How I Cut Down Big Trees w Short Bar Double Cut

[@snowgorilla9789]

Thanks from us mortals that are NOT Buckin Billy standard Great camera work

[@iffykidmn8170]

BBR sure talks a good game, he must have done all his cutting befor YT.

[@karlrovey]

Even he says you usually have to clean up your face cut.

[@navaho5430]

@@iffykidmn8170 What, have a look at him 100 foot up some trees.

[@Randpage]

@@iffykidmn8170 I watch BBR, but I admit I skip through a lot of the hippy, canuckian Mr Rogers stuff. He does have good information and say what you like about the man but he knows how to cut.

[@mrose4132]

@@iffykidmn8170how dare you!!

[@elizaehrlich]

Done! Thoroughly enjoyed the video! Kinda giving me Bob Ross of treework vibes.

[@OnceUponAnotherTime]

Subscribed because you referenced Buckin' Billy Ray twice. That man has saved me. Anyone who's an admirer of his is worthy of subscription. Preach on, Brother!

[@shaner67]

That was awesome.. never get tired of the sound and power of a big tree falling. To all the huggers out there, that tree was fully mature and within a couple years would be totally dead and just more fuel for a forest fire.. nicely done brother 😊

[@KevinTownsend-hw5ih]

You are far better at explaining than Buckin Billy Ray. Love the videos and how you care for your property.

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

Haha man I love some Buckin' on occasion, but his "explanations" are often confusing as shit and super tangential. Much prefer Mr. Wilson's way.

[@hkfan4596]

Buckin is a clown

[@vincemaribel]

Say what you will but the guy knows his way around a saw.

[@johnthompson6656]

I love the sense of humor. Should do stand-up as a sideline !!

[@workinonitsteve]

Great video, better job explaining this than a thousand others that never show anything that isn't perfect.

[@G.I.JeffsWorkbench]

Thanks again for another plain North American English explanation of how to do it right if this isn’t something you do every day / week or month, but only after destructive storms. Very helpful. Thank too for explaining what not to do & how to correct common mistakes (if you aren’t as practiced as BBR). Don’t fret about criticism of leaving high stumps. I’m just a few miles east of the Mississippi but leave ~5’ high stumps all the time. If I care enough to have stumps even w/ the ground (which isn’t always), I find it’s much easier & safer to cut the stumps later. But then I’m just an average landowner trying to get the job done, not a pro logger.

[@L46C3]

Your 32" bar/saw was working overtime on this one!

[@matthewcook7051]

You hit on a great point that most people don’t want to admit.” This is one way to do it!” There are so many ways to fall trees. I agreed with most of what you said. And yes even for another west coaster that stump was a little high. But I understand the reasoning. My old man would make me cut it off if I left one that high.

[@nospam3409]

And thats how you drop a saw off a stump! So glad you didn’t edit that out. Much better content than bbr

[@ejsocci2630]

Thanks for sharing your experience and your great videos.

[@calebdoner]

Just encountered this identical problem with a 34" oak here in North Carolina that I fell with a 25" bar. My approach was almost identical to yours. My tree ended up falling exactly where I wanted it with minimal collateral damage. I am not nearly as experienced as you, so nice to see some confirmation of my technique!

[@joefran619]

The peace and quiet there must be very nice!

[@charliefryer5184]

Wilson, you know when we were kids we'd say that's cool. We were young hadn't lived much so everything was cool. Well sir that is cool, wish I was there to say it!

[@jefff6167]

Great job. Thanks for taking the time to create all your very entertaining and informative videos. 👍

[@hddoug72]

Piss fir as it's been referred for many years around here. Great video... buckin has nothing over you. Keep doing what you are doing. Thanks

[@jacobheitmann6795]

This is the only guy on KZbin who cuts who also regularly uses chaps lol

[@mgriffiths09]

I’m learning so much from watching your videos, thanks from Wales 👌

[@victorldunn9638]

Amazing - Really Interesting - with a hint of humour. Thank You.

[@jacobpalmer7589]

Liked the reference to BBR. Great informative video!

[@JifeLacket]

I love Buckin' but your videos are just different, which is good. They are really great.

[@courtneyroy270]

Great video, I laughed at the Billy ray bit, hilarious man

[@courtneyroy270]

Ow that was one mother of a tree man, I hide behind the settee man

[@woodworker3122]

That was fun to watch. Thanks for the pleasure of hearing that big thump. Loved it.

[@chowtimewithruss1411]

That’s the biggest tree I’ve seen you cut down! Great video and great job!!

[@timdelph9048]

Love your videos and how you talk about stuff. So what I say is said with all respect. I work teaching and certifying advanced fallers, so this comes from a background of teaching folks with experience in less-than-bar-length trees, but just learning how to cut big trees. The easiest way I've found to teach folks to double cut is to get your gunning (flat) cut in on your onside, then cut the sloping cut on your onside. You'll be able to see by pulling your bar out a little whether you're close to meeting your gunning cut or not. Then, go to the front of the tree and bore in vertically a couple inches from the ends of your cuts and cut between your gunning cut and your sloping cut. This will let you knock out the first half of your face and see how you did in lining up your slope cut. Get it all cleaned up, and then you can go over to the offside. You already have kerfs established that are lined up perfectly to work off of, and you can see into the center, so you can really easily line up the offside. Everything comes to that first half of your gunning cut. Gun it where you want, and then make everything line up to it. Once you're dialed at lining up your sloping cut on a big tree, you can skip the step of knocking out half the face. I'll have to make a video of it one of these days, most guys think it's cheating when I show em, Learned it from an old faller, now I preach it like the gospel to up and coming advanced fallers.

[@Dennis-gp8zf]

Always fun to hear them pop and drop!!!

[@leethurston4774]

Nicely done. I once cut a 36 inch eastern white pine with a 24 inch bar (Husky though) and its a fun job.

[@fisch69]

Great aim! 👍Ahh, the satisfaction of having done the job, and having it go as planned! The sweet sawdust smell of success!! I love it when the job done!

[@courtneyroy270]

Great energy, what makes you decide to do an under cut or a top cut

[@danstevens2204]

Nice work. Your honesty and openness is refreshing 👍🏻

[@nicholausjamesjay83]

Buckin Billy Ray! Good stuff

[@MarkBrey-w8o]

That was an awesome job of estimating the height of the tree.

[@mountaingoat2340]

Very clear, concise, conscientious and meticulously executed videos felling big wood with good dry wood humour!

[@lint2023]

Thanks for all the pointers to think about. Fantastic.

[@terrybanks3877]

Finally someone on KZbin that knows how to cut down a tree!!

[@Buddha-of8fk]

We used a 28 inch bar most of the time at our PA logging company. We fell big trees all the time with them. Get more power with a shorter bar and the bars and chains are a lot cheaper. That makes a huge difference because we buy that stuff by the case.

[@WaynesWorldGarage]

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe my friend.

[@scottmcmasters8005]

Fah down. Go boom. Excellent. Earned yerself a new subscriber with this one.

[@christopherwelford8401]

I had a v large eucalyptus in my back garden which I had to cut and tried myself but only wanted to spend a little on a saw as id hardly use it again, got a 20" to cut a 36" tree....I looked up how to do it Nd here I am 3 years later watching tree felling, I've never touched a chainsaw since but ita o interesting and I enjoy your dry humour.

[@Hoop-pi6dp]

Done, thanks Wilson👍

[@pauljorgensen7623]

Another beauty down for processing. Good job orange hat man.

[@ActiveJoe]

This has got to be one of the best instructional tree cutting videos. So great to see this level of detail and patience - thanks for posting and sharing. All the best and God Bless. 🙏❤🇺🇸

[@nicki1209]

Nicely done. There are some good techniques to make this a bit easier/more reliable. Easier to explain in person and with diagrams than in the comments section

[@damo9436]

Thanks 👍. I'm considering buying a woodland so I am learning a lot from your videos.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I’ve cut down some big ones by east coast standard, but I hope I get to fell something that big someday. Thanks for filming this and putting it on the internet for all the armchair experts to criticize.

[@bennichols1113]

Biggest I have cut in NZ was 110in across redwood. Lots of trees grow huge butts down here. Macrocarper branches are often 50in. If you want to cut big ugly wood come on holiday to NZ

[@navaho5430]

Just got back from the timber shop, one 90mm x 45mm (4x2) treated H2 2.7meters $26.50 wow.

[@darrell9313]

Calm and deliberate, well done...

[@dougreid2351]

I've had a "BBR" archive for a long time now. I've saved a heap of your videos in my file "Vital lessons" but tonight I opened a "Wilson Forest Lands" file. And if they can't take a high stump or two, f*** 'em. DOUG out

[@YeahGroovyBaby]

WOOOOOOSHHHH Thanx Buckin' Wilson, perfectly placed!!! 💪🏼

[@courtneyroy270]

Wow the noise, I felt that from this side of the world, I hide behind the chair😊

[@joepiker]

Hey! Good Job! Good Jokes! Good video! I have milled up quite a bit of white fir on my woodmizer LT40, and really, it can make a lot better lumber than most people think...from Northern Ca, Sierra Nevadas.

[@remgreene7488]

Noone is Mr Bucking Billy Ray But himself!

[@DeliveryBryan]

Nice job Mr. Wilson . More firewood for the woodyard !

[@jayhains4551]

My first year doing tree work, only done one cottonwood maybe a bit bigger than this one. It was awesome. Cheers

[@ProcessedDigitally]

nice cut. thank goodness you remembered to turn the cameras on!

[@droppindeuces6981]

Good practical tips. Thanks for posting this. CHEERS!

[@Wheelloader__]

Holy crap Wilson. That must’ve been an 8.5 on the Richter scale. I felt that here in Central Pennsylvania. 😁🪵

[@tuckerburk8499]

You sound a lot like Chuck Norris. I like your videos

[@Hoop-pi6dp]

@@tuckerburk8499 I’m conflicted, is he Chuck Norris or Chevy Chase? Or both, either way I like the guy.

[@krissingh4015]

It sure went whoomp! Thanks (again) for the awesome instruction!

[@MrRidingman]

Shout-out to Bucking Billy Ray ! awesome!

[@bryansteele8210]

Like your video. Great work and you are not only a master of your craft but a master of words! Can’t decide if that Buckin’ reference was a sly dig or a compliment 😂 anyway you’ll prob keep us guessing is my reckoning. Thanks for the chuckles!

[@digger413]

That was cool and the learning video thank you for sharing your experience

[@Jcozz]

Really enjoying your productions, thanks!

[@RobertK-j6s]

You da man I whatch how cut anything massive

[@mfren6253]

It’s down safely. Good job 👍🏻. The remaining stump is an indicator of a good faller.(your finger print). Direction, level, holding hinge wood, cut alignment (no Dutchman), wedges used, clean undercut, finish backcut,…most of those things can be noticed after the tree is down. Btw , that looked like a 36” bar, maybe it was the video angle?🤷‍♂️ A few recommendations however; your hard hat (it’s old school). Hearing protection (maybe you had ear plugs). You had eye protection but no face screen. A partner or spotter within 2 tree lengths. Keep wedges (3) and axe within reach. Cut off the slivers after the tree falls. You forgot to pat yourself on the back. 😉 Other than that …best falling vid I’ve seen on KZbin so far.

[@Gordon_L]

Plenty of board feet in that stem , nice job .

[@skipper9400]

Nice Job...your hinge was a little too thin, but with the lean and the wedges, you made out ok....helped that there was no wind.......cut for years...never got over the WHOMPPP ! of a big 'un going over.......fallin' was the only job I ever loved.........OnWard........

[@aborntexan]

I really enjoy your videos! Keep it up.

[@adelarsen9776]

Lovely video. Thank you.

[@davidedwards3734]

Nice felling!! Thanks for the video!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

[@KennysTreeRemoval]

Good work. You can also cut it into two sections by cutting the center of the face notch-do one side first, then finish with the other. There are many ways to skin a cat; the important thing is to take your time, do it right, and, most importantly, ensure the tree falls in the planned direction of the lay. You also don't need to trace your back cut if your face notch is level-just make sure to start your cut with the chainsaw bar tip level What communication device are you using?

[@allenandmain]

Thanks bucking wille wilson

[@Twobrothersoutdoors]

What a trophy! My biggest tree to date is a 122' eastern white pine, 36-38" in diameter. That was an awesome tree to watch fall. I would really liked to have been there to witness that fall. BTW that tree looked like it fell up hill. Did it or camera angle. Our trees never fall uphill

[@captmulch1]

Nicely dropped …

[@Михаил-м8з2х]

Великолепная работа и юмор!Привет из России!

[@scottbrooks2351]

thanks for sharing. amazing he does all that with the same saw.

[@westcoaster3763]

Nice stump. Good job Wilson.

[@clayoreilly4553]

Woo - Hoo! Good job. And, that was pretty exciting, too. And, that looks like it's gonna be some really nice wood.

[@JohnComeOnMan]

Almost like a professional. 😉

[@assman1343]

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL

[@Sven-ErikJohansson-tn6hx]

Some pro guys... Fell a 120 cm diameter, whith a 36 cm bar... Long story, admire your work, keep on doing that Mvh Sven

[@kenbrown2808]

so a 48 cm hinge remaining... or do they beaver cut it?

[@Zebracat5]

Enjoyed the Video . Got to see what my 462 can do.

[@vdsgw52]

Nice Job.

[@harrygreen6935]

Well said, keep it up.

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

That was a good drop.

[@PaulHodgson-gm6lg]

It's funny that I like to start with the tip on the far side and bring the saw back to me. I also do the bottom cut first.

[@ju2067]

I'd love to see what you do with a big tree like that once it's cut down.

[@timgannon2993]

I was in my mid 50’s when I started watching this video, I’m now 96 and writing this comment from my nursing home 🧐

[@icryostorm3727]

cracking camera angles.

[@kdegraa]

Cutting down bigger trees is scary. I’ve never cut down one this big. We have to respect the pioneers who cut down huge trees and removed the stumps with hand tools.

[@benhurley-cp3ur]

That was awesome 👍

[@billythekid5955]

Has anyone ever told you,, your a funny guy. 😅

[@ShafnerTreeServiceLLC]

Good video! Thanks!

[@naturewatcher7596]

Well done.

[@Danmansri]

Nice tree felling video effects

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂Your videos always do the best job at explaining the proper way to make a cut. I was wondering if you had any tips on falling standing dead jackpines, have about 10 that need to come down, before the winter storms do it for me🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@victorbunch7725]

Well thar good buddy ye did a mighty fin fell! And di i understan you to say you are in E,TN

[@benjobello]

Thanks for your videos Wilson. I’ve learned some good stuff from them. What is your take on running a saw with some mods for some more power?

[@gbeardy5720]

Good job you made is look easy and if you have done it you know it isn't