This could be a huge problem since leaning trees usually fall in the direction.

Sep 01, Felling Trees Against the Lean Illustration by Joseph Smith It is usually easiest to fell a tree in the direction that it’s leaning, but sometimes it’s necessary to fell it in the opposite direction. A tree leaning away from the intended direction of fall has “back lean.”. How To Fell A Leaning Tree In The Opposite Direction Step 1: Assessing the situation. How to cut down a leaning tree safely? The first and foremost thing you have to do is Step 2: Deciding the back lean.

The step will demand lots of calculations. After deciding the falling direction as well. If it’s a big tree and it’s leaning too far, you can’t have it fall in the opposite direction. Ordinarily, a piece of the trunk is taken out in the direction you want the tree to fall, and then you go around to the other side of the tree and cut towards the removed piece.

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 bushhaul.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.