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Oct 07, this guy wants to hire me my friend who is a 20 year Arborist to cut a tree in half. personally i think it's weird.

The local nursery told me it will probably die due to the severity of the split.

the tree is perfectly healthy but the home owner says it's too tall(50 feet). he wants us to climb up into the tree and cut from the top down about 20 feet.

have any of you guys ever done this? wouldent it look weird with a flat stump left on the top?

QCtreeclimber 11 years ago on Step 1.

please chime in thanks. I cut this tree last fall and it fell and got wedged. This is how I cut it down. Jun 26, Cutting a tree"down the center" or length wise is very hard. It is also not the best for your saw. I cut up a huge maple this past weekend. I cut it like any other log, cut as deep as I could on one side spun around to the other side cut as deep as I could then Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. May 03, If your tree’s trunk is split significantly on one side rather than going straight down the middle, it may be best to simply cut away the damaged section.

Cutting away a small portion of the tree shouldn’t cause any permanent, lasting damage. The tree will Reviews: 3. Use a three-step procedure to remove any large and heavy limbs to avoid bark damage.

Saw halfway through the branch from the underside, about 18 inches from the trunk. Make the subsequent hand dig tree