Standing cut trees

[John Mc]

What scares me is to see a concentration of girdled trees where one can cause the domino effect and create a very dangerous picture.

I hear you on that one.  With the time it takes to girdle, you have to wonder why they didn't just lay them down in the first place. If it's really a concentration of girdled trees, you'd think they could drop them without damaging the "keepers".

[chevytaHOE5674]

With the time it takes to girdle, you have to wonder why they didn't just lay them down in the first place.

Many do it for wildlife purposes. Trees on the ground don't serve the same purpose.

[Mark K]

The mill I do contract work for has the woods marked before cutting starts trees are marked wit a -,X and a C. X trees are usaully dead,must be put to the ground and c trees are cull. They tell us to fall the tree's marked c if possible and leave them to rot unless you can make firewood. If there isn't a clear path to fall the tree we are told to girdle them so they die slow and do less damage.  

[timberjack240]

our cull trees are marked x as far as dead trees we can cut em as a danger factor .. if there ok inside we can take em in for logs  often times i knock em down so they dont sneak up on me later  anyhting i cut i make sure gets knocked down even if i gotta use the skidder. and if culls are bad there left lay like mark k said and the dead ones if we dont use for logs we take home for our own firewood  makes for prime burnin