This past week I helped gravity work on trees for 4 days. So on my day off what do I do, pick up my saw and look for more trees. First thing was a big redwood snag I thought I could knock down in 20 minutes. It took me two hours of sawing and wedging and more sawing and more wedging to get it on the ground. It was about 70' tall and 9' in diameter but was more goosepen than tree. The side with the most holding wood had no where to stand so I had to leave a big poost, hence the wedging.
The second tree was a redwood blown over a few eeks ago that was wedged between 3 trees. This tree was also a goosepen but had a 20" sucker 100' tall coming off one side. I cut this off the stump and a branch broke out of another tree and hit the bed of my truck leaving a big dent.
I had planned to cripple the main tree and winch it off the stump which would free the trunk to fall. I tried this great idea out with the tree pretty well connected to the stump and broke the winch. It is a total loss. On to plan B. Pull the tree off the stump with the truck. I was headed down a steep hill so I figured it would work and it did. Here are the pics.
This is what I found. I will tell you, this much lean and a crumbling stump puckered me right up.
Here is what the bind looked like. The tree was on the stump and bent to the left around one tree and then hanging up in another.
I cut the holding wood very carefully!
The butt on the ground. I am happier than I look.
Here is a pic of my son cutting a few rounds off of a tan oak for camp fire wood. That tree was cut last July.
Lastly, I cut this fir stump lower to the ground because it was in a parking area. That 394 with a 42" bar absolutely screams!
The second tree was a redwood blown over a few eeks ago that was wedged between 3 trees. This tree was also a goosepen but had a 20" sucker 100' tall coming off one side. I cut this off the stump and a branch broke out of another tree and hit the bed of my truck leaving a big dent.
I had planned to cripple the main tree and winch it off the stump which would free the trunk to fall. I tried this great idea out with the tree pretty well connected to the stump and broke the winch. It is a total loss. On to plan B. Pull the tree off the stump with the truck. I was headed down a steep hill so I figured it would work and it did. Here are the pics.
This is what I found. I will tell you, this much lean and a crumbling stump puckered me right up.
Here is what the bind looked like. The tree was on the stump and bent to the left around one tree and then hanging up in another.
I cut the holding wood very carefully!
The butt on the ground. I am happier than I look.
Here is a pic of my son cutting a few rounds off of a tan oak for camp fire wood. That tree was cut last July.
Lastly, I cut this fir stump lower to the ground because it was in a parking area. That 394 with a 42" bar absolutely screams!
