Yikes!catapulted a 15 ft section of the trunk about 40 feet into the river.
Yikes!catapulted a 15 ft section of the trunk about 40 feet into the river.
Exactly why you don't want to use the root ball as a shield.Yikes!
I was thinking more along the lines of standing to the side, not behind, so I'd be out of the way if the tree slid down from where it was hung and the trunk came back at me.Exactly why you don't want to use the root ball as a shield.
I was thinking more along the lines of standing to the side, not behind, so I'd be out of the way if the tree slid down from where it was hung and the trunk came back at me.
I don't know....will the root ball be less springy if it has been in this position for three years or so? I would think so....
That is sweet. I'll be using that here on smaller trees. But I'm not equipped to get this thing on the ground. Even if I had a 32" bar, I'm not sure I could plunge all the way through 30". I guess in that case I could come out the top and bottom, opposite the plunge entry, leaving a strap which I could then cut from the other side. With the 25", I might be able to get it from both sides, putting a string around the trunk and marking the line with chalk. Then maybe I could get plunges from both sides to line up. But the fork branches on the Black are so long that it's not gonna drop out after the first cut like in Butcher's video; It will end up vertical. I would need more equipment, like a pulling or winching vehicle.I've done several widowmakers using this guys method with success. Not for the faint of heart though.
Yeah, the power company subs didn't top it back far enough. Those long branches could end up flying. I would be on the other side of the standing tree, well away, before anything was pulled. I think the whole damned thing is pretty solid and tough, though. I don't think anything will be flying. If I was cutting the trunk of the Black, I would be concerned that the trunk would roll right. The left fork is hung on a branch of the White, but the right fork could drop when the trunk is cut free of the root ball. As far as saving the standing White Oak that is supporting the Black, the whole top is busted out. Besides, the White is what I'm mainly after here and the Black is just more Red Oak stuff, which I have tons of.Woody, if I was closer I'd come and help you get that thing on the ground. I would DEFINATELY climb the still-standing tree and top out the leaner first and foremost.....really bad things can happen if you don't first get that top out. As Sav mentioned already, I hate giving out public advice on the forums on tree removal. I've said it before and it's worth saying again, EVERY SINGLE TREE has it's own set of unique circumstances, no two jobs are alike. That job you have there is particularly precarious.....kinda like diffusing a bomb. Slowly, steadily, piece by piece, very methodically......heck the standing tree possibly could be saved from removal.
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