Brilliant! Laying a tree down gently

[davidwyby]

Saw on TB

Been trying to figure out how to do this forever.

 

[Nutball]

Bendy river birch. I had a similar size Norwegian Spruce do that even with a back cut.

 

[cory]

Interesting. I never thought of using no back cut but river birch is extremely strong like that. My usual method is lean it over using a narrow (short: not open) face and then repeat as needed making new felling cuts above the previous one until the trunk is parallel to the ground.

Funny how river birch is super strong when alive but get weak fairly quickly when dead.

 

[SeanKroll]

He's on TB.