zogger
Tree Freak
Note: I am not going to take this down, this is just an intellectual exercise, a "what if" deal, to help me learn. I don't need this down, but it is a nice puzzler for me. The tree itself is most of the way up a pretty steep slope. natural and decent lean is uphill towards the light. It is close enough to the top that if it was straight felled the natural lean way it would mash the fence along the dirt road, so that's out. Downhill against the lean is a lot more open, not perfect, but looks doable..except for the widowmaker hung above. I just do not want to cut that with that thing overhead..nope. It looks to still be attached a little at the tree and is wedged good at the tree next to it. OK...if you had no big equipment to get there, no long cable to pull it down, etc, how would you go about getting this down, the widowmaker and the tree itself. Though I guess once the branch is down just wedges and fell it.
thoughts that went through my head
Go to hollywood, track down that back pack electric chaingun used in the movie Predator..and have at it from a safe distance..that might work..well, hellllya it would work..fun, too
climb tree, hack away at it with my black and decker cordless jigsaw with the aggressive six inch ultra ripper blade...
hmmm, seem to have run outta ideas
If I had a long enough cable, I could rope it up over that, run it down the hill and snatch it down with the tractor..but I don't. So, how to do this cut? If it makes any diff, this is pointy leaf oak, I am guessing red oak, real common here. Nice split trunk, beefy enough tree, you can see some scale in the pics with one of the dogs next to it. Pic six shows it wedged at the other tree, the Y goes on both sides. The branch is about guessing four inches thick at that y where it is caught.
I'd take it if it was easier for the wood, but I have so much to choose from this one can just hang naturally for a spell. Just wondering if I ever really have to do one like this.
thoughts that went through my head
Go to hollywood, track down that back pack electric chaingun used in the movie Predator..and have at it from a safe distance..that might work..well, hellllya it would work..fun, too
climb tree, hack away at it with my black and decker cordless jigsaw with the aggressive six inch ultra ripper blade...
hmmm, seem to have run outta ideas
If I had a long enough cable, I could rope it up over that, run it down the hill and snatch it down with the tractor..but I don't. So, how to do this cut? If it makes any diff, this is pointy leaf oak, I am guessing red oak, real common here. Nice split trunk, beefy enough tree, you can see some scale in the pics with one of the dogs next to it. Pic six shows it wedged at the other tree, the Y goes on both sides. The branch is about guessing four inches thick at that y where it is caught.
I'd take it if it was easier for the wood, but I have so much to choose from this one can just hang naturally for a spell. Just wondering if I ever really have to do one like this.