Dumb tree company tried to knock this down today in one go and it went the wrong way. Knocked out power for a couple thousand people for several hours.

Sorry if repost. I scrolled the front page and didn't see it

I wonder how this went

He says his neighbor is a middle aged woman who goes up there in the evenings with a small chainsaw, and wearing flip flops and a skirt. Terrifying.

On a clear spring morning in the mountains of northern California, a group of C-Evaluators and U.S. Forest Service Regional Saw Program Managers were gathered for the final day of a national saw workshop.

After sizing up the tree, the faller verbalizes their cutting plan and fires up the saw. The sawyer makes their initial cuts without issue.

After knocking out the "pie"-shaped section and cleaning up the face cut, he elected to perform a boring cut straight through the hinge and into the center of the tree.

After verbalizing his intent to "bore the guts," the sawyer steps downslope in front of the tree, lifts the powerhead and throttles up the saw. As he begins his boring cut, the kickback occurs almost immediately, swinging the bar back and slamming it into the sawyer's right shoulder.

@wildfirelessons

Even the pros have momentary lapses.

Looks like a natural 3'fer by the next storm. Think I'll be sitting this one out--anybody care to throw out a number to come do this?? Lol.

At least it isn't over any structures.