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Originally Posted by Celticwarrior  I would really worry about the security of a freshly cut tree landing in a way that allowed it to stay partially hung, thus creating the cavity you speak of. It would be my fear that such a tree might shift in wind or just from stress on whatever it landed on, and come crushing down on me in the middle of the night. At least a blow-down that has been there a while is probably more secure and has shifted all it is likely to do before you started messing with it to finish it as shelter. I have a real aversion to taking shelter under any trees that might come down, either whole or in parts, and try very hard to avoid that situation when building lean-to's and such. |
from my experiences downed trees which have been toppled with the root ball make excellent shelters from small pines to big birch you can just scoot on under there, if they fell with the prevailing wind then you have an automatic wind break and if any more are likely to go then you at least have some form of top cover. one site I go to hasnt been maintained very well, a lot of the trees are past their best and last time we had four snap off mid height but fortunately away from where we had the tents set up.