Advice needed for big redwoods

[RandyMac]

Just a typical rotten, burnt, school marm Redwood. Angle your cuts so the tree is parallel to the ground before contacting the stump, a narrow block (12-18 inch) cut, with a 50% snipe, like Smoke suggested. A wide open face cut isn't indicated here, there is a risk of the tree staying on the stump. From what the photos show, a jack would be good to have, even if you don't use it. It would be better to put the cuts 5 to 6 feet up on the stump, I have access to some staging, but I think ground level will work. I can draw you some diagrams, if you think that would help, maybe I can come down and help a bit.

Looks like fun, best of luck

 

[Jacob J.]

I'm with you 100%. I should have bored it yesterday but I didn't have any climbing gear with me.
Edited to add: I don't even have a flip line long enough to go around this tree.

That's a lot of flipline to be manhandling around a 9 foot diameter Redwood. I think the longest flipline I have is 16' steel core manila and it's a struggle when I have enough wood to use most of that length.

 

[2dogs]

your no tree guy yes you can rig it too the other trees or private message me i can tell you more tom trees

Huh?

 

[2dogs]

Just a typical rotten, burnt, school marm Redwood. Angle your cuts so the tree is parallel to the ground before contacting the stump, a narrow block (12-18 inch) cut, with a 50% snipe, like Smoke suggested. A wide open face cut isn't indicated here, there is a risk of the tree staying on the stump. From what the photos show, a jack would be good to have, even if you don't use it. It would be better to put the cuts 5 to 6 feet up on the stump, I have access to some staging, but I think ground level will work. I can draw you some diagrams, if you think that would help, maybe I can come down and help a bit.

Looks like fun, best of luck

If I fall the tree into the hillside it will be at a 45o angle when it contacts the slope. The slope is well over 100% and it mostly rock.

 

[Jacob J.]

maybe I can come down and help a bit.

Looks like fun, best of luck

+1, if you need another set of hands I can bring some big jacks and my climbing gear also. Looking at the pictures, I can't say that there would be enough integrity on the stump to use jacks. A person might exert enough force to break out through cat face underneath unless they went really high on the stump. Does your permit allow for the felling of smaller trees if they poze a hazard to the removal of the four big ones?

 

[RandyMac]

Hey JJ, pick me up on your way by.

 

[clearance]

your no tree guy yes you can rig it too the other trees or private message me i can tell you more tom trees

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[Jacob J.]

Hey JJ, pick me up on your way by.

Randy- I'll do it. I'll also bring some Macs and parts for your pile. :greenchainsaw:

 

[oldirty]

hey 2dogs. please bring the camera when you boys go out to play. i would love to see what you plan on doing to these things.

sweet.

 

[BuddhaKat]

Just be careful. Something like this would scare the crap outta me. Way, way, way out of my league.

 

[joesawer]

Another vote for falling it whole. I wouldn't even begin to drop and catch on that rind. A 100 ton crane would be the only way I would try to take merch logs out of that tree.
You can tie a cats paw in your D ring with your climbing line or tie a prussick around your climbing line and use it for a very long lanyard. But I really wouldn't want to be tied to that stump after the tree started tipping.
In the pics it looks like the union is pretty solid. If there is any reasonable doubt, you might want to climb up it and tie them together.
Slinger is right, the tree will want to set down into the cat face. especially if it is anywhere close to being under your hinge.
Wish I was closer, I would like to see you do it and could loan you a set of 40ton rams.
Have fun and be careful.

 

[2dogs]

OK I admit it I'm an idiot. The tree has three stems, not two. The first pic shows them fairly well. Here are a few more pics I took yesterday.

This first pic shows the main stem and the right spar. The hidden one one the left is the smallest.

This one shows my son Cody standing at the goosepen. He is 5'9" tall. My back is to the river.

Here is a stump and butt log laying in a road to the water system. This stuff is heavy!

This one is me bucking a fire scrred blow down. It was too heavy for the backhoe to move in one piece so I bucked it into 20' lengths. This was taken about noon.

 

[Gologit]

Good pics. Are those Viking boots and if so how do you like them?

 

[2dogs]

Good pics. Are those Viking boots and if so how do you like them?

Yes they are Viking Vibram sole boots. I like them alot. I wear a 9.5 and these are size 10 and a bit loose but not too bad. They are heavy until you get used to them. The funny thing about them is all the tame cows want to smell them. I guess they look like food.

 

[Gologit]

Yes they are Viking Vibram sole boots. I like them alot. I wear a 9.5 and these are size 10 and a bit loose but not too bad. They are heavy until you get used to them. The funny thing about them is all the tame cows want to smell them. I guess they look like food.

LOL...If I get some I'll stay away from the cows. I have a job coming up where we'll be working in the snow and I've been thinking about those with the caulks. I don't care how much grease I put on my leather caulks, snow water gets in anyway.:censored:

When are you going to drop that goose-pen tree? I'd like to watch that.

 

[056kid]

LOL...If I get some I'll stay away from the cows. I have a job coming up where we'll be working in the snow and I've been thinking about those with the caulks. I don't care how much grease I put on my leather caulks, snow water gets in anyway.:censored:

When are you going to drop that goose-pen tree? I'd like to watch that.

danm right about grease, i want some hoffmans.



the removing of thoes trees should be closely documented via youtube!!

 

[slowp]

Good pics. Are those Viking boots and if so how do you like them?

I have the orange ones. I don't care for the color. They are holding up way better than their lace up ones did. But, in the words of the tooth shy hooktender, "They make your feet thweat." I have been wearing them on snow shoveling duty. They may not work well in mud, but are like studded tires on the ice. I haven't tried to cut my foot off or anything yet so don't know about all the protective stuff they have. I bought them because they are rubber caulks, and they had them in my size...NO COMMENTS.

They actually have more support than my blown out wescos. I just have the wool felt insoles in them. And you gots to use the boot dryer every night due to the thweating.

 

[treemandan]

I don't know but if you dropped them uphill wouldn't there be a chance they would slide back down into the house?
That would be my only concern there. If you can't get a good notch in the hollow one I will climb it for ya. It might be bigger than what I am used to but there looks to suffecient rig points and if you have the right guy on the hobbs you're all set for easy 10 1/2 feet.

 

[treemandan]

I am confused about where you are allowed to drive the dozer. I thought you said you couldn't drive down there.
I also would like to suggest ( but I don't know if possible) to drop them right in front of the little house. Those are small redwoods? They don't look that big, the house looks small. So the tips land in the stream, yank em out. If you can drive where you need to that is.

 

[ropensaddle]

Helicopter? I wish that was my cabin I believe I would at least get to the
solid wood before felling that tree. I am very ignorant to the properties of redwood but forces are the same for any species. Anyway please forget
your whimpering and post pics of that job in progress so we can whimper
with you! I could not see taking that down for less than ten grand and I
may be on the low side?