How do they match: Fallers

  • Chain Saw Operator

  • Saw back-cuts, leaving sufficient sound wood to control direction of fall.
  • Control the direction of a tree's fall by scoring cutting lines with axes, sawing undercuts along scored lines with chainsaws, knocking slabs from cuts with single-bit axes, and driving wedges.
  • Insert jacks or drive wedges behind saws to prevent binding of saws and to start trees falling.
  • Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
  • Stop saw engines, pull cutting bars from cuts, and run to safety as tree falls.
  • Work as a member of a team, rotating between chain saw operation and skidder operation.