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Apr 12, How To Cut Down A Tree Using Wedges. We usually limb and buck trees that have already fell. This is our first attempt at felling a large live tree. Thankful. If you were to backcut the tree properly and insert a 1-inch (thick) wedge at the furthest back point on the stump to support the tree, you now want to know how far forward (direction opposite of tree's lean) you can move the center point of the tree's weighted backlean using this wedge.

Remember- for the tree to fall in the direction opposite of it's lean, you have to move the weighted center of the tree past the.

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For the rest options, read the article till the very end. Feb 16, Wedges are designed to do two things: (1) keep your bar and chain from getting pinched when making the back cut (or felling cut); and (2), tip the tree over in the direction you want it to fall. When felling a back-leaning tree, think of your wedge as a lever. You are trying to tip the tree’s center of gravity up and over the hinge.