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Feb 17, American Forester describes and demonstrates how to cut down a tree that is significantly larger than the bar on his chainsaw. Large trees can be cut with sm. A chainsaw with a 10 – 14 – inch bar is capable of felling a large tree (preferably under 20 inches in diameter) or blocking up firewood. But if the diameter is higher than the guide bar length by a wide margin, a saw with a less powerful engine will be of little use to stumpchopping.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.

Sep 05, Cutting down medium size trees with a trunk of about 14″ to 16” will require a larger chainsaw of about 16″ to 18” to fell the tree in one easy pass. Also see my best 16 inch chainsaw and my best 18 inch chainsaw guides. Felling large trees – 20″ and larger. Cutting down larger trees is a task that’s often best left to the professionals. However, if you have chainsaw experience and can safely handle a larger chainsaw.

Dec 20, The cutting procedure for felling a tree with chainsaw begins with a “hinge cut” which is a roughly degree cut (30 degrees at the bottom and 60 degrees at the top) made into the side of the tree in the direction you want it to fall.

The rule of thumb is to cut it to a depth of anywhere between 1/5th and 1/3rd the diameter of the tree/5(8). Consider: 20 chainsaw would cut through an 18″ tree diameter 16 chainsaw would cut through a 14″ tree diameter 10 inch chainsaw for 8″ in diameter 6 inch chainsaw can cut a 4″ diameterEstimated Reading Time: 7 mins.