Electric Comet wrote:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 22:43:04 -0400
wrote:
Unless it is grossly overbalanced the other way, in which case it
just "kicks" and still falls toward the lean. anyway.
i have heard of that and as mentioned by others wind can be a factor
Sure can. I was felling a tree many years ago, and at that time I had many
years of experience at felling trees. I'm quite careful when I bring down
trees, and have never been reckless at the task. On this particular day the
tree I was felling had some lean to it and I was attempting to drop it with
the lean. Should have been a walk in the park. Made my notch, and was into
my felling cut when the wind came up. It was not a windy day, and this wind
just came up... from the wrong direction. It brought the tree back into my
felling cut, pinched my saw in the cut, and brought the tree over the wrong
way. Sitting not far enough away was my pickup. Guess where that tree
went! Fortunately, the branches pretty much forked around my truck and only
some smaller ones hit the truck, causing very minor damage. Could have been
a lot worse. What was worse was that my saw was pinched in the cut and when
the tree came far enough over, it jumped the stump. Out comes my saw and it
fell to the ground. Down comes the butt of the tree - right on my saw.
Completely destroyed the saw. Fortunately, I watch my tree all the while
when I dropping it, and I realized what was happening with time to beat feet
away from the tree. Had the perfect view of the carnage in real time.
**** can happen even when you know what you're doing and even when you're
careful.
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-Mike-