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Summary
The use of explosives to fell eucalypt stags (dead trees) was tested in week-long trials in each of two forest locations. Two techniques of placement of explosives (keyhole and understump) and two types of explosives (gelignite and ANFO) were found to be satisfactory alternatives to the normal procedure of felling stags by chainsaw or pushing them over with a tractor equipped with a blade or tree pusher. Explosives had the advantage that a man is not at the base of the stag when it falls.