Axe Cutting Down Tree

I was wondering how they used to do it in the old days so i cut down a tree with my axe.

Axe cutting down tree.

Step 4 start the felling cut. Next tie a rope of the way up the trunk and hook the end to a hand winch that s tied to a larger tree. Different tree length and thickness will determine the best type of felling axe to use. Cut a v shaped notch kerf about waist high into the tree in the direction you want the tree to fall.

You need to be sure you have everything ready when cutting down a tree. There are times that you would choose to cut down a tree with an axe over doing it with a chainsaw. Trying to cut down a tree with a heavy maul would be a very inefficient and unpleasant task just like trying to split logs with an axe made specifically for felling will be equally frustrating. If you could only chose one axe for felling i would say the gransfors bruks american felling axe is the best axe for cutting down trees.

The noch should be 2 3 in the tree. Cut to a depth of about 1 3 the diameter of the tree. Cut another notch on the opposite side about a foot above the first. To chop down a tree with a chainsaw cut a horizontal line about of the way into the tree.

Besides the shape of the head a thin taper as opposed to a thick wedge the weight is on the lighter side as well. If the tree is small enough even a well made hatchet will do the job in the hands of a skilled user. The title pretty much says it all. Turned out it wasn t impossible.

Whichever method you use to cut down a tree it can still be dangerous. The worst thing you can do is cut down a tree from a ladder this is how most accidents happen. Gransfors used hand forged solid steel to produce the head weighing 3 3 pounds and the blade of the head has 4 5 inch face capable of cutting very large trees. The parameters of the operation were decided in the white house where president gerald ford had held crisis talks.

Then go 3 to 4 inches above that line and saw down at a 45 degree angle to cut out the wedge piece. In response to the axe murder incident the unc determined that instead of trimming the branches that obscured visibility they would cut down the tree with the aid of overwhelming force. There are a couple different ways to fell a tree being a chainsaw or an axe.