Doug Fir in the house...really.

Burvol · May 12, 2007

We had a massive wind storm in OR and WA this winter. A lady down the road called me and my friend to get this tree off her house. I was nervous trying to figure it all out. I ended up deciding to gut hook the top with a choker guyed off to another tree, anchored back down around behind the house. I then reached out and bucked it as far as I could reach over the deck. I cut it real slow and left a small piece of holding wood and it went down real slow. Crack.....Crack.....Crack.....wham! It worked great. :rock:

smokechase II · May 12, 2007

Good work

Your work is fine, but what impressed me is the light damage to the house.

Granted, it wasn't old growth. There still was a lot of weight there and it was far enough from the house where it should have reached a fairly high rate of speed before it hit.

Questions:
What worked for the home to minimize damage?
1) Modern building codes,
2) The tree hit other trees behind the house and slowed down a little,
3) It was a mid-sized tree where the limbs and needles were enough air resistance to slow the descent a bit.

TDunk · May 12, 2007

Good job. that's how i would have done it too. Jot any more pics. ???

Burvol · May 12, 2007

smokechase II said:
Your work is fine, but what impressed me is the light damage to the house.

Granted, it wasn't old growth. There still was a lot of weight there and it was far enough from the house where it should have reached a fairly high rate of speed before it hit.

Questions:
What worked for the home to minimize damage?
1) Modern building codes,
2) The tree hit other trees behind the house and slowed down a little,
3) It was a mid-sized tree where the limbs and needles were enough air resistance to slow the descent a bit.

That octagon house was built like a brick you know what. The beam where the log hit was I believe....a 6 by 12 glue lam with full 2 by 8 rafters on 16" centers. It was a really well built home still under contruction :cry:

spike60 · May 12, 2007

Anybody notice the lack of railings on that deck?

Got the grill out there though. Having a cookout, couple of beers, OOOOPS!!

beelsr · May 12, 2007

only thing I would have done differently would be to actually anchor myself to something bigger than your friend. Since the house was damaged (and thus, no worries about doing actual damage to the structure), I would have drilled some lag bolts or something into a rafter to the glu-lam; or piggy-backed off the tree-top's rope. Regardless, he wasn't going to be able to hold you for very long if you had started going over the edge. Plus, you could have fine-tuned the length of the rope to get you a little further out over the edge.

But, just food for thought. Nice job regardless... :clap:

smokechase II · May 12, 2007

deck

I did notice the lack of rail on the deck.

A lot of places in rural Oregon have things done just whatever way the owner feels like. Very independent place at times.

I just figured it was still "under construction".

Where did the log go?

Should we assume that you got the log and some food for the job?

Was the roofing punctured?

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