To Fell a Tree by Jeff Jepson
Details
To Fell a Tree was written for the professional tree cutter as well as the weekend woodcutter. If you intend to fell a tree and cut it up for firewood, pulpwood, lumber, or food for the wood chipper, this is the book for you. It’s loaded with practical and interesting information which is essential to the safety and success of any tree felling and woodcutting operation, whether it's in the forest or the backyard.
To Fell a Tree is a compact (6 X 9) soft cover book of 160 pages, with over 200 illustrations.
To Fell at Tree, by Jeff Jepson
A complete Guide to Successful Tree Felling and Woodcutting Methods
To Fell a Tree was written for the professional tree cutter as well as the weekend woodcutter. If you intend to fell a tree and cut it up for firewood, pulpwood, lumber, or food for the wood chipper, this is the book for you. It’s loaded with practical and interesting information which is essential to the safety and success of any tree felling and woodcutting operation, whether it’s in the forest or the backyard. This, along with over 200 illustrations by artist Bryan Kotwica, will enable the reader to learn the necessary preparations to take before work begins, how to fell a tree using a 3-step felling procedure, fell difficult trees using felling aids and special techniques, limb and buck the tree once it's down, lift and move the limbs and wood after they've been cut, and finally, how to split and stack wood safely and efficiently.
To Fell a Tree is a compact (6 X 9) soft cover book of 160 pages.
Topics:
- Potential work hazards
- Chain saw safety
- Personal protective equipment
- Estimating tree height
- Determining tree lean
- Protecting people and property
- Making a proper notch and back cut
- Using felling aids to fell trees
- Dislodging hung-up trees
- Freeing a stuck chain saw
- Felling storm damaged trees
- How to safely make a bore cut (plunge cut)
- Dealing with “spring poles”
- Proper limbing and bucking methods
- Methods for splitting large diameter wood
- Extensive list of other useful books, videos, and equipment suppliers
Ratings & Reviews
1 review
Great book
by Samantha -
This is a great book. It delivers exactly what the product description says. It is written well and has some techniques that were new to me after seven years of tree work. Great for the professional and especially the homeowner looking to be productive and safe.