How To Use A Chainsaw To Get A Chainsaw Out Of A Tree
What you will need for this project:
1) Tree
2) Chainsaw
3) Chainsaw
Turn on chainsaw and insert into tree. On the side of the trunk you want to fall face down, use two deft cuts to remove a V-shaped section of wood. Move to opposite side of trunk and slice one felling cut all the way through, towards the V. Yell “timber!” and monitor the situation by visually tracking the trajectory of the falling tree... which is travelling in the opposite direction. Look out! Fortunately, the keeling-over-backwards causes the tree to catch on another tree, boulder, and/or house. Look at it hung up there at a 45° angle! Ha hah! Try again. Saw into the trunk, anywhere. Within seconds the tree shifts, the slice closes tight, and your chainsaw is stuck. Nice job! This is where you want to be. Turn off chainsaw. Use a long sturdy post as a lever to prop up the tree, open the cut, and get the saw loosened. This won’t work but try it anyway. Then use a handsaw, then a sledgehammer and wedge. In between strokes fall onto poison ivy or a snake. Go get your backup chainsaw. With the loose chainsaw in the On position, cut out the stuck chainsaw. If this chainsaw also sticks get another chainsaw. Repeat as necessary until you get one out or, chainsaw by chainsaw, you reach the top of the tree. Whichever comes first. At some point the tree will probably fall to the ground, presenting you with a pleasant enough surface to work on.
P.S. One bit of advice on renting a chainsaw.
1) Tree
2) Chainsaw
3) Chainsaw
Turn on chainsaw and insert into tree. On the side of the trunk you want to fall face down, use two deft cuts to remove a V-shaped section of wood. Move to opposite side of trunk and slice one felling cut all the way through, towards the V. Yell “timber!” and monitor the situation by visually tracking the trajectory of the falling tree... which is travelling in the opposite direction. Look out! Fortunately, the keeling-over-backwards causes the tree to catch on another tree, boulder, and/or house. Look at it hung up there at a 45° angle! Ha hah! Try again. Saw into the trunk, anywhere. Within seconds the tree shifts, the slice closes tight, and your chainsaw is stuck. Nice job! This is where you want to be. Turn off chainsaw. Use a long sturdy post as a lever to prop up the tree, open the cut, and get the saw loosened. This won’t work but try it anyway. Then use a handsaw, then a sledgehammer and wedge. In between strokes fall onto poison ivy or a snake. Go get your backup chainsaw. With the loose chainsaw in the On position, cut out the stuck chainsaw. If this chainsaw also sticks get another chainsaw. Repeat as necessary until you get one out or, chainsaw by chainsaw, you reach the top of the tree. Whichever comes first. At some point the tree will probably fall to the ground, presenting you with a pleasant enough surface to work on.
P.S. One bit of advice on renting a chainsaw.
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