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    Gin and PanicAndy Orin
    7/15/16 3:42pm

    That branch collar tidbit is new information. I was always told “you shouldn’t leave enough of the old branch to hang your hat on” meaning to cut as close to the tree as possible.

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      pixelpusher220Gin and Panic
      7/15/16 4:29pm

      what I’ve always heard is the ‘wrong’ way is to cut vertically. The right way is to cut perpendicular to the branch you’re removing.

      You can see in the video he starts out quite close to the trunk at the top but the angle is across the branch so at the bottom it’s farther out allowing the tree to heal across the thinnest width possible.

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    BlueHedgehogAndy Orin
    7/15/16 3:13pm

    “...rippin the bah-kah...”

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      dchall8BlueHedgehog
      7/15/16 4:28pm

      ...after pahkin’ the cah around the cahnuh.

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      notabigbangBlueHedgehog
      7/16/16 11:41am

      One of the many reasons we love Rawjuh!

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    cazzyodoAndy Orin
    7/15/16 2:49pm

    Well, this is great to know after years of not thinking of an undercut and making painstaking efforts to not strip the bark.

    Call me an idiot but I’ve been pruning my family’s trees since I was old enough to hold a saw. This fall should be a lot easier.

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    The Red QueenAndy Orin
    7/15/16 2:15pm

    That’s awesome! (Although cringed when he sacrificed the first branch - eek!) I love that he used a hand tool. A chainsaw is not immediately required to care for a tree and you MUST care for your trees. I live in a suburban area in California and it drives me CRAZY how many trees in my neighborhood are horrifically overground. No branch of a tree should EVER touch the house, fence or any other structure on the property.

    I have that same saw and it works extremely well. I just hit it with some WD-40, scrape off the plant matter with a wire brush and drop it back into the deck box.

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      adamdehavenThe Red Queen
      7/15/16 3:24pm

      What saw is that?

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      The Red Queenadamdehaven
      7/15/16 3:34pm

      Well, it’s not the same saw, actually - mine’s a 10 inch Fiskars pruning saw. I think he’s got the 14 inch that Corona makes. They make an 18 inch one, too. But mine folds up and has a safety catch, like a pocket knife.

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