tips for felling leaners.

[abohac]

Partly for the experience and practice to make a tree do what I want it to do, not what it wants to do.

Trying to make a tree go where you want and not where it wants is dangerous deal. Be careful.

 

[ropensaddle]

It think it would take a severe amount of leverage for this size of tree





I don't have access to that kind of equipment. I know my 4X4 won't pull that size tree up a river bank, especially if the base of the trunk slips into the river. I don't have any friends who would come over(at least 100 miles from where they live) to help me move it with a tractor. These are big trees. I do not want to fill the river up with my mistakes. In a flood, they will hit against a downstream bridge or two. I can't say I want to be responsible for that kind of damage.


If I can't do it safe and right, then they can stay there until God takes them down.

Bama how much lean are we talking about? What are your skills?
What kind of rope do you have? Have you ever used a throw line?
Is there any room ie dirt between the tree and river? Can you get
your truck down there and safely in position to pull from with a
long rope cable?