Double Cut Tutorial! How to fell a tree that's bigger than your bar.

[@firedtradesman]

Your last 3 or 4 videos have been just brilliant. Such a wealth of information. Thanks so very much for taking the time to share your work and techniques with us. I have a 60" elm next week and a 32" bar. Your way is different than what I've done in the past, but superior, so I'll be using what you've so kindly shared very soon. Sending respect and gratitude your way.

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@1d1hamby]

Make sure you practice it a few times before using it on a large tree.

[@lavi5hp]

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[@luluschannel9862]

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[@icedestoryer7550]

@@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792 husqrana chainsaw how heavy

[@rockymorrow4743]

Me and father do this for a living also and I was only 6 months into learning when he passed away and you guys have literally saved the family business for me thank you so much.

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Wow I am so sorry to hear that. I am glad to hear we helped though ❤️

[@SonOfLiberty1984]

I really respect the fact that you show your struggle and imperfections. Lining these cuts up is not nearly as easy as a guy thinks when you've actually got a saw in your hands doing it. You did a helluva job! Outstanding video!

[@jamiem5364]

I watch a vast variety of different vids on here, your vids are some of my absolute favorites. Not only do you keep things extremely interesting and educational you don't add any annoying music and most importantly you are humble! Keep up the fantastic work mate we appreciate it and I always look forward to getting a new vid notification from you.

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Very kind of you. Thanks a million 🙏

[@bradarmstrong3952]

Spot on.

[@mattjenkins7216]

Glad I recently found you. Took down a large oak today. I had picked up some excellent tips from your videos that helped me "Tree"mendously. Seriously, the info helped me work more safely.

[@noahwilson6772]

I cannot express enough with words how much your videos have helped me along in my journey so far with trees. You have enabled me to provide for my family in a more efficient and safe manner. Thank you man. Much love.

[@davetobias3788]

Excellent presentation, and thank you for leaving in the errors or imperfections - those are perhaps the MOST instructional!

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

You're the best at breaking it down and making it understandable to someone like me with almost zero base of knowledge. You answered the questions as they popped into my mind, like I was there asking them.

[@sawboatsndarmwrestling]

You focus a lot on safety, i appreciate that, as a noob, I feel legitimate to take my time . Nice information.

[@bobjones8864]

I love that you don’t mind showing high school photos. Shows you accepted who you were, good self awareness.

[@tbone0785]

I hope you enjoy creating and uploading these videos as much as we like watching them. You're a wealth of knowledge, and I've improved as a chainsaw operator having watched your videos. Keep em' coming!

[@camcuts7643]

Awesome video as always man! People that don’t do tree work don’t understand how difficult it can be to do a double cut like this. Great info. Very helpful. Keep doing your thing!

[@chaswarren7239]

Great video, love that you are so honest, showing it how it is. Not editing out any trial runs or sub-optimals, but showing real life - warts and all.

[@Matlock69]

It felt like it’s been ages! Glad to have you back!! Just get Jed in on the next one!

[@ericharrington9601]

Glad that they are back as well and their excellent information in a visually detailed way. 😎

[@aldente3585]

Dropped my 4th tree using only the skills I learned from watching Guilty of Treeson. All have been safe and landed perfectly. Thank you! One was hollow from rot, well shaped like a C. Would love a video on dealing with rotten and odd/leaning trees. Anyway it’s been a long summer waiting on this new video! Thank you and send us more please.

[@maranatha.media.c...]

Hi thank you so much 😊 for your help I wish I could say the to the half of how much you have helped me! I'm a American man living in a country that is not too helpful on instructions but in other ways, you have made it possible to cut these big hardwood trees. It's supper dangerous but your instructions have given me confidence to calmly and methodically go about something I've never done. For this poor man you've made me rich! Thank a thousand times again!

[@garymoore8711]

You are a good explainer of what you are doing. Impressed with your stress on safety. Like that you take your lunch break to show us newbies how it's done.

[@agm65ccip]

I used this method to cut two trees in two days that were bigger than my 20” saw, and it worked like a champ. I don’t cut trees everyday so your videos gave me the confidence to do the job with the tools I had rather than buying or borrowing something else. Thank you for sharing your skills for us weekend warriors.

[@pickngrining]

Errors are the sharpest tool in learning. Thanks for your teaching skill. -From a veteran educator and rookie woodsman

[@legauch1241]

One day I’m going to be an arborist like you. You definitely inspire me lots with your videos. Ty

[@petefellwock7778]

Enjoy your teaching! I've gotten many tips and knowledge of how to do this safely. Enjoy all your videos.

[@kai-rouvenseeger4852]

Very cool, like in the art of felling timber, can’t get enough lessons to build up your expertise🥳

[@NHHalKnowsHow]

You're funny. "The corners are important but this is still 'suboptimal'". 18:27 I like it! I always look forward to what I'll learn watching your videos and today it was a new word. Thank you!

[@hphillips7425]

You helped me with my cuts. I will cut smaller wedges till it is correct and the same on the back cut. Thanks 👍🏻

[@PooleingGs]

Just started watching last week and I can’t get enough of this guy. Fun to watch and learning so much. Thanks

[@salvitoregachione1237]

You’re the best, you don’t need to share info with us novices but you do for the good of everyone.

[@jeremybuchanan4759]

Thanks for taking the time to share this. I appreciate your humility and willingness to share your knowledge - always enjoy your videos!

[@limbridk]

You really make the best teaching videos on felling. Us homeowners that are just taking down smaller trees, like lets say 8 to 10 inch diameter trunks, we can still learn and use knowledge from these larger fellings you do. Our bars are also tiny, so it all comes together. I'm extremely grateful and I'm sure my wife is even more grateful that because of your videos I haven't killed myself or felled a tree onto our house :D

[@Aint1S]

Beautiful work! Nothing gives you an appreciation for a nicely felled tree than trying to build a cabin in a thicket full of trees. Get 3 trees piled up on one another and the final cut kicks out off of the stump to spin around 7' away from where you planned for it to gently lay over! That tree hit me square in the lap, just above the knees as I was walking backwards to watch it all go down. Nothing beats a good saw, except for the guardian angel that God tasked with saving my life! It must have thrown me 20' backwards through the air and the 029 saw was torn from my hands and sent it nearly 20' to my left! It never left a mark on me and it was so fast that I didn't even know where I was nor how I got there. My brother saw all of it! He said I was walking backwards and then it looked like I was shot up and thrown backwards. We had to find the saw, it was that far... Thank God for saving my life on that one! BTW, all 3 trees were neatly piled up as I planned... I'll never understand what went wrong for it to jump up from the stump so high.

[@kennethlee8640]

Killer content again man! Thanks so much! Many don't seem to know how to fell properly anymore. My old man could drop a tree anywhere on a dime it seemed...(east coast trees are different though) i was never able to learn from him like I had hoped. Thanks for lessons in proper and safe techniques. Cheers!

[@jamiem5364]

My uncle is much the same, hes a farm hand so has to clear trees and collect firewood every year. I literally can never get enough of collecting wood with him, he likes the help lifting logs into the trailer and I love picking up little tips. Just sucks I don't get out to see him nearly as much as I would like to.

[@Jimmy-372]

You may be providing the world with educational videos and are doing it quite brilliantly I may add, you are also a human being that isn't perfect and , well, that's ok. I, as well as most everyone else watching, rarely do things like this perfectly. I respect you for sharing all the raw content, no matter what. As long as the good Lord keeps his watchful hand upon us, and keeps us safe, and we are ALWAYS mindful of the dangers involved, we get to go home to our families. Thank you for sharing your life work with the community.

[@limbridk]

Yeah. We learn a lot from seeing the mistakes. Perfection is a bad teacher.

[@drewscreations8551]

Very good info! I love how you take the time to stop and explain things. A lot of guys don’t do that. I appreciate it!

[@nonyabiz8064]

In this COVID pandemic your videos are a return to normality for me. You’re obviously a passionate professional and I appreciate the time you take to make these videos. May you and yours be blessed Sir!

[@ttoddh1]

No idea why 31 people didn't like you vid. I truly enjoyed it. It was not sub-optimal. The would occur when you landed on your truck and shredder. That would be the bad part. Enjoy your vids. Keep it up. Fun to watch.

[@americanpatriot6055]

Your videos are better than my wife's Hallmark Channel! I could watch these videos straight through Christmas this year. I'm kinda up in my years and the things your crew do are amazing... gives me goose bumps. Y'all guys just please be careful.... what y'all do each and every day has a lot of risks involved. Keep up the videos.. I enjoy the practical tutorials of logically cutting down a tree.... I enjoy the explanations of why you cut a tree down the way you do and the safety precautions you take. Wished you guys lived in North Carolina!

[@flowinsounds]

cheers for your videos. Just dropped my first seriously large tree (2x my 18" bar length, although I did it from either side as I hadn't seen this particular video of yours) and I felt confident and safe the whole time. You've given me a wealth of knowledge and understanding. things that i've noticed that would be great to learn more about are: Sycamore maples are brittle. I've dropped 3 now, and each one was different in terms of hinge width, and each one snapped the hinge well before I expected (20 degrees off vertical). the first one snapped with a 3" hinge, the last one with a 1" hinge. Both had similar leans. Be good to learn more about different woods and their hinge needs... The other thing that had me considering my life decisions was the big one I did yesterday. In the end, it turned out the internal fibers ran at a massive angle, but I had about a 1.5" step up from my face cut (a regular one) to the back cut and in the end the tree refused to drop until that hinge was minuscule (from the outside), Couldn't shift it with wedges or a winch so had to go in and carefully reduce the hinge from both sides until it finally let go. I felt that perhaps there was some gem of knowledge that I was missing, but when it fell, it was clear that the fibres were running through the hinge diagonally, so it was still effectively quite big. Would appreciate more insights into deviance and gotchas like that.

[@mturner221]

Sounds like you chose to put your face cut in line with an old branch or burl of some sort. In my experience the grain will always be more predictable if you pick a straight section of trunk with no branch collars or weird growths to cut your face.

[@jimb4978]

Excellent video,which will help me fell a 24" dia. tree with an 18" bar for my next project.Thank you.

[@ronaldwilkins6056]

I'll trade ya, I got a 3ft x 4ft elm that mutates into four 20-24" trunks at about 7ft up...and an 18" saw.

[@jimhubbell8364]

Thanks. I learned more from this video than the one you did at the falling school. You are a good teacher.

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Thanks!

[@DrCouny]

I agree there. This was very well explained and detailed.

[@thinknow4114]

That GB Splitting Axe is a fine choice for a kit. Sharp as hell, lightweight, short, and perfect for pounding wedges. Buy Once Cry Once!

[@vanlifeveteran3376]

Thank you so much for this video! I’m glad you are sharing what you learned at the class. You make everyone in the industry better by sharing the knowledge. I will definitely attend that class! Again! Thank you!

[@315-snoblow]

Just watching this for the first time. I have the captions on. (I’m in the drs office) I love that every fact that your sawing it says music. Why yes it is music. The sound of a good running saw.

[@greenstair]

Thank you so much for sharing this; it's all so useful and especially great point about not putting time pressure on yourself. Getting it right is the aim, not beating a self imposed deadline.

[@hamiltonhammysquirrel9268]

Just a quick note to say your videos are fantastic. And that's coming from someone who never felled a tree in their life nor even owns a chainsaw. Seriously, I've never thought of becoming a tree feller or a lumberjack, I am in completely unrelated profession, and yet I seriously enjoy your videos. I somehow stumbled across them a while ago and in the meantime I think I watched almost all of them (regards to Inbred Jed, and the rest of the crew). I just want to thank you for the videos, and I hope you'll keep on making them. Take care.

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Wow thanks a million! That’s awesome for me to hear! :)

[@brettblack7049]

@@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792 That was a cool post for a tree guy to get :). Did you have a reason for starting the back cut on that side? I just got pinched the other day starting on the low side of a hard leaner that also had a large sweep in it(picture a rainbow). I set the face very shallow and then bored in on the low side because there was another stem on the other side, then when I was cutting in to set up the hinge the wood gave away and sat down on my bar, it was a bummer, but it all ended well and the tree dropped about 3' off the intended fall. Thanks.

[@fredcarter5394]

Good video, great lesson! Thanks for your time, skill, great attitude, humility, and humor!

[@slats44215]

I've watched the vast majority of your videos, and you're doing a great job. Always informational, and very entertaining. Is there a way that you can do a video on setting up the saw? How tight should the chain be, how often do you flip the bar, if you flip the bar? How often do you do a deep clean of your saws of the dust that builds up on them, and what you do to keep them running in tip top shape? I've watched the videos on sharpening the chain and those are super handy. Would like to see one that goes over the rest of the stuff. Thanks, and again, great job!!!

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

I’m working on setting up my garage for KZbin videos and then I’ll do videos like that :)

[@briankennedy1313]

slats44215 tree work isn’t like that. There’s too many variables. Little things like chain tension, sharpening, etc. just needs to be learned by repetition. Think you can’t climb? Buy the gear, keep trying, REPETITION, and you’ll become a great climber. Pay attention, repetition. I used to worry about everything being perfect so I would have the highest chance of success, but that’s not how it’s achieved. It takes time and it comes naturally without it being forced.

[@rodneymohn3467]

Thank you for taking the time to share the footage of your way of the double cut! We are always looking for better ways to get the job done. Awesome video!

[@Ghostviper199]

A lot of the trees on my land are in the 38"-45" range. Again, you've given me some Great tips on how to take done some of the older, bigger trees.

[@treemugg1254]

Thanks for sharing this, this is definitely helpful content, I have ran across this situation a few times where I didn’t have the right size bar with me, very important to take the time to get it right than trying to rush through it!!!!!

[@joshlarsen9654]

Alright, I've watched several of your posts and this one earned my subscription. I've been watching Austin and Buck'n Billy a lot lately, but this topic was a great choice. One thing (I'm no pro) I noticed you filled your gas, then your honey. I always fill my honey first, gas second. If you teach it this way, your pupil wont fill the gas and get side tracked. Better to run out of gas than chain oil. I'm an amateur, but that's my two cents of wisdom. People make mistakes when they're side tracked and nobody wants a damaged saw. Shout out to inbred Jed! Love hearing his insights

[@henryarrington3446]

Can you make some videos cutting on side of steep hills. And trying to pull trees around where you want them to land. Thanks for all your hard work putting out the vids. 👍🏼

[@williamnyce4725]

Cool I tried to leave a comment on the recent one on something like this when your bar is too short.. but found this one... so now I know.. Awesome

[@carterhibberson2390]

Hey mate can you do a vid about your saw

[@PimSchouten]

He got that! Really need to look that, the vid is amazing

[@itzOLE3]

Great work! I'd say boring out the center hinge was not the end of the world in this case. As you know, a stem takes a lot less hinge to hold it on the stump. Thanks for taking time to teach!

[@steveh7409]

hell yeah very informative and entertaining . keep up the good work boyz!!!!!!!!!!

[@briankennedy1313]

Oh my that is a badass saw. Like the dogs.

[@briankennedy1313]

Wtf

[@jeffreyrubish347]

Very helpful. Many of us don't have large enough saws to run the longer bars.

[@bearfriend_]

Yeah, on the east coast I usually get by just fine with my 6-inch bar, but this is good info for the odd dogwood that gives me trouble.

[@treeman8881]

I really liked when you said to keep your chain sharpened I've seen guys who were using their saws like a handsaw trying to get through them from having a daul saw I was very particular about keeping my saws sharpened I hand sharpened all of the chains on my crews I ran 3 crews for electrial power lines in rural Indiana theres very few people that can sharpen a chain properly I had people from around the area bringing me their chains to sharpen since being paralyzed I haven't sharpened not one chain

[@asimplierlife3104]

If I may be so bold as to offer a small tip - regarding taking a little too much of the hinge in the middle of the tree. When you bring your backcut up to the proper hinge width on the far side, use your gunning sight as you get the gut of the tree. When your gunning sight aligns with your original target line, your hinge should be of a fairly consistent width. Wish I could explain it better - hopefully you can pick out my general point from that ramble.

[@jeremiahjohnson5278]

That's how I was taught to do it.

[@murphy4trees]

you explained it just right

[@brettblack7049]

You got it! Nice to use on smaller trees too so there is no need to go to the other side to take a peek.

[@chriss2981]

Awesome work. Love watching your videos. we all make mistakes mistakes man, anyone who does this work for a living will know! Great job man!

[@39FORTYWATER]

Passing time. Thanx for explanation of short cutting big trees.

[@olenilsen4660]

Great video - you make such an effort to show every step and make all the precautions, which is rule # 1, 2, 3 and 4 in this business. I learn a lot from you guys, keep up the good work, and above all - stay safe!

[@winterfar2814]

Nice. That’s not an easy task and you did a good job. Thanks for the vid.

[@j.bruner9097]

I love your attitude! you rock bro ...respect for sure

[@Eric-gi9kg]

I had to take down a Locust using an 16" bar Pualon, after my bigger Husky broke. The base was just under 36 inches. Used this method...it took a bit of time..but worked beautifully.

[@c.n.h4841]

When doing a back cut Wrap the tree in sting and spray paint it and remove the string gives a clean line

[@NovakBojan1107]

Great job.. Thank you for all the effort to film all this vides.. Keep up good work 👍😊

[@timbermen11]

Life is good when your double cuttin wood. Nice video dude and glad to see you back up and posting🤙🏼

[@mattwood9981]

Thanks for the time and the tips.. Keep em coming

[@bradarmstrong3952]

Thanks so much -- this is just the deep cutting information I wanted! Your explanation was great

[@zeke1eod]

Excellent video, time is on your side! Great pointers thanks for sharing. God bless

[@murphy4trees]

With all those small pieces to whittle away at the face, the cut would be much easier if you used a traditional or an open face.. angled cut first. You keep crawling around on your knees and bending down to look up into the cut. Up and down over and over again to try to match the cuts, without overcutting to mess up the gun, and then cleaning out the apex. That was a little painful to watch. If you need the Humboldt to save flushing off a log that's going to the mill, then maybe it would be worth the trouble. Or if you were trying to get the but to slide forward off the stump and hit before the top to avoid breaking the trunk that would be another good reason. With the open face you could do the whole face from your feet and have a much better view of what is going on in there. It would be SO MUCH EASIER! Also a lot easier to adjust the gun after the face is made of you need to. At least twice as fast on the face and a lot less likely to accidentally leave a dutchman. Also if you plunged the start of the back cut from both sides, you wouldn't have any trouble trying to get the height of the back cut set properly. You could also center plunge the hinge from the front to leave a post on each side, which would make that cut a little easier as for that simple a fall, you really don't need the full hinge to go side to side.

[@HiLineTree]

Mark both sides out of the cut to find proper bar placement to start the back cut. No need to guess. Put light cut on each side with the bar. EZ pee zee. I’d really recommend a guidebar long enough to make a felling cut without doubling up. Burying the nose is a recipe for kickback. That is something that you have to be comfortable with before trying this.

[@reganojalehto3477]

Aww pshh. Burying the nose is just fine. I do it all the time, all ya gotta do is slightly twist the tip going in and viola no kickback

[@bryansimmons3723]

When I was cutting a lot I kept a chalk box to help me mark really big trees. Pulling a chalk line will make sure you have it where you want it before you put the first back cut in.

[@lescooper5224]

Love watching your vids thank you to all the team and I do it but on a much smaller scale in southwest England thanks and all the best

[@davem5116]

Thanks mate great video Always fun and instructional

[@shermankearns200]

Great job on the lunchbox video 📹 👏 👍 👌 good man wood man 👨 👏

[@chamness964]

I have a ms 271 with a 20 inch bar. I struggle all the time on the bigger wood. But I always manage to get the job done. I'm close on getting a bigger saw. Or I sometimes borrow a buddies saw that has a 36" bar.

[@henrikl1394]

Nice Ax, Gränsfors, You can never go wrong with them. I split wood for hand and use the same ax. So sharp, Never need to use a splitting wedge. Just more force and will do the job.

[@danielchristie7009]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

[@karlbuttler]

Hey love your videos, I grew up in New Hampshire, did some forestry work when I was 17 to 18, mostly ran the skidder, now that I'm 53, looks like felling is more interesting, maybe I can go to school to be a Arborist....

[@crazyguy32100]

Fantastic video. We mostly drop firewood: poplar and maple and have to double cut lots with a 24" bar since many are >30" but always do the classic cut and hope. Will have to try this next time. I did find the landing noise a little underwhelming for a tree that size though..........plop.

[@Driver732]

Great video. I had several poplars topped so I could fell the "sticks" without hitting anything in my suburban yard. I got the 28" one down with a 20" bar but my back cut was pretty bad. I started out ok with a bore cut but as your video mentioned, I tried aggressively pushing and dogging it around and the cut ended up sloped. Anyways tree came down fine and of course, the 28" bar I ordered two weeks ago came in today when I don't need it anymore.

[@ChopperDoc181]

Looks like you got a Gransfors Bruk large splitting axe there. Good call. I too enjoy nice things.

[@ramtruck2011able]

Thank you for the schooling. It always helps

[@MARiordan]

Very practical tips, well explained. Thanks!

[@peterpiron6517]

very informative and entertaining ,always enjoy your videos! Thanks 👍🏻

[@lawrenceproctor8613]

Great video been learning alot thanks for sharing your techniques.

[@dzodaj]

I put elastic rope with hooks to show me a back cut line, when I can not see around the trunk.

[@tylershuff3283]

Run the saw around it dumbass..m wait till the bark let's loose snd u eat that hook

[@michaeld5600]

Man, I love your videos

[@8848Red]

Putting bar oil in a detergent bottle with the catcher is a great idea!

[@paulolson6463]

Great work !!!!! Good jobs to have !!!

[@joshrowe2275]

Great video! I’m glad you made a few mistakes, makes me feel better about myself hahaha. Even the pros aren’t perfect all the time

[@danielbabcock7004]

4 months after watching this for the first time and i used this today on a fat Pine, and it went perfectly!!

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@kevinamack6]

Nice job on that one. Most average guys like me dont have long bars.

[@treesandsomethingelsebigtr5371]

Excellent cut of hinge

[@TimLPINE]

I just did one of these on an umbrella redwood- 40+" DBH and a 20" bar. Nice to get some confirmation on my approach. In the end I also was a little bit low and cut in the center of the hinge but it came down where I aimed it and no one got hurt (cept the tree :)

[@guiltyoftreesoneastsidetre4792]

Nice job!

[@Sc.Luv2sc]

Been missing you! Keep cutting and videoing....

[@donniestrohfus5158]

"Ooh, look at that bug!"

[@danielbabcock7004]

Did i see a laundry detergent bottle for bar/chain oil???? Thats a pretty slick idea

[@SteveMcFry]

Great channel bro