smokin berlinet
ArboristSite Lurker
ok so i am new to this site....i have been running a saw for about 12 yrs, i am no pro at this, but i am confident with a saw. I have probably felled a few hundred trees from inches to feet in diameter. I can usually land a tree withing 5-8 ft of were i want it to go. I am from the east but i am currently stationed in idaho.... last year i was out cutting firewood and found a nice 24" tree to fell. It was on a decent sloped hill, leaning down hill, so i picked a 10ft opening between some trees for it to land. So i double checked how i planned on doing it, and made my face cut. The i made my back cut and the tree started to relieve pressure from the bar as it tipped downhill, then (thanks to the Air Force embedding "Know everything whats going on around you") i noticed the tree come back, then i pulled the saw out and ran paralell from my face cut, the tree fell 180* from my face cut, straight back on my back cut. why? It could have been the wind, its always blowing here, but it wasn't too bad that day, and i had felled 4 trees before it about the same size. What did i do wrong? I am very anal about felling trees, i feel confident to do it, never had this happen. I have since dropped 30+ trees and had not had this happen. Any one care to educate me if i did do something wrong? Thanks in advance...