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Coast white fir, Abies grandis, aka "Piss fir" "Balsam fir" "Grand fir" A perfectly find looking specimen, free of any obvious outside defect, can be completely hollow to the sapwood. Definitely one species a faller should sound before even starting an undercut. I got fooled twice. Pure...

Least he did get an undercut in, and opened as well. A move in itself that puts more tension and pressure in what is left holding the tree. I've had a few trees go astray just in the course of placing an undercut. Not even a bars width into it, even. Run for your life!

There's only enough time to go on impulse. Run for your life. Think about it later. Next...

True that. Young trees = more sapwood and more resilient wood fiber. Most especially Douglas fir. My neck of the woods. I have observed the movement of the tree changing directions from the gun just by how I progress the backcut either towards right or left corner. It's a mighty fine...