Extreme Wedging

If you have been practicing your tree tipping, (See "Drop That Tree Where You Want It" posts on the lower left sidebar.) you have run into a few trees by now that need a little more than the lift you get from two wedges.  There are a couple of easy methods to gain that little bit extra.  I keep several wedges in my kit that have been cut from stumps, so I can stick in a 2"  or larger shim, then add a plastic wedge to it to finish liftting the tree.  Another quick and easy method is illustrated here.

Fire up your saw, and do a bore cut under your wedges, being careful to remove only half the wood under the bottom wedge as you punch in parallel to it.  (Remove too much wood under the wedge, and the tree will clamp down on the bar of your saw.)  Pull out your saw, pound in your wedge, and you will soon have the tree on the ground.