Guys, this is my first post on this forum, so thank you in advance. I searched but could not find exactly the advice I'm looking for. So here goes...
I have a pine tree of about 50' tall maybe 18" diameter at chest height. It is leaning a bit...maybe 5-10 degrees towards my boathouse on our lake. Also literally all of the limbs are on the side to which it is leaning as that is the sunny side.
I have cut down probably 20 trees of similar or larger size, but because of the high cost of failure this one concerns me...I really don't have any margin for error.
My plan for felling this tree is as follows. First my best clear fall line is about 130 degrees to the lean, that would also be the best path to allow me a good safe escape as I am limited by water if I go 180. I have 200' of 3/4 bull rope (23000 pounds tensil strength) that I intend to tie using a throw line in the top 1/3 of the tree...I will run this main pull line to my Ford F350. Initially I plan to apply tension on the tree with the truck. Next I plan to attach two other 5/8 inch nylon ropes to teh top 1/3 and tie them to trees that will line them up with the desired fall line. I will tension these other ropes with Come alongs.
I will have a good bit of tension on the tree prior to cutting, so I intend to wrap the trunk prior to any cutting with 20' of 3/8 inch chain. I plan to cut the notch pointed right in the direction I want it to fall then make the back cut up unto the point that is is very close to falling. Then I plan to slowly pull the tree with the F350 until it falls.
Please let me know your thoughts on this. I believe this should provide me a high margin for error.
I have a pine tree of about 50' tall maybe 18" diameter at chest height. It is leaning a bit...maybe 5-10 degrees towards my boathouse on our lake. Also literally all of the limbs are on the side to which it is leaning as that is the sunny side.
I have cut down probably 20 trees of similar or larger size, but because of the high cost of failure this one concerns me...I really don't have any margin for error.
My plan for felling this tree is as follows. First my best clear fall line is about 130 degrees to the lean, that would also be the best path to allow me a good safe escape as I am limited by water if I go 180. I have 200' of 3/4 bull rope (23000 pounds tensil strength) that I intend to tie using a throw line in the top 1/3 of the tree...I will run this main pull line to my Ford F350. Initially I plan to apply tension on the tree with the truck. Next I plan to attach two other 5/8 inch nylon ropes to teh top 1/3 and tie them to trees that will line them up with the desired fall line. I will tension these other ropes with Come alongs.
I will have a good bit of tension on the tree prior to cutting, so I intend to wrap the trunk prior to any cutting with 20' of 3/8 inch chain. I plan to cut the notch pointed right in the direction I want it to fall then make the back cut up unto the point that is is very close to falling. Then I plan to slowly pull the tree with the F350 until it falls.
Please let me know your thoughts on this. I believe this should provide me a high margin for error.