Well, I'm glad things worked out.
The guy needn't ever dog a saw into a tree again, unless it's his own.. He told KitKat that the tree was hollow, nope. Looked fairly healthy actually. I'm on my phone, so the pics are small, but what was holding that thing up? The stump looks smooth. Definitely a healthy ash if it was hanging on by just a few whiskers, which apparently was the case. He's lucky it didn't sit back & bust a corner off when he was busy snapping ropes! I could've whacked it on over in a few moments. There was definitely enough real estate to have gotten a ram in it & the limby nature nimimalizes any concerns of it coming apart when lifting. Ash is an enjoyable tree to cut. I tipped some beauties years ago on a strip bordering Virginia's Natural Bridge. The creek that cut that formation was one of the boundaries. Along with the Ash there were some chunky pines & poplars in that strip. Very respectable wood for east coast stuff. Probably never get to cut another strip as "famous" as that one in my lifetime.
The guy needn't ever dog a saw into a tree again, unless it's his own.. He told KitKat that the tree was hollow, nope. Looked fairly healthy actually. I'm on my phone, so the pics are small, but what was holding that thing up? The stump looks smooth. Definitely a healthy ash if it was hanging on by just a few whiskers, which apparently was the case. He's lucky it didn't sit back & bust a corner off when he was busy snapping ropes! I could've whacked it on over in a few moments. There was definitely enough real estate to have gotten a ram in it & the limby nature nimimalizes any concerns of it coming apart when lifting. Ash is an enjoyable tree to cut. I tipped some beauties years ago on a strip bordering Virginia's Natural Bridge. The creek that cut that formation was one of the boundaries. Along with the Ash there were some chunky pines & poplars in that strip. Very respectable wood for east coast stuff. Probably never get to cut another strip as "famous" as that one in my lifetime.