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Just the way all the "toes" have been cut off before the fell.

 

I think he is a joiner or cabinet maker as well, I seem to remember reading in another thread. Mixing his skills and testing his freehand maybe?

 

 

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Yeh, I know I'm renown for going on about this Paul, but it really is a bad practice.

 

Most of the time all goes well, and in such cases as this it doesn't really matter as they're fairly straight stable stems etc.

 

BUT, I'd love to get to the bottom of why people do it. Surely it cannot be a practice that is now being taught?😳

 

I would certainly hope not, in fact, it needs to be part of your training "how NOT to fell a tree" IMO.

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Yeh, I know I'm renown for going on about this Paul, but it really is a bad practice.

 

Most of the time all goes well, and in such cases as this it doesn't really matter as they're fairly straight stable stems etc.

 

BUT, I'd love to get to the bottom of why people do it. Surely it cannot be a practice that is now being taught?😳

 

I would certainly hope not, in fact, it needs to be part of your training "how NOT to fell a tree" IMO.

 

 

 

For the time it takes to 'prep' the stem. You could make that extra cut to do a back cut on the full width. Also less to clear up!

 

Also, why cut them off the back aswell? Makes no real difference!

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when you say toes do you mean buttresses ??, if so was taught to do similar when your using a chainsaw that the bar is to small.

 

No Ian! That's the excuse everyone uses!

 

If you haven't a big enough saw to cut in one, either get a bigger saw, learn how to do it to multiple bar widths, or get someone in who can do it!

 

 

Edit;

Ian, was this actually an NPTC instructor who gave this advice? If so, did he also point out the negative effects of doing this in various other situations?

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BUT, I'd love to get to the bottom of why people do it. Surely it cannot be a practice that is now being taught?😳

 

I would certainly hope not, in fact, it needs to be part of your training "how NOT to fell a tree" IMO.

 

I think it was part of the CS32 when I did it, to set a more consistent log for extraction.

 

Haven't done it once since the course though, I love tearing roots out the ground:lol:

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