Minnesota,Wisconsin,Iowa, Dakotas GTG's thread

[GM_Grimmy]

So?

5+ hours one way, I'd have to leave here at 3am. I can't leave the day before cause I'm busy. You coming to drive for me and haul my splitter up and back? I'd love to be there, but I didn't see this date soon enough and I got things I'm trying to get done before winter hits.

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[Homelite410]

So?

Hi Steve..... Don't be a d i c k....... [emoji8]

 

[sarahdodgegeek]

Careful with the ladders!

I hear ya. We're not big ladder fans.. But all went swimmingly. Here's a couple more pics, and I've got a video from both directions..

Trying to select just the right saw... It's a big decision

 

[sarahdodgegeek]

Couple more pics
The wedge cut...

Winch to tree for good measure

And... The videos - one from the south side, one from the north/northwest

 

[sarahdodgegeek]

Here's the saw that ended up making the cut- the 2101's chain was a little grabbier than desired, so he switched it to the stumpbroke dolkita

Then some fun cutting it all up. Noodled the full length of this big branch.

Then got Dieselfitter going on it with another branch

 

[sarahdodgegeek]

Finished off with a cute decoration made from some of the cookies. [emoji2]

 

[andydodgegeek]

Careful with the ladders!

I did not appreciate how bad things could go with a tree and a ladder until I warched murphy4trees video:


Now, if I can't reach it with a pole saw . . . .

Philbert

Nonsense. Ladders are always safe. I usually like to set my ladder up on top of something else, like the rack of the four wheeler or on the tailgate of the Jeep. It's fun to take chances sometime.

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[wendell]

Hi Steve..... Don't be a d i c k....... [emoji8]

Hi, Mike. "I have a potty mouth"

 

[hoskvarna]

Couple more pics
The wedge cut...

Winch to tree for good measure

And... The videos - one from the south side, one from the north/northwest

Nice winch rig too

 

[Philbert]

Trying to select just the right saw... It's a big decision

That's a real 'decision tree'!

Nonsense. Ladders are always safe. I usually like to set my ladder up on top of something else, like the rack of the four wheeler or on the tailgate of the Jeep.

It's spelled D-A-R-W-I-N . . . .

Philbert

 

[Dave25]

Sense the subject right now seems to be ladders and tree felling... Has anyone ever used a bottle jack to drop a tree?
I am by no means an experience tree feller but I have fell quite a few before, I just have a huge oak to drop on my property and was just wondering how the bottle jack way works if anyone has done it before. Or if I should stay away from felling it this way.

 

[Dave25]

Sense the subject right now seems to be ladders and tree felling... Has anyone ever used a bottle jack to drop a tree?
I am by no means an experience tree feller but I have fell quite a few before, I just have a huge oak to drop on my property and was just wondering how the bottle jack way works if anyone has done it before. Or if I should stay away from felling it this way.

Since*

 

[tree monkey]

Sense the subject right now seems to be ladders and tree felling... Has anyone ever used a bottle jack to drop a tree?
I am by no means an experience tree feller but I have fell quite a few before, I just have a huge oak to drop on my property and was just wondering how the bottle jack way works if anyone has done it before. Or if I should stay away from felling it this way.

yes, you need a large, thick plate top and bottom of the jack. 50 ton or bigger depending on size and lean of tree.

 

[Dave25]

yes, you need a large, thick plate top and bottom of the jack. 50 ton or bigger depending on size and lean of tree.

Yes I kind of figured just what you said. I say its 4' round at bottom and 60' tall or so. Leans a little bit

 

[BugaBoots]

Why not remove it from the top down?


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[Dave25]

Why not remove it from the top down?


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Besides hanging out in tree forts, I usually stay out of trees. Not saying I wouldn't do that, but I don't have climbing equipment.

 

[Dave25]

here's the tree.

 

[svk]

Is there something behind the camera that prevents you from felling it notmally?

 

[mortalitool]

Do you have felling wedges? I'd let er buk. Drop that sum beetch.

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[Dave25]

Nope, its leaning to the right, I'm just nervous of the limbs on the left. It's in the woods, I'm dropping one tree for sure so it doesn't get hung up in but otherwise its clear. This is by far the biggest tree I will fell, but to you guys its probably not a big deal. Lol