9th year rookie
ArboristSite Member
This is the first time I got the call to bail someone out of a do-it-yourself job.
I get the call and he says there is a rope in the tree.
I get there, it is a dead White Pine, about 50-60 feet tall.
It is about 20 feet from the house.
The first 20-25 feet of the trunk has a significant lean toward the house, then it straightens to a vertical - so it wants to go to the house.
At about 20 feet up, (probably the height of his ladder) is a "home depot" line. The line runs from the dead tree to a 3 inch maple on the other side of the yard.
now the good part - at about 6 feet from the ground (snowbank) there is a face cut and a back cut with a 3-4" hinge holding the tree. YIKES
I'm tempted to walk away from this one.
I'm thinking - use a throw bag/line to put a nice tag line closer to the top. But it is really bushy up there. I can probably manage it but....
I'm nervous about the existing face cut. The bottom extends beyond top cut about 3" and is at a different angle. And about the back cut - he started about a foot high and angled down. It's actually coming close to the apex of the face cut but looks like it'll be a few inches too high.
And, no, I didn't get a pic, but I might be able to tomorrow.
On big drops, I cut a nice clean face and then the back cut, leave a hinge, get out of the way and pull it over.
I'm nervous, because I don't want to be dinking around cleaning up the face cut with an existing back cut that goes about 1/2 to 2/3 toward the face.
I will be getting a second opinion to see if it is do-able with tag line and wedges, or just get a crane.
Any comments?
I get the call and he says there is a rope in the tree.
I get there, it is a dead White Pine, about 50-60 feet tall.
It is about 20 feet from the house.
The first 20-25 feet of the trunk has a significant lean toward the house, then it straightens to a vertical - so it wants to go to the house.
At about 20 feet up, (probably the height of his ladder) is a "home depot" line. The line runs from the dead tree to a 3 inch maple on the other side of the yard.
now the good part - at about 6 feet from the ground (snowbank) there is a face cut and a back cut with a 3-4" hinge holding the tree. YIKES
I'm tempted to walk away from this one.
I'm thinking - use a throw bag/line to put a nice tag line closer to the top. But it is really bushy up there. I can probably manage it but....
I'm nervous about the existing face cut. The bottom extends beyond top cut about 3" and is at a different angle. And about the back cut - he started about a foot high and angled down. It's actually coming close to the apex of the face cut but looks like it'll be a few inches too high.
And, no, I didn't get a pic, but I might be able to tomorrow.
On big drops, I cut a nice clean face and then the back cut, leave a hinge, get out of the way and pull it over.
I'm nervous, because I don't want to be dinking around cleaning up the face cut with an existing back cut that goes about 1/2 to 2/3 toward the face.
I will be getting a second opinion to see if it is do-able with tag line and wedges, or just get a crane.
Any comments?