Before swinging an axe or starting up the chainsaw, take some time to learn how to cut down a tree safely.

Before swinging an axe or starting up the chainsaw, familiarize yourself with key safety practices for felling.

The chainsaw, a portable power tool that cuts wood via a fast-moving chain that rotates around a guide bar, can make short work of pruning, felling, limbing, and bucking trees. It also ranks as ...