Sawing Off Small Branches
Setyoursawcutfromtoptobottom,asil-
lustrated.
Beawareofearlybreakingofthebranch
ifyouhaveunderestimatedthesizeand
weight.
Becompletelyawareofthefallingcut
material
Sawing Off Larger Branches
Forcontrolledsawingoflargerbranches,
rstselectareliefcut(s.ill.a).
Thisismadefrombelow.
Sawanotchinthelowerthirdofthe
branch.
Theactuallengthcut(s.ill.b)isagain
madefromthetop,asfaraspossiblein
linewiththerstcutsothatthetwocuts
meet.
Sawing Off Parts
Forlarge/longbranches,sawingoffin
partsisrecommended.
Thisistheonlywaytosafelyensurethe
pointofimpactofthecutmaterial.
Clearawayfromtheareainwhichyou
arestandinganypartsthathavealready
beencutandarelyingontheground.
Sawing techniques
Bethoroughlyawareofthedangerofreboundingbranches.