Step 1 Determine the angle formed by the trunk and the ground level; this angle.

Nov 30, The easiest choice is to fell the tree in the direction it would naturally fall due to slope, overhang and wind direction.

Whenever I ask students if they would like to learn techniques that would improve safety and control of falling trees they all raise their hands or nod their heads in agreement.

Felling in another direction requires a special technique, more effort, and is sometimes just impossible. In the following video, you can learn proper methods for creating different notches and techniques for maintaining a correct hinge so that you will fell a tree safely and.

Nov 27, The concept of directional felling is based on creating a “hinge” of wood that guides the tree during the fall. The hinge is formed by the directional notch and the final felling cut. The placement, angle and depth of the directional notch are critical to ensuring the desired direction of the fall.

If you are new to directional felling or simply want to refresh your skills, we recommend that you take a look at Understanding directional treegrind.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.

Therefore rather than focusing on what a notch is named or called, let us look at what we want the notch to do for us when falling trees.

A notch is an opening made into a tree trunk by making two angled cuts into the trunk with the intention being that the notch starts the tree falling in the desired direction of the fall and dictates how long the hinge can work and when it will have to break. Nov 24, 11/29/In this segment certified Arborist Brian Eshleman of Eshleman Tree Service joins host Kim Toscano to demonstrate how to safely fell a tree using the.

Mar 05, In this notch, a vast, sideways V is cut into the side of the tree. The primary cut goes in a downwards movement of no less than 70 degrees. The base cut goes in at a degree upward edge. At that point, a little flat cut will be made on the back of the tree, meeting the point in the V.