LostInTheWoods
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I've been given an approx 35-40' cherry (yea me!) that is somewhat dead at the top and leaning over. I was going to fell it this weekend. Literally the only thing in the way of the fall path was a port-o-pot and I have moved that (no there was no one in it at the time). But, as my luck would have it, the builder had the dumptster removed yesterday and a empty one delivered yesterday. Partially in the fall path.
So, if I look at it from one direction it looks like it will fall right over the middle of the dumpster, this is one of those long ones, maybe 20' used for construction site waste. If I look at the lean from a different direction it looks like it might just miss the thing.
Question: is there a method by which I can cut this thing to make it fall where I want? Will ropes help? I think I only need to influence it, in the fall, 15-20 degrees (side to side) in the way it is leaning. The lean (standing) is at about 75-80 degrees from standing directly up. Thoughts?
I've been given an approx 35-40' cherry (yea me!) that is somewhat dead at the top and leaning over. I was going to fell it this weekend. Literally the only thing in the way of the fall path was a port-o-pot and I have moved that (no there was no one in it at the time). But, as my luck would have it, the builder had the dumptster removed yesterday and a empty one delivered yesterday. Partially in the fall path.
So, if I look at it from one direction it looks like it will fall right over the middle of the dumpster, this is one of those long ones, maybe 20' used for construction site waste. If I look at the lean from a different direction it looks like it might just miss the thing.
Question: is there a method by which I can cut this thing to make it fall where I want? Will ropes help? I think I only need to influence it, in the fall, 15-20 degrees (side to side) in the way it is leaning. The lean (standing) is at about 75-80 degrees from standing directly up. Thoughts?