serial feller
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Times are tough and I have been having to take a couple of small residential jobs. I'm not trying to break into residential work, in fact I'm wanting to get back into the woods. The res jobs I am willing to take are usually pretty straight forward and with some careful aiming the trees can be dropped relatively easily. Now for the problem. I'm preparing to take down a 36" DBH walnut. The tree can be felled without hitting anything, but there is a 16" limb about 8 feet off of the ground which will hit first at about a 45 degree angle to the direction of the fall. On impact the tree will roll to the left (violently) into an immature walnut, and the limb will likely split and damage the butt log as well.
There is nothing under this limb but I would like some technique ideas to cut this limb off so that it breaks and falls straight down with no drama. I've never taken a limb this big. I'm concerned about cut depths and the breaking point. Most of the trees I take don't have this problem and if they do I can pick a different direction of fall. This tree is a big ugly misshaped freak. Like I said above, this limb is as big as a small tree. Thanks.
There is nothing under this limb but I would like some technique ideas to cut this limb off so that it breaks and falls straight down with no drama. I've never taken a limb this big. I'm concerned about cut depths and the breaking point. Most of the trees I take don't have this problem and if they do I can pick a different direction of fall. This tree is a big ugly misshaped freak. Like I said above, this limb is as big as a small tree. Thanks.
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