This stinks

[Urban Redneck]

Helping the brother in-law tomorrow. Storms in Ohio made this guy a tough call. The widow maker is hanging by bark and about 3/4 inch wood. I prefer not to bring in a climber to finish this off. The break is only 25' to 30 feet off the ground. Any advice? I was thinking about trying throwing a rope up and choke it off with a come-along. Such a small amount to finish it up.

 

[ducaticorse]

Helping the brother in-law tomorrow. Storms in Ohio made this guy a tough call. The widow maker is hanging by bark and about 3/4 inch wood. I prefer not to bring in a climber to finish this off. The break is only 25' to 30 feet off the ground. Any advice? I was thinking about trying throwing a rope up and choke it off with a come-along. Such a small amount to finish it up.

You're gonna have to tie the tip off to an anchor point up in the second tree, or you can kiss that fence good bye when you free up the butt. It's not too difficult of a situation...

 

[Dutch cut]

I feel like pulling on it would be the safest/cheapest if you don/t want a climber? You'll probably strip a bunch of bark down and injure the tree, but its already started. Just fell it and replace it?

 

[climberjones]

Helping the brother in-law tomorrow. Storms in Ohio made this guy a tough call. The widow maker is hanging by bark and about 3/4 inch wood. I prefer not to bring in a climber to finish this off. The break is only 25' to 30 feet off the ground. Any advice? I was thinking about trying throwing a rope up and choke it off with a come-along. Such a small amount to finish it up.

Throw bag bull line yank her out shouldnt hit the fence !

 

[ducaticorse]

Throw bag bull line yank her out shouldnt hit the fence !

Ya, maybe if you pop the clutch and lay a patch across the yard! The top is hanging directly over the fence! A slow come along pulling towards the angle of the camera will almost certainly send the tip onto the fence.

 

[TreeAce]

That just a split rail fence right? You should be able to take out some of the rails without much trouble. The posts would be fine.

 

[ducaticorse]

That just a split rail fence right? You should be able to take out some of the rails without much trouble. The posts would be fine.

agreed

 

[Urban Redneck]

Sounds good. Yep it's a split rail fence and we are going to remove two sections. It's not as close as the picture shows but still could happen. Hey TreeAce... the job is in Mentor. I cracked up laughing when i saw that you're in Avon Lake. I grew up in Amherst.

 

[TreeAce]

Sounds good. Yep it's a split rail fence and we are going to remove two sections. It's not as close as the picture shows but still could happen. Hey TreeAce... the job is in Mentor. I cracked up laughing when i saw that you're in Avon Lake. I grew up in Amherst.

Cool! Is he flying u in from San Fran to deal with this hazardous widow maker? Amherst is a nice town. I wanted to buy a house there but the ole lady wanted to be closer to downtown Cleve for her job. We love Avon Lake, outstanding school system for our girls. I went to Firelands, Class of 88.

 

[Urban Redneck]

South Amherst class of '87. You guys were our big rivals. We're back visiting our families for spring break.

 

[TreeAce]

South Amherst class of '87. You guys were our big rivals. We're back visiting our families for spring break.

Wow, small world. So U know Mark Holbrook? he was my drinking buddy back then.

 

[climberjones]

Helping the brother in-law tomorrow. Storms in Ohio made this guy a tough call. The widow maker is hanging by bark and about 3/4 inch wood. I prefer not to bring in a climber to finish this off. The break is only 25' to 30 feet off the ground. Any advice? I was thinking about trying throwing a rope up and choke it off with a come-along. Such a small amount to finish it up.

Ok here you go do like i said with the bull line then throw in another line and anchor that one off to something now yank the crap out of the bull line so it breaks loose then just lower it down with the anchored line ! That ought to do it

 

[treemandan]

Ya, maybe if you pop the clutch and lay a patch across the yard! The top is hanging directly over the fence! A slow come along pulling towards the angle of the camera will almost certainly send the tip onto the fence.

Sounds like a good plan, I'm game.

 

[Urban Redneck]

Ok. I have to come clean on this one. Traveling from the west coast I didn't have all my gear. I've dropped 180' Douglas F's without any anxiety. This tree made me do things that I knew were not correct and safe. The snap hinge was meatier than I thought. I couldn't get a bull rope to snap the break clean. I knew it wasn't going to come off the stump. The wind was blowing 20K against my face cut. All wrong in every possible way. My "in-laws" could save $600 if I could make it happen. All the neighbors were out filming me when they heard the chainsaw fire up. Even they sensed it was wrong. So, away I cut. The tree "poops" on the stump. The widow maker doesn't shake loose. I did have the common sense to rope the crap out of the tree. I pulled the butt out and it came off the stump. Sadly, it just leaned on another tree but the widow maker came falling down to puncture the ground 20" deep. While it was attached, it looked to be about 4" in diameter. When it came down it was actually 10". I finally rocked the tree off the second tree to get it on the ground. I didn't break a fence or caused bodily harm. However, I was completely stupid and made a bad call. I was trying to save the family some money and I don't have experience in hazardous tree removal. I was very lucky. Funny thing is that all the neighbors thought I was some great tree dropper. I've never felt more like a fraud in my life. A lesson well learned.

 

[Toddppm]

You cheated death and destruction!
The good thing is that you know it was all wrong and didn't get your head all pumped up thinking you're a logger now.