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45°
45°
= cutting down area
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1
2
Felling instructions:
First clear the tree base and work area from interfering
limbs and brush and clean its lower portion with an axe
(see fig. 18).
When felling, maintain a distance of at least 2 /2 tree
lengths from the nearest person (see fig. 17)
.
Note:
The noise of your engine may drown any warning
call.
45°
Then, establish a path of escape and remove all obsta-
cles. This path should be opposite to the planned
direction of the fall of the tree and at a 45° angle (fig.
9). An alternate path must also be selected. Place all
tools and equipment a safe distance away from the tree,
but not on the escape path.
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8
9
Then, determine the placement of the felling notch
(fig. 21). The felling notch when properly placed de-
termines the direction in which the tree will fall. It is
made perpendicular to the line of fall and should be as
close to the ground as possible. Cut the felling notch
to a depth of about one-fifth to one-fourth of the trunk
diameter (fig. 22). It should be in no case higher than it
is deep. Make the felling notch very carefully.
Felling notch
Hinge
Felling cut
Direction of fall
Hinge
Felling notch
First cut
Second cut
If the tree has large buttress roots, cut into the largest
buttresses vertically first (horizontally next) and remove
(fig. 20).
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