CurlyDave
Elite Member
This picture was taken with the camera held true horizontal & vertical. Yes the trees really do lean that much.
The one I am concerned about is the evergreen which has broken about 30" above the ground. It is about 40' tall, and at about 25' it has hung up on the branch of a live oak. It is about 10" in diameter at the break.
I have good access from the point where the picture was taken.
I need to clean out the fallen logs, and then dig a trench which will pass directly under the broken tree.
The reason for the trench is that there is a drainage ditch, just barely visible at the right hand edge of the picture. Right now water flows down the ditch and then under my propane tank (just beyond the left edge of the picture), eroding the gravel base it sits on.
About 20-30' behind the broken tree is a gully. If I can dig a trench to divert the water into the gully, I can stop the erosion.
While I could probably fit the tractor under the tree, I don't want to take the chance of it falling on the tractor while I am digging.
I am not very proficient at tree felling with a chainsaw, and this looks dangerous to me. Any good ideas?
The one I am concerned about is the evergreen which has broken about 30" above the ground. It is about 40' tall, and at about 25' it has hung up on the branch of a live oak. It is about 10" in diameter at the break.
I have good access from the point where the picture was taken.
I need to clean out the fallen logs, and then dig a trench which will pass directly under the broken tree.
The reason for the trench is that there is a drainage ditch, just barely visible at the right hand edge of the picture. Right now water flows down the ditch and then under my propane tank (just beyond the left edge of the picture), eroding the gravel base it sits on.
About 20-30' behind the broken tree is a gully. If I can dig a trench to divert the water into the gully, I can stop the erosion.
While I could probably fit the tractor under the tree, I don't want to take the chance of it falling on the tractor while I am digging.
I am not very proficient at tree felling with a chainsaw, and this looks dangerous to me. Any good ideas?