Guying for a takedown

[JCONN]

I have a 60 ft white pine to take down latter this week. The tree has a decent lean to it and many small animal holes in the ground surronding the root system. THe ground is soft from the rain we have been getting, I may wait for it to firm up a bit. I was thinking about guying the tree to another to give a little support for I have to do some minor rigging.
Know comes the question, I have never done this before and was looking for any recondmidations. The tree is in a back yard so any big equipment or bucket is out of the question.

 

[treemandan]

Guy it.

 

[clearance]

Two ropes about half way up the tree, each spaced apart where they are tied to something solid, but pretty much opposite to the lean. Suck them up tight, bowline on the bight, come-a-long, Tirfor, whatever. Then climb back up and cut away. I sure hope you have a steecore, it helps to wrap it around the stem (choked) for leaners, skinny trees, slippery trees. Good luck.

 

[teamtree]

We have tied off trees that were partially uprooted. In one case we put a rope in at 20' and started taking limbs off and then installed another rope at 30' and took some more limbs off and then tied it off again at 40'. It was a white pine and we had to rig out then final 40' feet.

It is a decision the climber needs to make as to safety but if you can get a support line in the tree to reduce the risk then it is well worth the extra 10 minutes.