Here are some pics of this pine I am going to remove. I have removed lots of trees but hardly any pines. I feel fairly good about being able to fell a maple or an oak tree where i want it but with this tree being pine and dead i wonder about the hinge wood holding. It appears that I need to fell this tree toward the camera in the picture or climb it and piece it down? What do you all think??
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phillytreeking1
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I would climb it and piece it down, take some weight out of it and drop the log big .good luck
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looks (to me, from this distance at least) that its not long dead, plus it looks nicely balanced , I'd drop it in one...
good luck
good luck
leaning the wrong way.
It is leaning slightly away from the camera and would need to fall towards the camera. should I put a cumalong on a truck to "encourage it to go the other way? If so how much pressure should I put on it? Thanks for the advice. I could climb it if I need to but would prefer not if given a choice.
It is leaning slightly away from the camera and would need to fall towards the camera. should I put a cumalong on a truck to "encourage it to go the other way? If so how much pressure should I put on it? Thanks for the advice. I could climb it if I need to but would prefer not if given a choice.
mckeetree
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Do you not have a bucket truck? Why do so many tree guys in this forum want to fall everything?
If it's leanin the wrong way I would want to be certain by climbing it and trimming all the limbs off the back side so you KNOW the weight is toward the direction you want it to fall and then drop the whole thing from the ground. If it's leaning even slightly in the wrong direction I always put a rope on it and give it a slight tug to be sure. You should be able to climb that tree, trim all of the limbs off the back side, attach a rope near the top while you're up there, get down and drop the whoe tree from the ground in about an hour to an hour and a half and you know you've taken the right precautions to make it fall where you want it to. As far as bucket trucks go, are you serious? You need a bucket truck to handle something like that? And as far as wanting to drop the whole tree - if you can do it safely and quickly, why would you chunk the whole thing down? It's often safer to drop it large than to take a chance on accidents or injuries by having a climber in the tree far longer than is necessary and making multilple cuts on a rather hefty trunk. Climb up, snip a few limbs on the way up, attach a rope quick near the top, get outta the tree, and drop it. Done. Fast, safe, and simple.
Dadatwins
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Easy enough tree to spike and cut, concentrate the mess in one area. Looks recently dead but drop in one shot on all that grass with those pine needles makes a raking mess the whole length of the drop. Should be less than 3 hours from the time the saw starts until payment arrives. 
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opcorn:If it's leanin the wrong way I would want to be certain by climbing it and trimming all the limbs off the back side so you KNOW the weight is toward the direction you want it to fall and then drop the whole thing from the ground. If it's leaning even slightly in the wrong direction I always put a rope on it and give it a slight tug to be sure. You should be able to climb that tree, trim all of the limbs off the back side, attach a rope near the top while you're up there, get down and drop the whole tree from the ground in about an hour to an hour and a half and you know you've taken the right precautions to make it fall where you want it to. As far as bucket trucks go, are you serious? You need a bucket truck to handle something like that? And as far as wanting to drop the whole tree - if you can do it safely and quickly, why would you chunk the whole thing down? It's often safer to drop it large than to take a chance on accidents or injuries by having a climber in the tree far longer than is necessary, making multilple cuts on a rather hefty trunk, and dropping big wood . Climb up, snip a few limbs on the way up, attach a rope quick near the top, get outta the tree, and drop it. Done. Fast, safe, and simple.
Nailsbeats
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Pull it over with a truck. Take some weight off the back on your way to set the rope. Leave more hinge than normal, put some wedges to it and pull it over with a truck or something that will pull pretty fast. Dead trees need speed.
clearance
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Why, because its fun. Piecing it down with a truck, wheres the fun, the risk? No guts, no glory, money shot baby.
Nailsbeats it right as well. Good post.
Climb it and limb it as you go up. Once there, tie it off about 1/3 down from the top to make sure it doesn't snap up high in the thinner part of the tree trunk as you pull. Before you cut and drop in one piece, make sure off clearance to the swingset and all around. Its all clear below so why not drop it section by section as you come down after limbing it up? 15 foot spars will bring it down in four sections at the most. As dadatwins said, three hours tops either way you slice it. Good luck!
custom8726
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I would limb it on my way up to pop the top and then chunk a few pieces down untill I could safely pull over the remaining trunk with a rope and 1 man pull. Whole job start to finish 1 to 1-1/2 hrs for us.
mckeetree
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What a bunch of bullsh*t.
clearance
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No balls huh? Oh well, so it is.
tomtrees58
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are you a tree guy or a arborist way wood you ask it tom trees
Now now, let's play nice fellas. That tree is relatively easy, whatever method is used. A good faller would have that tree safely down in 10 minutes, with a couple wedges. A climber would have it down in 1 hour, but the brush would be easier to clean up.
And, if a bucket truck is owned, then why not use it, unless tire damage to the lawn is a concern.
And, if a bucket truck is owned, then why not use it, unless tire damage to the lawn is a concern.
mckeetree
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Ha ha. I guess I am getting old and methodical.
custom8726
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treesurgeon
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drop it
couple of wedges and 15 minutes, job would be done. i would try to do a job in such a way that there is little impact from whats around me. when job is done, you would not know a tree was there. climbing may be a waste of time. its safer and more efficient to just drop this tree. if there is something wrong with dropping this tree, you should know then. like not enough room or something underground. also a pull line may be like a free insurance policy it just might help or be unused.
couple of wedges and 15 minutes, job would be done. i would try to do a job in such a way that there is little impact from whats around me. when job is done, you would not know a tree was there. climbing may be a waste of time. its safer and more efficient to just drop this tree. if there is something wrong with dropping this tree, you should know then. like not enough room or something underground. also a pull line may be like a free insurance policy it just might help or be unused.
