Educational articles, tips, techniques, and insights related to professional tree cutting.
This category focuses on safe practices, tools, methods, and real-world knowledge for tree work and arborist-related learning purposes.
Spring Poles & Barber Chairs are the two most lethal energy-traps you will encounter in professional tree work. If you’ve spent 15 years in the dirt and the canopy like I have, you know that tree cutting isn’t just about making backcuts and watching things fall. It’s about recognizing the “loaded springs” that are waiting … Read more
In the world of arboriculture, we talk a lot about the big stuff: high-angle rigging, technical felling, and the latest SRT gadgets. But if you want to know what separates the seasoned pros from the guys who are just “getting by,” look at their saw. Specifically, look at their Chainsaw Tension. After 15 years hanging … Read more
Tree Cutting isn’t guesswork. It isn’t brute force. And it sure as hell isn’t something you learn from a five-minute video online. I’ve spent 15 years cutting trees professionally, climbing them, rigging them down piece by piece, and making hard calls when gravity, tension, and property are all working against you. After 15 years in … Read more