Need advice felling this forked, split tree

[thomas1]

Ladder? :msp_rolleyes:

Trampoline better?

 

[Slamm]

Trampoline better?

Drywall Stilts is what I would use, LOL.

Sam

 

[Alex D]

You could try tieing a strong chain to the stem with the lean above the Y and then tying the other end of the chain to a truck or backhoe or whatever and try breaking it off as it has quite a big of a split in and the added weight and pulling force could split it off. Best to try this during winter when the wood is frozen and more brittle.

 

[Gologit]

Trampoline better?

Naaahhhh....Helicopter! Just hover over the tree, hook a choker to it, and pull that little sucker right out of the ground.

 

[greg409]

My money says this will turn out just like the other thread,

Tomorrow 40yearhomelite's gonna post that he dropped it with a Poulan 2150 & it fell.

We'll see pictures of it on the ground, nobody broke a sweat, (or got hurt, I hope)

luck,greg

 

[Trx250r180]

i think we may need randymac on this one ,he seems to have the right answers when comes to chains and straps ..........

 

[RandyMac]

i think we may need randymac on this one ,he seems to have the right answers when comes to chains and straps ..........

#### a bunch of sissy gear.



Do what you think best.

I would face cut deep, at chest level and plunge cut behind the crack, saw forward, prepare to run.

 

[Mastermind]

Dynamite

 

[GeeVee]

Fight or flight.

Cut it, but be prepared to cut and run.

Dang, it aint that tough Mojambo.

I'd use a saw, just a saw, and I'd cut it down.

I don't watch the saw or the bar, I feel them, I watch the leader, and occasionally,a glance at the cut, as it grows.

IF I was fresh out of Knickers, I might try to winch it from a distance with another solid trunk as an anchor.

 

[greg409]

Where's Mr. Rumore?
opcorn:
luck,greg

 

[Slamm]

I would use a 18V Sawall with a 14" "blade" and kerf cut the front and then walk around it.

That is my final answer,

Sam

 

[mdavlee]

I would put a face in on the first half and then bore behind the hinge towards the crack. The way it looks it can be felled as 2 trees. I wouldn't try to chain it or strap it as that's messing around it too much for me.

 

[Gologit]

Ladder? Sure...what could possibly go wrong?

Tree Trimming accident - YouTube

 

[greg409]

Tree Trimming accident - YouTube

Now right there is proof to tie a rope around the branch & your ankle!!

JEESH!! Rookie

luck,greg

 

[jerrycmorrow]

My money says this will turn out just like the other thread,

Tomorrow 40yearhomelite's gonna post that he dropped it with a Poulan 2150 & it fell.

We'll see pictures of it on the ground, nobody broke a sweat, (or got hurt, I hope)

luck,greg

unfortunately i read the whole other thread but missed the part where he dropped it. i'm guessing it turned out well? oh btw, that other op got some great, though sometimes diametrically opposed, advice. just sayin.

 

[user 64030]

Why not just take the right side leaner off and leave the rest of the tree? Just me, but I'd prefer to have a mast producing tree on my property vs. a rotting stump. Acorns are good... bambi likes to eat them, i like to eat bambi...


dw

 

[Slamm]

Why not just take the right side leaner off and leave the rest of the tree? Just me, but I'd prefer to have a mast producing tree on my property vs. a rotting stump. Acorns are good... bambi likes to eat them, i like to eat bambi...


dw

Because the wind that almost blew that tree over and just split it, will just blow over either half if only half gets removed.

Plus, I saw another white oak in another one of his photos, he could go sit next to that tree, LOL.

Sam

 

[Slamm]

unfortunately i read the whole other thread but missed the part where he dropped it. i'm guessing it turned out well? oh btw, that other op got some great, though sometimes diametrically opposed, advice. just sayin.

A lot of the advice was to back cut it, which is what the landowner did, with a follow-up photo of exactly what was going to happen if you back cut a leaning split tree .............. barberchaired.

It was basically a fail without injuries. But it got wrote off as a success because nobody got killed.

Everybody chalks up wins a little different I guess.

Sam

 

[user 64030]

Because the wind that almost blew that tree over and just split it, will just blow over either half if only half gets removed.

Plus, I saw another white oak in another one of his photos, he could go sit next to that tree, LOL.

Sam

I would think the cantilevered weight of the right fork had as much if not more to do w/ the splitting. That is a lot of weight to grow out at a 90 degree angle like that...

But that is just a guess....

dw

 

[Slamm]

I would think the cantilevered weight of the right fork had as much if not more to do w/ the splitting. That is a lot of weight to grow out at a 90 degree angle like that...

But that is just a guess....

dw

Yes, that is a lot of weight, but look at the trees around it, they are little, therefore the wind can really catch that bigger forked tree and give it heck.

Sam