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Yes good chips. Color will change with decay and rot. You can feel the difference also. Paying attention to the chips should be done when felling also. They can tell you a lot about the tree before its down and you can actually see it. I'll also plunge the notch side.

Looks ok from the pics. I've done a vertical bore as Sean recommends and it can help you get an idea of how much rot is in there. You can tell the difference between hard and rotten pretty easily. I only check in one spot about even with where I would be notching it to fell , opposite of the...