Good ay Men.
Appreciate y’all letting me in the group. I do get a lot of information here y’all are incredibly knowledgeable. So I’ve got probably 30 pine trees in a stand that runs down one side of my property. I had 45 or so but I’ve taken 16 or so down over the past couple years. These are relatively healthy trees but they have lived their lives and I’ve got to remove them. The ones close to any structures I always rent a lift and get up around 55 feet and take the top 60-70 feet out first and it has worked well. Im fixin to do a bunch more soon. My question is this…. I’ve got 1 in the back yard that has suddenly started a hard lean to the N.E and right towards the back corner of my neighbors house. My wife was gettin out of her car the other day and heard a crack like when a tree finally breaks over when you are cutting it down. When I got home and she told me that’s what I found was this tree leaning so much that I was instantly rattled. So I got my extension ladder and put a chain and come a long approximately 20’ up in large tree that is to the S.W. about 25’ and also in the leaner at the same height and I’ve got tension on it. Not a lot, like I did not want to lift it and make it more unstable and cause it to fall. I really need this tree to fall to the S.E. To not cause any damage. I will have the lift by Friday and that will let me get 55’ up. If I attach a pulling rope at that height and run to a pulley chained into another tree about 45’ south and then pull on said rope with a winch or my truck towards the N.W. this tree should pull down fairly easy I’m thinking. Even if I have to cut a couple roots on the opposite side. But if for some reason it won’t pull, how far down below my rope at 55’ should I drop to make my cuts, or should I just plan to cut it on the ground if it won’t pull over. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help with knowledge.
Appreciate y’all letting me in the group. I do get a lot of information here y’all are incredibly knowledgeable. So I’ve got probably 30 pine trees in a stand that runs down one side of my property. I had 45 or so but I’ve taken 16 or so down over the past couple years. These are relatively healthy trees but they have lived their lives and I’ve got to remove them. The ones close to any structures I always rent a lift and get up around 55 feet and take the top 60-70 feet out first and it has worked well. Im fixin to do a bunch more soon. My question is this…. I’ve got 1 in the back yard that has suddenly started a hard lean to the N.E and right towards the back corner of my neighbors house. My wife was gettin out of her car the other day and heard a crack like when a tree finally breaks over when you are cutting it down. When I got home and she told me that’s what I found was this tree leaning so much that I was instantly rattled. So I got my extension ladder and put a chain and come a long approximately 20’ up in large tree that is to the S.W. about 25’ and also in the leaner at the same height and I’ve got tension on it. Not a lot, like I did not want to lift it and make it more unstable and cause it to fall. I really need this tree to fall to the S.E. To not cause any damage. I will have the lift by Friday and that will let me get 55’ up. If I attach a pulling rope at that height and run to a pulley chained into another tree about 45’ south and then pull on said rope with a winch or my truck towards the N.W. this tree should pull down fairly easy I’m thinking. Even if I have to cut a couple roots on the opposite side. But if for some reason it won’t pull, how far down below my rope at 55’ should I drop to make my cuts, or should I just plan to cut it on the ground if it won’t pull over. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help with knowledge.