Only other thing to remember is to check your surroundings and have a good escape route, free of obstacles.
And that's when you started buying the tractors? :lol:wkpoor said:we anchored 2 vehicles off it. One was full size van and the other was my 69 Impala. They were 90 degrees from each other so the van was the anchor point and the van was the puller. When the tree fell it snatched my car like a paper cup.
Ya, I sometimes get a little lazy when clearing an escape route, and don't clear it out as well as I should. I'll do better.Exmasonite said:Only other thing to remember is to check your surroundings and have a good escape route, free of obstacles.
I've got some stuff like that too. I'm thinking "be safer, do a little extra work pulling it out of the ravine rather than trying to fight it." Besides, I don't have tractors and what-not, just an ATV. But it would be fun to mess around with winches, snatch blocks etc.MarkinNC said:I can drop it the way it is leaning but then we will have to drag it out a a ravine with a tractor.
Thats sounds like a real Beech! heehe Guess it depends on how much its leaning and how deep the ravine is as what is to do. Those are usually case by case basis. I've been then done that many times. Thats what hyd winches and snatch blocks are for.MarkinNC said:Great thread guys. I have a ~30 inch beech tree I want to take down at my friends farm. Unfortunately it is dead and leaning the wrong way. I can drop it the way it is leaning but then we will have to drag it out a a ravine with a tractor. Threads like this are good for guys like me advancing our skill set.
Woody Stover said:I've got some stuff like that too. I'm thinking "be safer, do a little extra work pulling it out of the ravine rather than trying to fight it." Besides, I don't have tractors and what-not, just an ATV. But it would be fun to mess around with winches, snatch blocks etc.MarkinNC said:I can drop it the way it is leaning but then we will have to drag it out a a ravine with a tractor.
You know, a guy could go broke burning wood to save money. :lol:
Sounds like another tractor splitter running off the tractors hydraulics. Gives the process a bad name. I've devoted several posts lately to the benifits of tracotr splitters if you already own the tractor. It just takes the right setup with a PTO Powered Pump.That splitter mounted on the tractor is so slow I could start the piece and take a picture of my (then) 3 year old splitting it. I rented a splitter last year once and my kids love running it.
wkpoor said:Sounds like another tractor splitter running off the tractors hydraulics. Gives the process a bad name. I've devoted several posts lately to the benifits of tracotr splitters if you already own the tractor. It just takes the right setup with a PTO Powered Pump.That splitter mounted on the tractor is so slow I could start the piece and take a picture of my (then) 3 year old splitting it. I rented a splitter last year once and my kids love running it.
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