Hope I have a big enough saw....

[outdoorlivin247]

Was asked to cut down these two Hackberry trees today...Not sure I want to...:jawdrop:

 

[madhatte]

Droppin' 'em will be fine. It's the bucking and limbing that will give you fits. Lookit those crowns!

 

[Walt41]

Better drop em parallel to the road, I see power lines.

 

[pops21]

I agree bucking and limbing will be a pain in the butt.

 

[Bowtie]

Be careful , number one powerlines close. (have to say that)

Number two. Thats gonna be a blast!!! Lots of wood for all saw sizes!!

 

[madhatte]

Better drop em parallel to the road, I see power lines.

Naw, you can see that they've been pruned plenty of times to keep 'em clear of the road, so the limb weight already wants to put 'em in the field. The power lines are not as scary as they could be (says the guy who dropped a tree on a power line not too long ago).

 

[Arrowhead]

If it can wait till after deer season, I will help... looks like fun. Drop them in the field and the farmer can burn the limbs in the field.

 

[Bowtie]

Large crown trees like that are pretty common here, especially hackberry and cottonwood, sometimes ash and elms.

Its real fun when you have a piece of equipment to drag the limbs away to buck up and have your way with without dealing with the maze of branches of a dropped full crown.

 

[Guido Salvage]

Looks like a job for a D8. Push them over towards each other and light them up with 10 gallons of diesel fuel.

 

[whitedogone]

A tractor with a grapple would make short work of the mess that will come from all that crown.

 

[2000ssm6]

I see a 72" bar with a helper handle in your future. Fire that 084 up!:rockn:

 

[outdoorlivin247]

The one in the rear is an easy drop... The one in the front is kind of funky with butress style flares...

The farmer said he will bring out equipment and his sons to help...He did not work the ground to the left in the pic so we have a nice place to work...I have already talked to a couple of friends to help with cleaning up the tops.

Looks like we have a couple of good days work ahead of us...

 

[NeoTree]

That looks like a perfect day in my book, as long as you get payed
accepting cash or $**load of firewood
Looks like a 36" should handle it, and about 10 wedges

 

[Modifiedmark]

If it can wait till after deer season, I will help... looks like fun. Drop them in the field and the farmer can burn the limbs in the field.

I'm with you on that one! I would come help as well.

Think we could scrounge up enough saws bettween the 3 of us?

All you folks out west, look close at those trees and you will see why we need what are called "limbing" saws.

I want to see someone wade in and limb those with a MS440 and a 32" bar.

Ed, you may want to remove that pipe from the Wild Thing for those...

 

[outdoorlivin247]

If it can wait till after deer season, I will help... looks like fun. Drop them in the field and the farmer can burn the limbs in the field.

You run the saw and I'll run the camera...lol

 

[Bowtie]

There is a good part of a winters firewood in that pair of hackberry trees. Hackberry is pretty good firewood. Burn a lot of it around here. Dries pretty fast, makes good heat, and makes a nice sweet smell.

 

[ckelp]

leave it standing and molotov cocktail that bi@h

 

[wendell]

I'm free this weekend!!!! My 395 needs some work! :chainsawguy:

 

[outdoorlivin247]

If it can wait till after deer season, I will help... looks like fun. Drop them in the field and the farmer can burn the limbs in the field.

I'm with you on that one! I would come help as well.

Think we could scrounge up enough saws bettween the 3 of us?

All you folks out west, look close at those trees and you will see why we need what are called "limbing" saws.

I want to see someone wade in and limb those with a MS440 and a 32" bar.

Ed, you may want to remove that pipe from the Wild Thing for those...

Might just be able to make that happen...

 

[Arrowhead]

Might just be able to make that happen...

Mini gtg... that would be great.