Posted last year asking how much torque it would take to pull over a 150 ft, 44' DBH black cottonwood.
Well, ti took about 70 foot up cable attach, 2ea 5/8" IPS WR to 20T block and double 1/2" WR, then another 4T block to 3/8" WR to 10K# winch tied to a 400 YO DF stump, a few million foot pounds.
Had the tree side cabled with 1/2" WR, but with an intermediate 10,000# trailer pulling the side cable down
Anyway, the root ball wanted to go a little different direction, about 5 degrees off, and dragge the trailer sideways some, resulting in the part of the tree about 80 ft up hitting my backhoe
Only damage to backhoe was crushed FOPS (nobody nearby, winch controlled electrically from 200 ft away.
Drove the tires into the dirt up to the axles,
Rebult the FOPS with 4 ea 1/4" web 4x8 channel, added 1500 # of steel for new canopy.
Well, ti took about 70 foot up cable attach, 2ea 5/8" IPS WR to 20T block and double 1/2" WR, then another 4T block to 3/8" WR to 10K# winch tied to a 400 YO DF stump, a few million foot pounds.
Had the tree side cabled with 1/2" WR, but with an intermediate 10,000# trailer pulling the side cable down
Anyway, the root ball wanted to go a little different direction, about 5 degrees off, and dragge the trailer sideways some, resulting in the part of the tree about 80 ft up hitting my backhoe
Only damage to backhoe was crushed FOPS (nobody nearby, winch controlled electrically from 200 ft away.
Drove the tires into the dirt up to the axles,
Rebult the FOPS with 4 ea 1/4" web 4x8 channel, added 1500 # of steel for new canopy.
