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Sep 01, Using two wedges, side by side, drive one home so that there is a gap between the stem and the top of the other wedge. Place a shim in the gap above the free wedge until it is snug, and then pound in the shim by driving the wedge.

This should either fell the tree or free up the other wedge for a thicker shim. May 13, You need to use the chainsaw to cut a notch on tree in the direction you need the tree to fall. So you need to focus on making perfect cuts on the tree to avoid any type of significant problems with it. Then start cutting the tree at the opposite to where you cut the notch. Next, you need to start using wedges if you have a big stumpchopping.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.

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Leaning Trees: Most Appropriate Way to Fell Them If you have a tree that leans in the same direction that you need it to fall, you might think it would be quite easy to fell it. Someone with little to no experience might also think the same thing. They will feel that they know just where it is going to stumpchopping.barted Reading Time: 6 mins. Feb 22, Based on instructions found in Jeff Jepson's"How to Fell a Tree," a demonstration on how to fell a tree with a heavy forward lean, when the tree's diameter.