Wood and tree chopping techniques - Trees & Shrubs

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by L. Woodrow Ross

Safety is the primary consideration when cutting wood or cutting down a tree. There are a number of steps that you can take to insure that you or someone else will not be hurt.
When using a chain saw, use a faces shield or safety
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by Jim Armstrong

When tree removal is the only choice, remember that planning ahead is the first thing to do. Remember this, a professional arborist such as myself can assist you, the cost to fall a tree can be minimal if that is all you need,
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by Eric Vesterby

Do you have a tree you need to cut down? Proper notching technique can help you safely drop it where ever you deed to put it.
The first thing you want to do is look carefully at your tree and determine where you want it to
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by Liberator

Tree Cutting, know when to walk away.
As many other mountain people, I have been cutting trees for a number of years. Articles have been written on the topic, however, I see a neglected topic in this field. Safety. Quite often,
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by Rex Trulove

How do you chop wood? This would seem to be something that requires no thought; you just whack it with an axe, right? Well, not quite. Going at it this way, you are going to exhaust yourself with little to show for it. Let's
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by Cathy Edwards

How to Cut a Tree
For the past fifteen years, I have worked almost exclusively with men. My jobs included everything from heavy lifting to driving trucks to operating some pieces of heavy equipment, but basically physical labor.
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