OK, I know to dig first or air spade, but getting laxy in old age.
Removing 4 flowering cherry trees with very extensive roots, some of the roots are a foot in diameter.
Am pulling the entire tree (some 20 in dia trunk, pic) first with winch and blocks (120,000# pull) but there is a LOT of lawn damage when roots come up so want to cut roots below surface without digging.
Is there a clever sharpening angle to file old chains to minimize dulling in dirt? I have any number of old worn out chains, a, using them up filing down to just a 1/16" of tooth left.
Pic note: cable and single block shown was just final pull to break off a cut root, main pull was 4 more blocks - top of stump shows wire strands where I broke my 3/4" wire rope chocker and needed a grade 80 5/8" double chin for choker. Had tired a higher attach point but snapped off the trunk. Figured it took over 100,000# to pull this puppy.
Removing 4 flowering cherry trees with very extensive roots, some of the roots are a foot in diameter.
Am pulling the entire tree (some 20 in dia trunk, pic) first with winch and blocks (120,000# pull) but there is a LOT of lawn damage when roots come up so want to cut roots below surface without digging.
Is there a clever sharpening angle to file old chains to minimize dulling in dirt? I have any number of old worn out chains, a, using them up filing down to just a 1/16" of tooth left.
Pic note: cable and single block shown was just final pull to break off a cut root, main pull was 4 more blocks - top of stump shows wire strands where I broke my 3/4" wire rope chocker and needed a grade 80 5/8" double chin for choker. Had tired a higher attach point but snapped off the trunk. Figured it took over 100,000# to pull this puppy.