Green and healthy: it hinges pretty well for swinging limbs. Dead or dying: not so much, they can be brittle or punky. For swinging limbs away from targets I’d use a pull line or even a polesaw to push or pull in the right direction.
What do think of the decision to fell across a street like that?
In the middle of winter after a month and half of sub 0° temps, still a bad idea. That tree had some serious tonnage to it.
Species specific technique right there. River birch being the optimal species, elm would be another good one, spruce maybe. But then again ye old bomb pad is real easy to make for non impact turf jobs. Or cut it low enough so the log comes in flat.
Then again the longer I’ve been in business...
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