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13.3 Felling trees
WARNING
Risk of serious or fatal injury!
Felling must be carried out or be supervised by qualied personnel.
13.3.1 Before felling
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Check that there are no people or animals in the work area.
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Check that everyone involved in the work has a clear retreat from the felling area. The retreat should run at an
angle from the direction of fall. See Fig. 18.
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Check that the area around the tree is free from obstructions.
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Check that the nearest workplace is at least 2.5 tree heights away. Check the direction in which the tree is going to
fall and make sure there are no people, animals or obstacles within at least 2.5 tree heights. See Fig. 19.
13.3.2 Felling in two steps
1. Make a notch (A) through about 1/3 of the diameter of the trunk, on the side in which the tree is to fall (C).
2. Saw the felling cut (B) from the other side of the tree, 3–5 cm above the bottom of the notch. Always leave holding
wood (D), which acts as a hinge. See Fig. 20.
13.4 Limbing trees
See Fig. 24.
WARNING
Risk of serious or fatal injury!
Limbing must be carried out or be supervised by qualied personnel.
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Always stand on the opposite side of the trunk from the branch to be cut.
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Start from the root end, and work up.
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Always saw from underneath and up.
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When limbing lying logs, cut the branches sticking up rst. Branches bearing the weight of the trunk are cut after
sawing up the log into pieces.