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} May 20, fell tree against lean According to a press release from Appalachian Power, “shortly before 6 p.m., a large tree uprooted and fell across a section of wire in the block of Fall Creek Road in Kingsport.
The rope is your best bet, the wedge in your case is a safety factor to keep the tree from seting back on your saw or going over the wrong way.
Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. A large tree may be felled against its natural lean by inserting one or more wedges in the back cut. As the back cut is sawn, the wedges are driven in with an axe. The amount of back lean that can be overcome is based on the height and diameter of the tree to be felled.
Feb 17, How to Fell a Tree in the Direction of the Lean. Although it seems much easier than felling a tree against the lean, felling a tree in the direction it is leaning can be just as dangerous. If felled incorrectly, leaning trees can split and kick back toward the chainsaw operator at high speeds.
This can cause serious injury.

Apr 14, A large tree may be felled against its natural lean by inserting one or more wedges in the back cut. As the back cut is sawn, the wedges are driven in with an axe.
The amount of back lean that can be overcome is based on the height and diameter of the tree to be felled. Read everything about it here. Simply so, how do you fell a tree in a direction? Oct 13, Make your back cut while someone is pulling tension.
The neighbors had a crappy old dead chevy in their backyard.
As a safety factor a 5 plastic felling wedge isnt a bad idea also. 1" of lift (using wedge) on a 25' tree guessing maybe" DBH, will straighten the tree around 25" so you would be correcting 2 feet of lean.
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