Logging

While the methods of felling have changed fundamentally in the last 60 years due to the development of the chainsaw, the correct felling date is still relevant today. As a rule, felling takes place during the period when growth has stopped, i.e. between October and February.

Film excerpt: ‘Sägen und Fällen (Sawing and Felling)’ from ‘Von Menschen, Bäumen und Werkzeugen (Of People, Trees, and Tools)’, a documentary film by the Fördervereins Forstmuseum Ballenberg (Friends of the Ballenberg Forestry Museum)