How to Remove a Pine From a Walkway
- 1). Measure the approximate height of your tree with a triangular measure device. This device indirectly measures the height of the tree based on your location and the tree's angle, and it is available at any hardware or gardening center.
- 2). Remove any potential hindrances on the tree, such as vines and low-lying branches.
- 3). Determine the safest place for the tree to fall. It should fall in between any structures and away from any power lines. Place a marker at the approximate location where you want the tree to fall.
- 4). Determine the tree's lean in reference to where you want it to fall. You can do this by taking the farthest limb from the left and the right and then halving that distance and placing a line to the ground. This line is where the tree will naturally lean towards when it falls.
- 5). Adjust your overall aim in the opposite direction of the tree's lean to cancel out any adverse lean.
- 6). Repeat the lean at a 90-degree angle from the fall location.
- 7). Plan your retreat path for once the tree begins falling. Always move away on the good side of the tree. Never retreat to the falling side.
- 8). Put on your safety gear including chaps, gloves, safety glasses and a safety mask.
- 9). Form the face cut in the direction that the tree will fall. It must come from the top and bottom and form at least a 70-degree angle to properly guide the tree down.
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Plan and make your hinge to be 10 percent of the tree behind the face cut. - 11
Establish your back cut at an equal to or slightly higher position than the face cut. If the pine tree has backward lean, drive a wedge into the back cut to support the tree and encourage a proper fall.
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