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After 3 years of fighting with a specific Bradford pear removal, I finally tried a 2-inch notch cut on the tension side first.
It sounds backwards, but making that small notch before the main face cut stopped the barber chair that had cost me a cracked windshield the year before, so has anyone else found a weird order of cuts that works on a tricky species?
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kevin_west5mo ago
Ever try a bore cut on something like that? Lets you set the hinge before the tree can pinch. Works when the lean is real bad.
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ninas675mo ago
Small notch on the tension side first" is the standard method, not a weird order. That's just proper technique for a tree with lean or tension.
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sarah8185mo ago
Exactly, it's about controlling the fall path and the hinge. You're basically making the tree commit to falling the way you want before you even touch the back cut. Saw a guy skip that step once on a big oak with heavy side lean, and the trunk barber-chaired straight up. Scary stuff.
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