Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Just to be clear. When you put your wedges in the back cut (as in backcut first), you don't pound the wedges to straigthen the tree. You just push them tight to seat them properly, but not more. The tree stands as is, unchanged. If you pound too hard on the wedges now, this will put the notch's area in compression and the chainsaw will be stuck while cutting the notch or/and the tree could want to start falling while the notch isn't cleared. Very bad deal.
Start cutting the back cut, seat the wedges, finish the back cut, cut the notch, and then, pound the wedges like mad !
Start cutting the back cut, seat the wedges, finish the back cut, cut the notch, and then, pound the wedges like mad !
