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I've seen vine maple with a lotta force stored. A guy I know cut himself cutting such a spring pole.

full comp chain, and safety chain would probably shave out the compression wood. Mine usually is full skip or semi skip chisel, and bites to hard. Semi-chisel/ chipper chain/ round-top chain might work better, too. Someone else will have to comment on hard hardwoods reactions.

I usually cut it like 'bender board', many shallow kerfs cut side by side with relatively high chain speed, cutting out the compression, leaving the tension wood as a holding strap. As said, perpendicular to the force.

I know someone doing owl surveys that has to go out into forested areas, sometimes clearing jackstraw/ jumbled windfall on roads. Any good links for beginners to pick up techniques. So far, I gather it has been figuring it out as they go, to a degree. Especially useful would be a more formal...