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StIhL MaGnUm

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Well although I rarely post in this section of the forum I do read here quite often,I was wondering what do fellows think would be involved in removing this large Red Oak.I do know it would have to be limbed and chunked down in sections.It's very close to the home,within 7 feet of powerlines,and 25' set back from road..any tips pointers or just general ideas..
 
it looks like a pretty text book removal. i'm not sure if you climb or your just a logger so i hesitate to give instructions. from the pics it should be on the ground in a few hours.

where in NH are you located? are you in a rush to get it down? i should be up in north conway some time toward the end of aug to do some climbing. if your not too far away i'll put it on the ground for you, if you let me play with your saw's:D
 
Hello,

I personally dont climb but I do know a few who do,there is no big rush to get the tree down it can wait as long as I want it too so if the people I know are too busy your more than welcome to come and give me a hand and I can arrange for a little saw play time as well :D .It's located down in Southern NH right near the Massachusetts border well about 20 miles from there but if your interested I can give you directions..Let me know

Rob.
 
Hello Brian,

I wish there was enough space I could plant the whole tree no problem with a notch and back cut,but unfortunately I'am a little short on the room situation :( ,but hey it's always nice to meet another forum member in the process..Glad to hear your still rockin' with the PP346 I have been quite busy with the PP385 :D as of late..

Rob.
 
Originally posted by John Paul Sanborn
Just schedule a temporary power disconect for the day of removal.

It'll go faster that way.


Yeah, like we all would assume that!

Take the easy, common sense way!

Free disconnect/reconnect, no sweat (electric)
(might have to do phone & cable y'self)
if over/ too close to 'community' wires,
ask about free safety trim!

to make it quick, safe,
just about cake, powered out
roping, bombing, felling.

Might even be just ladder up/FL
Tie in,
Well scaffolded/ fergit heavy spikes, removal.....

Able to pull up next to it almost,
for whatever dispensing of refuse,
especially if drops favour that side at finish.
(Rope towards center, sway towards road at finish,
under wires, less moving)

Run the safety drills, and have at it!

Or something like that!
:alien:
 
Smash n' crash on that lush green lawn?:p Looks like fun, the job, not the smash n' crash.
 
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Hello Fellas,

Getting the power disconnected is no big deal if need be,but I think it can be done without having to do that..once she's all limbed up I can probably drop the trunk on the nice green grass :rolleyes: ..thanks


Rob.
 
Originally posted by StIhL MaGnUm
Hello Fellas,

Getting the power disconnected is no big deal if need be,but I think it can be done without having to do that..once she's all limbed up I can probably drop the trunk on the nice green grass :rolleyes: ..thanks


Rob.



OH, good man! Speedline over, hop almost the whole top over squarely into cleared box at once maybe! leave low long stobs as safety catches, tie low voltage lines closer to tree, maybe under nice Humboldts if plenty of slack, .........

Bend lines close and have at straight down drops and snap cuts a ways out-polish your technique, using the bigger window for safety; then bend lines away, and throw the rest thru larger hole their now, peeling 'em over to vertical drops down the trunk.......

pop spar sections out over the lines into soft brush matt in yard, salamie last one, then pick wires up, place over top to safe side of spar and fell from ground etc.

But, i think JP does this a lot..........
And he might just think ahead,
Due that lil bit of prep werk that some pro's do
when their is a chance;
in any consistent, quality work of any ilk....

And, thereby perhaps, a few good painters, lawn guys, Engineers,
fishermen and even thieves....
of well seasoning,
would prep that sir-face etc.

And all recomend that, they would;
and you should consider

Perhaps to simply, to more carefully, seriously and perhaps even proffession-ally; draw carefull target on it simply by:

[QUOTE
Take the easy, common sense way!
Run the safety drills, and have at it!

[/QUOTE]


Full safety, with 0 loss of pro-ductivity (here even an increase), is a lot better than choice in each category all at once than where used to seeing.

And those of us still alive, and with all 5, tend to go safe even at productuivity cost, especially when so easily done!

Perhaps even chainsaw mechanix and land clearers, loggers would have pair-allell reflections

Or something like that Bro!

Too short to pick on anybody (save you know who);
Just some ran-dumb thoughts,
while the soap box is empty;.........

So this is what the world really looks like!
:alien:
 
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last week we were removing a bunch of pines from a back yard. the house tap was about 10 ft away from the tree's. i started limbing one of them out. the power line was far enough away, so i was just working around it.

the other climber goes up in the bucket with a pair of bolt cutters and just cut the power line and taped the ends. my jaw dropped:eek:

they just called the power co to hook it back when we were done. i seemed like they do it all the time. pretty scarey if you ask me.
 
So is that how you got sig-nature? :D

i guess if you ungroundedly, cut each leg and wrapped seperately; but not me......

Safety/ liability issues beyond training, expereience and insurance, and the price is right on courtesy drops to boot.
 
I could see that from an insulated bucket, not see myself doing it though :D .

I think here one would need a certification to do that leagaly.

IMO if the lines are near, it is better to schedule the disconnect as a general practice. It just makes things easier all around.

Sure we can work around them, I did last night on some storm damage. I just hate it when there is a firm bid job and the lines are kept up, I can usualy get stuff down much faster with them down.

Just not having to think about them is a help.
 
Well I looked at those lines more closely the other night they're phone/cable so thats no biggie,the power comes in on the other end of the house..So those 2 I can have the homeowner disconnect when the time comes..

Rob.
 
Rob, I hope you don't mind, but this reminds me of a time when we were working over a phone line. It was a big old bundle of phone lines, with a big steel support line, so I was dropping pretty big limbs and bouncing them right off the line. There was no way I would damage this line.
Well, what I didn't think about was the other lines the poles were attached to. The pole wobbled, and snapped the power line down the way a bit.
Pretty soon some goof ball comes driving up and asks if we knocked out the power. He let's us know that we were in big trouble because his wife was showering and there is still soap in her hair. We laughed (to ourselves of course).
About ten minutes later, he came back with his wife, still in her bathrobe, soap in her hair, and she started screaming at us!
G.D. that was funny!
That poor guy! Not only did she wear the pants in the family, she made him wear a skirt!
 
The tel and CATV can be popped off from the wall and laid on the ground easily. As long as you have a ladder to reach them.

I heard of a guy who bounced a log off of the cable transmission and pulled the lines out of some 5 houses without knowing it:eek:
 
Hi Jim,


Those lines will be down when I decide to take the tree down,and the cars will all be moved as well so it should go fairly quick as long as I have a climber with me,I stick to ground level as much as possible :D ..thanks for the input

Rob.
 

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