timberwolf
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Whats do you guys do with hang ups like this.
Was making some roads and cutting fire wood yesterday and was taking down a larger white ash about 15-16". The tree had a back lean on the trunk for the first 15 feet then the crown had enough of a front lean so it would fall ok. though I needed to go a little left to avoid another large ash about 40 feet away. as it started to fall it was going just a little to the right towards the other ash so I reacted and cut the back cut a little deeper on the left to hope to swing it, my bad, the tree just spun due to the crooked trunk and fell square into the fork of the other tree.
I tried to pull it back with the tractor, but the forks are locked together.
Option 1 is to leave it, safe but it is along a trail and also I dont like wasting wood.
Option 2 I had in mind was to notch the standing tree on the side towards the hung up tree and then pull the but of the hung tree with the tractor, I think it could be done fairly safely.
Option 3 I was thinking the standing tree could be fallen to the side taking the hung tree with it, looks workable but not quite so safe.
Any thought or sugestions?
Was making some roads and cutting fire wood yesterday and was taking down a larger white ash about 15-16". The tree had a back lean on the trunk for the first 15 feet then the crown had enough of a front lean so it would fall ok. though I needed to go a little left to avoid another large ash about 40 feet away. as it started to fall it was going just a little to the right towards the other ash so I reacted and cut the back cut a little deeper on the left to hope to swing it, my bad, the tree just spun due to the crooked trunk and fell square into the fork of the other tree.
I tried to pull it back with the tractor, but the forks are locked together.
Option 1 is to leave it, safe but it is along a trail and also I dont like wasting wood.
Option 2 I had in mind was to notch the standing tree on the side towards the hung up tree and then pull the but of the hung tree with the tractor, I think it could be done fairly safely.
Option 3 I was thinking the standing tree could be fallen to the side taking the hung tree with it, looks workable but not quite so safe.
Any thought or sugestions?