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Lodgepole pines are not particularly big trees but I was just using them as an example of thick forest where its hard not to get trees hung up.

Clearing out in the woods is different Butch. Climbing every tree that might get hung up in a thicket would seriously slow you down. There are some pretty dense areas of forest where you may have to fall a dozen trees before one hits the ground. Have you ever seen a stand of lodge pole pine?

We used to do stuff like that all the time in the Forest Service. I thought it was pretty fun, like working a puzzle out. With the tree off the stump, we'd reach up and put a vertical cut(diagonal on the leaning stem)on the top down, stopping before it pinches and then finishing it up from the...