Bspring
ArboristSite Lurker
I need some advice on this tree. I hate to cut it because it was a beautiful Willow Oak. During the construction of my house last year I tried to get the construction crew to work around it but I guess the stress was more than it could take. There is one small patch of green at the top and two branches at the bottom that are green. Unless someone on here tells me that there is a way to save it I will have to drop it.
I am an amateur but would feel comfortable dropping this tree right where I want it if the risk of missing was not so great. I have thought about putting my front end loader against it and making one cut at the bottom but I am leaning toward getting a friend with some climbing gear to help me take the limbs off and then drop the trunk. I know another method would be get a rope longer than the tree and pull it with the tractor but I don’t know if I can come up with that much rope or risk damaging someone else’s rope.
I am more of a do it your self kind of guy but I will take all the advice I can get. So what do you guys think about this one?
I am an amateur but would feel comfortable dropping this tree right where I want it if the risk of missing was not so great. I have thought about putting my front end loader against it and making one cut at the bottom but I am leaning toward getting a friend with some climbing gear to help me take the limbs off and then drop the trunk. I know another method would be get a rope longer than the tree and pull it with the tractor but I don’t know if I can come up with that much rope or risk damaging someone else’s rope.
I am more of a do it your self kind of guy but I will take all the advice I can get. So what do you guys think about this one?