Been working on a leaner branch that is pretty massive as a "branch". It has been mostly brushed out at this point. I have cut off all the unloaded branches to lessen the weight load. This was a "stop and study" take down that finally ended with me strapping to the butt end still in the tree and giving it a yank or 10 with my truck. It is horizontal now with all but the trunk portion bucked up. Time ran short. Now I gotta move it.
That is my buddy in the hard hat, and this tree in in the back 40 of his neighbors yard.
![When "leaner" doesn't quite explain it... When "leaner" doesn't quite explain it...](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/157/157918-8787e5ca65ab34f85db1d2e971e2bcb1.jpg)
Absolutely NO rot in this tree. Other than having a massive crown to support, I really don't understand why this thing snapped.
Oh - and for those that may not recognize it - that is a big old oak tree. I would guess it at about 250 years old.
That is my buddy in the hard hat, and this tree in in the back 40 of his neighbors yard.
![When "leaner" doesn't quite explain it... When "leaner" doesn't quite explain it...](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/157/157918-8787e5ca65ab34f85db1d2e971e2bcb1.jpg)
Absolutely NO rot in this tree. Other than having a massive crown to support, I really don't understand why this thing snapped.
Oh - and for those that may not recognize it - that is a big old oak tree. I would guess it at about 250 years old.
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