Big tree must come down.

This red oak at our church needed to come down. It was dropping limbs and was full of ants. We had a pro rope it down and fell the trunk, as it was close to the building and leaning.



So I serviced up the fleet and had the guys meet me on a Sat. morning to get to work.



This was the first use of the newly rebuilt 084. I put a dual port muffler on it, and the late model carb that has a part load jet in it, and set it a little rich, with the 47" bar and chain, to break it in.



This was the first time I ever cut with a 120cc saw with a long bar, and it was a blast! It just pulls and pulls, with no effort at all. Set the bumper spike, and let it feed itself in.



Even with the entire bar in the cut, pulling chips, it just cruised along. I ran 8 tanks of fuel through it cutting this trunk into manageable pieces, and the saw performed flawlessly. My first rebuild of a big saw has turned out to be very satisfying and enjoyable.
We ended up with a lot of firewood.

Good Job... Nice to see the Fleet out in action.........




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Guilty pleasure ain't it? Nice work, lots of fun too.

I'm happy to see those saws finally get used

Very nice job. Thanks for sharing..

Nice pics

Being that close to the building, sometimes it's better safe than sorry!!

Lots of wood!! Just wondering, that looks more like a red Elm than an Oak, but..................

That's quite an impressive fleet you have there, Stihl # 1 !
When I grow up, I want one just like it.
Well Done Man !

Very cool pics. Nice fleet!

Real good pics! That IS a nice pile of firewood!

grandpatractor said:

That's easy to say when your not the one that is gonna have to take responsibility when it lands on the church:jawdrop:

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You aren't kidding on that one.

Mark

Bermie said:

Bye' climb down from your high horse before your ego blinds you and you miss your high tie in and fall wheee bump all the way to the ground!

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Good job... Obvously his Mom didn't give him the same information..

Bermie said:

Bye' climb down from your high horse before your ego blinds you and you miss your high tie in and fall wheee bump all the way to the ground!

Good job fellas, looks like you had fun with your saws, an impressive collection

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Way to say it Bermie!!!!.........




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That just shows you dont know what you are doing.

and.. can we get some punctuation!

Someone needs to caption one of those smashed truck photos with newguy's voice in it. :greenchainsaw:

newguy18 said:

Thats a nothing drop though.i've done trees that would make your head spin.

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newguy, glad you feel the need to share your ability with the class. Now what is wrong with a fellow taking the safe route and getting help paid for or not? BTW it takes alot to make my head spin. I don't see how one angle in one photo can get you enough info to say you would have done this one your own, but to each there own. Oh ya you are the almighty hazard tree removal specialist.

#1 glad that you took the safe route with help. Nice looking fleet. I hope my 084 rebuild turns out like yours. Can't wait to get the 60 back on'er again. Late next spring when things dry out again, my old cutting partner has a stand of oldgrowth to knock down. One log load type stuff. Two yarders, one drags it out, the other is rigged to a monster tail hold and slack down then tighten the line to pick up and back the truck under.

Looks like that job called on the whole fleet to take care of. Haven't made it to that big of a fleet yet, but by gawd i sure am workin on it.

Looks like a good bit of the church was there to help, seem like that always makes for a good time with good people.


Owl

"An this last tree I did Wow it was hard it was like 8 feet across I didn't know if the Wildthing was ever going to chop it down small enough that I could get it on the ground You know how hard that is Man what a day at bandcamp that was"

OK, let's get back on topic ............whats the saw with the camo
looking cover?

Well, if I knew I would stir up this much junk i wouldn't have posted.
Anyway, thanks for the comments from all.
A man needs to know his limitations, and I knew I was not qualified to drop this tree. The feller had to rope down most of it to keep it off the building, and then dropped the trunk, which is where I started in.
It gave me a chance to do some basic safety training with the guys, and I converted several to wearing chaps after showing them my ripped pair that absolutely kept me out of the hospital when I stumbled on a root.
It was a great time by all.