stumpjumper83
ArboristSite Operative
skidders
I've seen cable type log skidders do amazing stuff with their winches. Stuff like taking a weeping willow with a dbh of over three feet, a height of 60 feet, and lean of 25 degrees pulled 180 degrees opposite the lean. The skidder was a deere 350, not positive of the letter. We climbed the tree with a ladder to 25 or 30' and attached the choker. then cut the notch leaving a heavy hinge, then we reeved the deere up and pulled it over.
If it was my job to get that tree down, i'd take my chokers and go around all of it, maybe where the left lead has that nice branch comming off. When I notched it i'd do a bore cut to see if its hollow. Leave a heavy hinge and pull.... The cable should pull the two leads together before the hinge pivots allowing it to come over nice and tight. Something that might have to be seen firsthand to tell completely.
I've seen cable type log skidders do amazing stuff with their winches. Stuff like taking a weeping willow with a dbh of over three feet, a height of 60 feet, and lean of 25 degrees pulled 180 degrees opposite the lean. The skidder was a deere 350, not positive of the letter. We climbed the tree with a ladder to 25 or 30' and attached the choker. then cut the notch leaving a heavy hinge, then we reeved the deere up and pulled it over.
If it was my job to get that tree down, i'd take my chokers and go around all of it, maybe where the left lead has that nice branch comming off. When I notched it i'd do a bore cut to see if its hollow. Leave a heavy hinge and pull.... The cable should pull the two leads together before the hinge pivots allowing it to come over nice and tight. Something that might have to be seen firsthand to tell completely.