Chainsaw Repair

Showing how a lever is used. Tree was leaning back a good amount.
http://s1153.photobucket.com/albums/p513/OILWOODCUTTER/?action=view&current=MVI_3445.mp4

The tree was 80 ft tall. At about the 20 foot mark it took a 15 degree lean back then at the 40 ft mark it leaned toward a the camera. Limbs started at 14 feet.

The lever is a great tool. I'll never be without one. You can lift as in the video or push down. Usually I put my knee on it and put my weight on it. Too much lift needed on that pine. I may do a video showing other ways to use it.

I would normally back cut from the off side. With the lean toward the camera (house) I wanted to finish on the light side for maximum control.

Nice cuts Art, very level back cuts.
Just for fun, do you always bore cut in, then around the back?
I usually start my back cut from the side, but you've done a million more then me.

In a clearcut I don't really care how I cut a tree. Mostly it depends on which side of the tree I walk up on. For problem trees however the way I did in the video gives me a better "feel" of what is happening in the cut. You can actually feel what the tree is doing thru the saw.