Advice Needed, would you drop and limb this or take out in pieces?

[Eilrahc83]

Really not sure of the best way to handle this? My thoughts were to fall this tree right into the intersection (very low traffic neighborhood) limb and buck it up quick to get it out of the street, then clean it up. The head lean is opposite of the desired falling direction but I know how to deal with that issue for falling but I'm not sure of the best/safest plan of removal so I thought to ask you guys, the pros!

I estimate the tree at 65-75 feet tall, and measured out what I have for a landing area and that is about 125 feet by 70 feet wide.

 

[CNBTreeTrimming]

Probly run up it brushing as you go. Then drop a few sections off the top come down and bomb it. Otherwise you better have a skid and bout 5 people working to clear the road after you drop it.

 

[treeclimber101]

Probly run up it brushing as you go. Then drop a few sections off the top come down and bomb it. Otherwise you better have a skid and bout 5 people working to clear the road after you drop it.

Why don't ya just do sometime overtime and hire a contractor , its kinda like us asking you how to do your job , you would be reluctant i am sure to answer , kinda talking ourselves outta work

 

[Rftreeman]

fire hydrant and damage to the street is most likely going to happen if you drop that in to the street.....

 

[jefflovstrom]

If an ambulance or fire truck or police had to wait on you, well,
That looks like a 3 to 4 hour job. I find bucking on the ground is longer and more clean up time.
Jeff

 

[treeclimber101]

fire hydrant and damage to the street is most likely going to happen if you drop that in to the street.....

Yea that is the first thing that comes to my mind when I remove a tree : Gee I hope the fireplugs will be OK, man you must be drunk .....

 

[Rftreeman]

Yea that is the first thing that comes to my mind when I remove a tree : Gee I hope the fireplugs will be OK, man you must be drunk .....

was this before or after the 12 pack......


BTW...I don't drink alcohol, I don't need the stuff......

 

[pbtree]

If an ambulance or fire truck or police had to wait on you, well,
That looks like a 3 to 4 hour job. I find bucking on the ground is longer and more clean up time.
Jeff

I concur!

 

[flushcut]

I would work the street side first just bomb everything full length. Two guys and a bigish chipper should be able to handle each limb with a quickness. That way the roads is only blocked for a minute or two at a time. Then hike up and pull the tops of the two central leads and rig the rest of the tree off those two. Bomb the rest of the two leads, tip the trunk, grind stump and collect check.
I would check with the city municipality before, if you go that route, you tip the whole thing. I had to close a road for a hazard removal and I did not need to pull a permit. It was to inform the police, fire, and rescue to reroute around the blockage.

 

[deevo]

If an ambulance or fire truck or police had to wait on you, well,
That looks like a 3 to 4 hour job. I find bucking on the ground is longer and more clean up time.
Jeff

Yep, I would just pull up the bucket truck, have it all down in 2.5-3 hours depending on how fast the lads can feed the chipper. That would be awkward to just buck up in the middle of the road. Like you said liability if any emergency crews got delayed because you had a tree blocking the road. We did a big ash as big as that the other day about that size, had it all down, chipped, bigger pieces cut up, and it was near a 3 phase line (12' away) 3 hours total. Don't know or think you have a bucket truck, but I do it that way.

 

[NCTREE]

I'd say about 4 hours and that tree would be down cleaned-up, wood loaded, and the stump ground out. Climbing would be easier than dropping that scratch oak, (thats what it looks like at least). It's alot more grunt work yanking branches from the top when its on the ground.

 

[no tree to big]

we have been doing a lot of municiple work we just flop the little guys in the road sometimes (i'd consider the one pictured in this thread little compared to most, :hmm3grin2orange if we flopped this and had the loader stuffing the chipper +3 guys on the ground raking the giant mess left behind it would take an hour easy maybe 1 1/2 but thats stuffing only a 15" morbark. if we didn't have the loader and flopped it it would take like 3-4 trying to pull branches out of that mess.

I notice that if you miss the hydrant then you hit the other tree even if you drop it right on the hydrant I think you would still hit the other tree and destroy it...

 

[arborist]

Really not sure of the best way to handle this? My thoughts were to fall this tree right into the intersection (very low traffic neighborhood) limb and buck it up quick to get it out of the street, then clean it up. The head lean is opposite of the desired falling direction but I know how to deal with that issue for falling but I'm not sure of the best/safest plan of removal so I thought to ask you guys, the pros!

I estimate the tree at 65-75 feet tall, and measured out what I have for a landing area and that is about 125 feet by 70 feet wide.

This tree is too bushy to simply fell it in its location.It will need to be removed in sections.It's a basic straight forward removal so the cost shouldn't be anything outrageous.
Hire an Arborist with insurance to handle this one for you.It will be much cheaper than the damage you could do if you try and drop it.
Since your asking this question I'm going to assume your not a licensed/certified Arborist.If you are,please take no offense,and I suggest you do a little climbing on this one.Why even think of short cutting the job for such an easy climbing job?

However,It's too bad your question wasn't "Do you feel this tree needs to be removed?" instead of how to remove it.
What seems to be the concern with the tree? If you had it appraised,you may be surprised just how valuable it is.
Shade trees like this fine specimen not only add to the landscape,but they help lower air conditioning costs/electric bill,as well as add value to the home.
If your the homeowner,and was told to have this tree removed,by whom,what questions did you ask,and what answers were you given?

If your an Arborist,why not suggest to the homeowner that the tree be properly cared for rather than removed.Perhaps offer to prune and fertilize it? Properly caring for this tree will likely yield more money than removal.Everyone wins.Especially the nice tree there.