You can easily determine how many wedges will be needed to overcome a.

Hard Head 12" Tree Falling Wedge (Each) Hard Head wedges are unique in that they have a machined steel insert on the end of the wedge. This inserts cover the driving end of the wedge and some of it extends into the ABS plastic body.

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This makes the Hard-Head wedge the best driving wedge we sell. The steel insert also resists mushrooming less. Tree felling wedges are not designed to take that sort of punishment. They should only be used to encourage a tree to fall in a specific direction by placing it in an appropriate position. If you want to split logs then you need a Wood Splitting Wedge which is a different beast entirely!Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. If you were to backcut the tree properly and insert a 1-inch (thick) wedge at the furthest back point on the stump to support the tree, you now want to know how far forward (direction opposite of tree's lean) you can move the center point of the tree's weighted backlean using this wedge.

Remember- for the tree to fall in the direction opposite of it's lean, you have to move the weighted center of the tree past the.