Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Tree Chopping

Tree Chopping

By George Dodson


Parents used to tell the tale of the great lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Obviously, Paul possessed a big blue ox named Babe. So popular was this tale that people designed restaurants around this theme in the Pacific Northwest.

Paul was about 20 feet tall. One of the things Paul was very good at was chopping down trees. Making the use of your imagination will show you how easy it was for Paul to do this task. It is plain to see that in these times there are no giants felling trees and making waterholes for their animals.

There is a technique that comes in when you are felling trees. The whole thing is not simple grabbing the axe and heading to the forest kind of thing. One cannot fell a fir with a simple axe. If you do the above, then you are going to take plenty of time and use a lot of energy doing nothing. How is felling a tree done?

The first thing to realize is that trees can be very dangerous when you want to do more than simply looking at them. The reason behind loggers wearing special boots is that trees depending on their sizes can become wet and slippery.

Most trees that you be interested in chopping down our large and weigh a lot. When they come down they can cause great injury if you don't bring them down properly.

It is required that you have the correct gear not forgetting a helmet. Your day can be ruined with a tree limb falling from 30 or 40 feet high.

Make sure you have the proper axe. You want a chopping axe, and not a splitting axe. If you do not get the difference, then make a point of finding out.

Determine which way you want to tree to fall. That means making sure that where it falls is clear of people and things that could be damaged.

Start by creating a wedge on the side that you want the tree to fall. You want to wedge out small pieces, until you get a nice vee cut on that side of the tree. Next moved to the other side of the tree opposite of the vee cut and began chopping above that the cut on that side of the tree. Go on cutting while continuously watching the tree. Though you want it to fall in the direction of the cut, most of the time this is not the case. If it starts leaning towards you, make sure to get out of the way. This is simply to say that you move off the tree stump once the tree starts falling. As the tree falls, it might kick up on the end causing you injury while doing so.

As you chop down the tree, be keen on the groaning sound as this marks the weakening of the tree. Just as the tree is falling, steer clear of the stump until it comes completely down.




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