How to Remove a Cariboo Tree
- 1). Put on goggles, a dust mask and gloves.
- 2). Approach the tree on your Cariboo property with a chainsaw. Start the chainsaw and make a "face notch" cut approximately 2 feet off the ground on one side. The face notch should resemble a greater-than sign --- or ">" --- and be about 70 to 80 percent deep into the tree trunk.
- 3). Step around to the opposite side of the tree and saw a back cut, going at a 45-degree angle into the trunk, nearly cutting into the face notch cut on the other side.
- 4). Walk away from the tree perpendicularly and allow it to fall. Walk back toward the tree, and make an "X" cut into the stump with the chainsaw.
- 5). Turn off the chainsaw and set it aside. Retrieve a tree herbicide and pour it directly into the "X" cut in the trunk.
- 6). Immediately cover the trunk in burlap, and tie a rope around the trunk to hold the burlap in place. The burlap will do two things: cut off sunlight and keep rainwater largely from seeping into the trunk. Along with the tree herbicide, this will kill the trunk in four to eight weeks.
- 7). Cut up the felled tree to use for firewood. Once the stump has died, dig up the root ball with a shovel and pull up the stump, along with the root ball. Backfill the hole with dirt, using a shovel.