What does that mean and is it useful?

Dec 16, Cutting against the notch from the other side – The first notch that you make shouldn’t be more than 25 percent of the total circumference of the tree. Once you accomplish this goal, then the next step is to cut again a notch from the other side which is towards the first notch that you created using the chainsaw.

Once this second cut gets deepened, then the tree will start slightly to lean well away from you. And it’s the time the tree has got its final shrubgrinding.barted Reading Time: 4 mins. Jul 10, If the tree is still upright, then you’ll want to use a felling wedge to make the tree begin to fall. The felling wedge acts as a lever that gives the tree a push in the right direction for it to tip over. Insert the wedge into the back cut and tap it with a sledge hammer until the tree starts to fall.

May 01, Removal cuts remove an entire branch or clean out the center of a tree. Reduction cuts shorten a branch back to a lateral branch; the lateral branch then acts as the new dominant end of the branch and keeps hormonal control over unregulated growth. Our least favorite type of pruning is the heading shrubgrinding.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Nov 12, Location.

S New Mexico. Nov 10, #1.

I recently scored the cylinder of my 10 year old 18" Husky firewood and all-purpose saw, cutting very dense, seasoned, 16" Salt Cedar (tamarack), one of the hardest woods in the U.S.

My fault, the chipper chains (Oregon and Stihl) I used dulled very fast, and I pushed them and overheated the bar. Dec 11, Dec 7, #1. I am a bit of a new comer as a burner, however I have had some experience working on our family's nursery with cutting some"Difficult" to deal with genus/species. The absolute worst wood that I've had to chainsaw was a non-native tree, Parrotia persica (common name Persian Ironwood).

Parrotia is actually a highly prized. When you're felling trees and limbs, you're cutting against the grain. With a sawmill, you are cutting with the grain to create lumber. The quality of your saw cuts will depend on the type and sharpness of your chainsaw chain. Standard saw chain is designed for speed and cross-cutting, but when it's used with a mill, cuts will be jagged and rough. Nov 19, It happens when the either the nose of the chainsaw bar is in contact with wood, or when the chainsaw is pinched in a cut.

Kickback happens in a split second, and it results in the chainsaw chain (blade) rising up quickly toward your face. Taking a chainsaw to the face (or body, arms, or legs) is going to ruin your day, week, year, or shrubgrinding.barg: green tree.