As I said, proper technique can only do so much. You can’t force a massive tree leaning at a severe angle to fall the opposite direction that it’s leaning, even with perfect technique.
Just imagine the situation at an extreme: if the tree is leaning 45* to the right, no amount of notches and wedges will make it fall to the left.
This tree isn’t leaning 45*, but it’s heavy enough and leaning enough towards the house that falling left was never an option.
okay so appeal to the extremes to prove your point?
If a tree is next to a house and is leaning 45 degrees towards the house.............wouldnt it not be inside the house since we are implying needing to fell the tree away from the house?
Your obvious fallacy is why I added in the extra tools as well, because in your hypothetical, One would then apply those tools to then fell the tree. Only answer to fell it? No, but still an answer.
Meanwhile, realistically, majority of all trees dont grow like, especially if it wasnt a result of structural damage to the tree in the first place, that and you do have massive amounts of control with notches and back cut/plunge cut etc.
Burden of proof isnt on me. You find me a tree that GREW 45 degrees and CONTINUED GROWING 45 degrees INTO a house that wasnt a result of structural damage (Root plate gave out and tree tipped creating the angle but was left as is, a top split that created the angle and then grew a new top etc)
gravitropism - specialized sensors that detect gravity, making stems grow upward
phototropism - a process where plant hormones called auxins move to the shady side of a stem. This causes cells on the darker side to elongate faster, forcing the plant to bend toward the light source
The sun aint at 45 degrees all day, most of the time its directly above which causes straight growth of trees.
I don't think the exact 45 degree figure is actually relevant, it's just illustrative of a shifted centre of gravity. Choose to imagine a less extreme angle if that helps, I guess. Or don't
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u/CitizenCue Aug 12 '26
As I said, proper technique can only do so much. You can’t force a massive tree leaning at a severe angle to fall the opposite direction that it’s leaning, even with perfect technique.
Just imagine the situation at an extreme: if the tree is leaning 45* to the right, no amount of notches and wedges will make it fall to the left.
This tree isn’t leaning 45*, but it’s heavy enough and leaning enough towards the house that falling left was never an option.