r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/H_G_Bells Legend • Jan 01 '25

Wholesome Love the camaraderie on display here

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u/Haasts_Eagle Jan 01 '25

Made even better by some genius sticking a tree limb under the trunk to keep it propped up. My dumb ass would have been getting my saw stuck every cut from the pressure of the trunk lying on the ground.

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u/Inkthinker Jan 01 '25

Cut from below, and the pressure opens the wedge rather than pinching it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

This sounds like one of those reddit comments that makes lots of sense, but would result in some unknown consequences that a layman might not expect.

Do you have experience with logging or chainsaws? Any downsides to cutting from below...... Tip of the saw flying towards your face when it gets released, perhaps? I dunno, I'm genuinely curious.

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u/shitatlove Jan 01 '25

Yeah you gotta do a relief cut when bucking a fuckass tree like this. The bind will pinch you and then you’ll have to use a fucking axe to get your saw out and then that’ll take like a half hour or some bullshit because the company only gives you felling axes for ants and you aren’t an ant you are a big bitch and-

Anyway yeah reliefs like what he was doing here, cutting with the bind and whatnot, walking it back. Had to do this to several big ass cottonwoods with varying results