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How to Cut Down a Tree

Step 3The Tree Falls

The Tree Falls
As it starts to lean, make your escape to one side, because the butt of the tree can kick back.

There isn't any very safe place to be, because branches can break and fly anywhere, or the top of the tree could pull something down with it.

If you didn't cut all the way to the notch you can leave a sort of "living hinge" that will keep the tree from falling to the side.

My cousin's father-in-law was killed by a vine that got pulled by a tree as it fell.
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May 15, 2010. 1:36 PMQCtreeclimber says:
Everything I have seen on this intructable is WRONG. NO ONE EVER DO ANYTHING CLOSE TO WHAT THIS PERSON HAS DONE!!!!!!D
Mar 22, 2008. 6:00 AMmathewgamblesweden says:
or just leave it to the pros. as that is nearly 100% incorrect and dangerous.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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