Shoutout to the guy who suggested a different way to cut a heavy limb

I was taking down a big maple limb over a shed in my client's yard, and instead of my usual three-cut method, I tried a single undercut with a notch on top first. The limb twisted and pinched my bar so hard I had to get a second saw to free it. Has anyone else had a plan backfire because you changed up a basic cut?

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mia_stone10d ago

That "fancy plunge cut" video problem is real. It's like they never show the grain tension in the wood they're using. A method that works on their perfect demo log can be a disaster on a twisted backyard tree.

finley_nguyen1710d ago

My cousin's a logger and he does that top notch first cut all the time. Seems like the wood just had some weird twist in it that day.

zara_kelly2710d ago

Oh man, that sounds way too familiar. I tried a fancy plunge cut on a pine branch last fall because some video made it look easy. Ended up with a huge barber chair that nearly took out a fence. Why do we even watch those videos?