Thank you for you're suggestions. The limb @ it's widest (where it cracked off the trunk) is 65" around, the thinnest is 38". I only have a 20" chainsaw, so I'll have to back & forth. So cut from the ground side up?I had an Oak drop a huge limb. I bucked most of it, what I'm left with is a "tripod", I don't know where to start cutting that isn't going to destabilize the whole thing. I'd appreciate any advice on how to do this without having it roll over on me. Thank you in advance.View attachment 518248
I thank you all for your advice, I'll try all suggestions. If I can reduce the weight I'll flip it with the quad.
Again, thank you, I'm a 64 year old woman living alone on 5 acres and dealing with the fall out from
the California drought, this won't be the last time I ask for advice.
It did flip to the right, thanks to your suggestion I was ready for it.And cut from the left side. It's going to flip right judging from the pic
It was considerable more than 25 minutes; but that's because of the size of my chainsaw and inexperience. I was touched by your offer of help; if you're from Mariposa I'm sure you have your own plate full of drought downed trees, yet you still offered. Thank you.nothing wrong with asking for help when needed. It only looks like 10-25 minutes of cutting... I'd help you out.
Thank you for you're suggestions. The limb @ it's widest (where it cracked off the trunk) is 65" around, the thinnest is 38". I only have a 20" chainsaw, so I'll have to back & forth. So cut from the ground side up?
Wow that is much larger than the picture makes it to be. I would have guessed make two feet so across at the crotch.
I took a measuring tape down the hill, so that 65" is accurate, the trunk measures 142"on tape. There are 2 more dead limbs on this Oak that are almost as big.65" around is 20.7" in diameter.
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