Cutting Down a Forked Tree

[s219]

Absolutely cut them separately. You won't have reliable control over the felling if you cut them together except in some very limited scenarios (which you often have to tailor the cut to achieve, not the other way around).

For trees like that (I have cut some with up to four stems) I cut the stems one at a time, and then at the end cut the common stump.

 

[JD5210]

Thank you to everyone that took the time to share their thoughts with me!

I am taking the suggestion to cut them separately. I have cut down the piece on the left and cleaned up the mess. Once I take down the fence, I will cut the one on the right.

Thanks again!

 

[ericm979]

how could you get a saw between the two halves?.

Plunge cut.

 

[Molalla1]

how could you get a saw between the two halves?. because that half will fall in the direction it is leaning, which means you can make the notch on the side it's leaning to, but cannot cut on the other side because the other half of the tree is in the way!.. if you try to cut through on the leaning side, the saw will bind!.. of course, if he has a boom lift, he can cut from the top down in small sections..

I had two like that a few years ago, cut the leaner side down and everything is copacetic . . .