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Arboricultural Injuries and Fatalities
Very close call felling a big doug. fir - whacked my arm but could have been much worse!!
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<blockquote data-quote="davefr" data-source="post: 5542549" data-attributes="member: 248"><p>First of all I'm no pro when it comes to felling. My task was felling a big doug. fir about 25-30" in diameter. It had to go in one direction to avoid a snag.</p><p></p><p>I made my notch cut just fine and then proceeded with the back cut. I got lazy and thought I could make the back cut with a 16" bar by alternating both sides so the cut would meet in the middle. The fell did not go as planned and the tree came down about 90 -120 degrees from it's intended fall. It whacked my arm real good and I thought it was going to crush me. </p><p></p><p>I inspected the cut after the fell and discovered the holding wood was very inconsistent, Nearly none on half the cut.</p><p></p><p>Lesson learned: always use a bar longer then the diameter of the tree for the back cut so you can make a nice straight line and monitor the progress of both ends of the backcut as it approaches the notch. Maybe the pros can skillfully do a consistent backcut with a short bar but I can't. It was lazyness and stupidity on my part and I got real lucky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davefr, post: 5542549, member: 248"] First of all I'm no pro when it comes to felling. My task was felling a big doug. fir about 25-30" in diameter. It had to go in one direction to avoid a snag. I made my notch cut just fine and then proceeded with the back cut. I got lazy and thought I could make the back cut with a 16" bar by alternating both sides so the cut would meet in the middle. The fell did not go as planned and the tree came down about 90 -120 degrees from it's intended fall. It whacked my arm real good and I thought it was going to crush me. I inspected the cut after the fell and discovered the holding wood was very inconsistent, Nearly none on half the cut. Lesson learned: always use a bar longer then the diameter of the tree for the back cut so you can make a nice straight line and monitor the progress of both ends of the backcut as it approaches the notch. Maybe the pros can skillfully do a consistent backcut with a short bar but I can't. It was lazyness and stupidity on my part and I got real lucky. [/QUOTE]
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