McCulloch Mini-Mac 6 - Cutting Techniques; Felling Trees

CUTTING WITH YOUR SAW
The most common types of cutting are felling , limbin g, pruning and bucking.
Advice on how to make these cuts is given in the paragraphs which follow, It
is helpful to use a spike which is an accessory available from your McCulloch
dealer .
FELLING
Felling is the t erm for cutting down a tr ee. Small trees of up to six and a half
or seven inches in diameter are usually cut through in one cut. Larger trees
require undercuts. Undercuts determine the direction the tree will fa ll . The
tree, unless it is l eaning too far in the wrong direction, will usually fall toward
the side of the undercut. Types of undercuts are shown in the illustration . Type
A is easy to make and commonly used for small trees. Type B leaves the butt
end of the log cut square . Type C is a variation of Type A. The unde rcut shou ld
be about one-third of the diameter of the tree. Do not cut comp l ete ly through
to the undercut on the felling cut. Th e uncut band of wood between the undercut
and the felling cut acts as a hinge. Figures 7 and 8.
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