Felling a LARGE HEAVY LEANER

[BuckmasterStumpGrinding]

It looks safe to me. If you are scared you can put your climb line in the tree next to it. It would not be much of a swing if it gave way. That tree is standing after winds that applied hundreds of times your body weight to it. Or use a ratchet strap. With 4 or 5 wraps it has enough strength to hold a semi or two.

 

[Lonestar37]

Just climb it and top it out. Just did one for a repeat customer. Oak leaning over the drive way half up the tree it just leveled flat with the drive.

One of the tops actually got stuck in a small pine and oak on the other side of the drive. I just got a rope on it, through a small impact block in the middle of the rope and winched it out. Minimal damage to small pine across the driveway.

Here a pic of blocking the rest down.

( yes I was rolling solo on a sundaywith my fiancé. So we just let the brush sit where it was till I got out of the tree to run the chipper)

And grinder the stump. Used the grinding a as mulch in the bed and looked A++

 

[Mike Davis]

Couldn't you make a notch and finish your back cut with a power pole pruner? I don't see very many obstacles

 

[david1332]

THats actually an awesome idea. I have an echo pt266 so that would work

 

[Lonestar37]

Wake sure you check for utility's, sprinkler heads and irrigation lines before felling a tree like this. It will leave ruts in the yard and cut through just about anything up to a foot or more down.

Using a pole saw isnt exactly the most safe and professional approach. Though get your redneck on if you desire.

 

[Uzi]

Another vote for heavy ratchet straps over a chain. Much easier to tension and less metal flying around if things do go south. We put them on any tree we work around that has large vertical cracks were we feel there is a potential for barber chair. It's probably not always an necessary but it takes 10 mins to set them up so why risk it? We usually set them up with the ratchet mechanism to be up top during felling. I've never had one lost in a fall if so they are only $30 each not a huge loss/cost for the safety they provide.

Here's my most recent example very large crack in a very large cottonwood.

 

[Mike Davis]

I suggested the power pole pruner only for the persons safety. If the tree did barber-chair he would be away from the drop zone. If you know how to climb then that's a different story all together.

 

[david1332]

I def

I suggested the power pole pruner only for the persons safety. If the tree did barber-chair he would be away from the drop zone. If you know how to climb then that's a different story all together.

I definitely know how to climb. I just wasn't sure if it was safe. The tree had white rot at the base as well as the surface cracking and heavy lean.

 

[david1332]

I'm doing the job in about a week $2500 for 5 trees. All about the same height as this, but there's room to all but one if I climb up and take down the top halves

 

[TheJollyLogger]

http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/it-was-a-hell-of-a-ride.261576/

 

[056kid]

Take a nice deep, long block out of it, snipe or scarf to your liking. You get enough out of the front with that block and you greatly reduce risk of barberchair. Come in from the back, no boring, it'll commit before it comes apart..

Ill add that there will be some binding while you get your face in. Thats a good thing though.