnus Rubra usually does. So, at least from what I have seen from my limited time here in Europe, the Alnus Glutinosa is less like the Alnus Rubra than the Betula P's are.
Alnus Rubra - Red Alder
When I had back leaning Alders, I often used the bore/post cut, carefully inserted wedges on both sides to replace the cut wood, then cut the back and inserted a double wedge to pound it out.
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT MY STUMP I FOUND IT IN THE SAME PATCH OF LARCH WE WERE IN AND WAS SURPRISED TO NOT FIND HBRN UNDER IT
I'm also surprised that there weren't a pair of fully crappy pants nearby when this thing went over what I could only assume (from 1 of 3 face cuts) was backwards
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