beastmaster
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I'll give you your props, you all are professional fellers and loggers and have lots of experience. Though I understand why a slopping back cut the way troythetreeman described is foolish and dangerous in your line of work, especially in big timber, and granted maybe he shouldn't of recommended it for this situation, but as a skilled Arborist who specializes in difficult removals in urban environments I have had cause to use this cut in rare situations. It's a tool that sometimes fits the situation.
I'm not going to go to humboldt co. and try to compete with guys in the logging industry, but us arborist work in a totally different environment, that is way even up in Washington state, I see ads looking for tree trimmers that say loggers need not apply.
My self, I would just take out a top first and be done with it. One thing we can all agree on, snags are unpredictable and dangerous and best avoided. Find a climber, have him take the tree down to where it can safely be felled. Its not something a home owner should be messing with. Any cut you try off the internet if not done properly can have grave consequences. Beastmaster
I'm not going to go to humboldt co. and try to compete with guys in the logging industry, but us arborist work in a totally different environment, that is way even up in Washington state, I see ads looking for tree trimmers that say loggers need not apply.
My self, I would just take out a top first and be done with it. One thing we can all agree on, snags are unpredictable and dangerous and best avoided. Find a climber, have him take the tree down to where it can safely be felled. Its not something a home owner should be messing with. Any cut you try off the internet if not done properly can have grave consequences. Beastmaster