Need help with a broke tree

[RAYINTOMBALL]

Dont know if this is the right place to put this but I know there are a lot of tree cutters out there. Wind blew this pin oak over and I am not real sure how to take it down. I limbed it and hooked my 40hp tractor to it but it didnt budge, grounds too wet. I have a neighbor who has a 97hp tractor will try and get him to atempt to pull it down but there is a lot hold wood at the top as you can see in the pic. Right now I dont have many ideas on how to complete this, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

The break is about 15 foot above ground level, thanks again.

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[clearance]

Get someone who is experienced. If you must do it yourself, start at the top, cutting carefully and watching. There is a lot of wieght and stored pressure there, things can happen awfull quick, it takes know how to "read" these things.

 

[RAYINTOMBALL]

Thanks clearance. Yeah this thing is really loaded at the break.:jawdrop:

 

[ray benson]

Blew the third pic up a bit.

 

[Dadatwins]

Get someone who is experienced. If you must do it yourself, start at the top, cutting carefully and watching. There is a lot of wieght and stored pressure there, things can happen awfull quick, it takes know how to "read" these things.

Exactly and please remove the youngster from anywhere near the broken and hanging dangerous tree.

 

[avalancher]

I would be really careful with that one. I took down an identical situation a number of years ago when hurrican Ivan blew into Mobile Alabama. I limbed the whole thing, then started on the main trunk down at the base. When that thing cut loose, it shot into the air,rolled over my head by ten feet or so like a rocket, and slammed into the ground mere inches from where I was standing. I spent the next half hour sitting on the stump trying to figure out how to breathe again. I would have optioned to start at the far end, but it had tangled in some other trees that the landowner did not want touched, and I really did not have a lot of choice. It is astonishing how much tension can really be loaded into a piece of wood! Thing acted like it was made of rubber, and it was a lesson that I have never forgotten.
Take it easy, make sure you have a clear escape path with nothing to trip over, and make sure you have more than one way to run in case you have to. If you are going to attach a tractor to it to get it to land the way you want to, make sure you have LOTS of chain or cable to keep the tractor more than a safe distance from the tree, they can travel a long ways when they pop loose.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

Exactly and please remove the youngster from anywhere near the broken and hanging dangerous tree.

Yep. There's a LOT of stored energy there, and there's no way of knowing when it will let loose, or where it will go when it does.

 

[Zodiac45]

That's a son of a gun Ray. It broke slightly out of reach yet still has significant holding wood at the break.

I think I would face it as low as I could 90 degrees too the direction of the blowover.(still looks quite strong in the stump), then hook the tractor up and just take the slack out of the cable/chain towards the face, then back cut it with that slight bit of pressure. You could back cut it too a decent hinge, clear the area, then tug it over.

 

[Ken05]

Maybe get a box of hollow points for your 30 cal rifle. At least you could cut it down from a safe distance. Provided of course there is nothing behind the target. Just a thought.
It would be fun.

 

[peterrum]

Detcord around the base or the break and blow it up.

 

[tomtrees58]

man dont listen to these nuts call and arborist this is a simple removal tom trees

 

[reaperman]

Its a big tree for sure. I wouldnt hesitate to cut what you can on the ground. Get some weight off for sure. Then take your tractor and chain, or if you have access to a big nylon strap (at least 3" wide) and pull the remainder of the tree sideways. I have done this many times using only my bobcat to push the tree sideways to until she finally gives up. It is much easier if none of the dragging on the ground. If you chain or strap, make sure you do so on the very end of the tree to obtain all of the leverage you can. Good luck, you will get it down without too much trouble.