A Few Pictures of a Locust Removal

[NeTree]

Now that was said about as good as it gets, oakwilt.

My son, 16, works with me, and it's good to see him "learning the ropes". He still isn't using saws, but he handles the ropes for me on the ground, and is getting better at understanding when to do certain things and why.

He leaned a valuable lesson the other day on why you should feed the chipper from the side... he got a nice lil chunk about 3" square right in the you-know-whats. Hurt like hell I imagine, but now he has more respect for both the equipment and my instructions, and the odds of him getting SERIOUSLY hurt have probably just gone down incredibly.

I see nothing wrong with a kid learning the value of good work ethics, and EARNING a living, not just being handed one.

 

[Mattman]

It looked to me that the tree leaned towards the home. Is that the reason for the tag line? When I come into this situation I most always elect to take the wood down in three to five foot sections that can easily be handled by me, and easily moved and bucked by the ground crew. Just my preference. Unless of course the log has some value if left intact.
Matt

 

[YUKON 659]

Matt, the tree was leaning toward the house. I put a 9/16 stable braid line on it and used a come a long to pull the tree over. In this situation I prefer to pull the tree if I have the room. Just my method......not sure if it's right or wrong.

Jeff

 

[pea]

Jeff,
Nice pictures. What saw was that in the last picture? Nice job...

 

[Mattman]

Hey, whatever works. I tend to chunk down anything smaller than 24". When I get into the four and five foot bars I would do anything to get that pig on the ground, and me off my spurs.
Matt

 

[TREETX]

Why would you just chunk wood to chunk wood?? Cutting it on the ground is fastest. Plus you can be off to the next tree.

I'm not going to argue with whatever works safely though. My point is I get the biggest pieces I can. I am not there for my health.

.02

 

[YUKON 659]

Pea, it's a 372 with a 20" bar and a modified muffler. Cut the locust almost as good as my 394

Jeff

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

The only reason I would chunk wood out vs. riging big is if it would be faster overall for the ground to be cleaning up whilst I make firewood in the tree.

Mostly we will use The Winch to pull the spar as tall as it will fit the property.

Today we did a 60 ft spruce. I limbed it till the branches were starting to hang up and flip towards the house, then jut did the street side till I could get a rope in arounf 45-50 ft. Pulled the top out, set the pull line and bulled over the 30 ft spar.

Then go talk to two of the neighbors who wanted prices on other work while the boss loaded logs.

 

[Mattman]

I'm just faster at that diameter chunking down four to five foot sections than puting a line in the top and pulling it over.
Matt

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Faster then taking it in 2 peices???

 

[Mattman]

I like the idea of topping the portion with all the limbs on it, but with the saw in my hand I don't feel it necessary in most cases to pull over the whole rest of the stick. I can have a sixty foot stick on the ground as I come down in about ten minutes. How long does it take for you to set your ropes and pull it over?
Matt

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Probably the same, depends on if I'm taking my gaffs off or not.

 

[Mattman]

I guess it comes down to whatever works best at the time.
Matt