Pine trees died

[MillWeld]

Falling dead branches are widow makers and chain sawing sets up enough vibration to encourage a fall. I am involved with the removal of a similar dead pine. It is 38" diameter and leaning the wrong way and we want it as a saw log. I had another sawyer friend look at it and here is the plan: the tree will be climbed and limbed and topped by a tree removal service. A rope/cable will be tied around the stump about 60 feet up. My friend will bring his bulldozer to the site to place a preload on the stump to encourage it to fall where we want it while it is cut at the base. He is quite experienced in this and specializes in large trees and although this is small to him, it has a lean, there is a propane tank and barn nearby so planning, equipment and skills are required. Unless you have similar equipment and friends who are experienced in this pay a tree removal service to remove it.
Bob

 

[teg]

...How long do I have before it would be too dangerous to climb it to tie the rope off, before it gets too rotten?

Again, it depends on where you are... the more north, the slower it rots. Down south, branches start dropping at 6 months.

I dropped six dead trees for a friend who waited way too long... the first one leaned towards his house. I was happy after it was on the ground. He had two that were dead a couple of years. I just leaned a ladder on them and tied off a good size rope, both wobbled as you climbed up. :shocked::confused2: When cutting the 100' pine, only 7" of the 28" diameter tree had any "real" wood left. I had to turn that one 90*. When it hit the ground, it exploded into millions of pieces.

My assumption was if I was only helping him and something went wrong... that his home owners insurance would take care of it (minus deductible). I only do this for "fun" now and only for friends (I used to do it for money.)

 

[weesa20]

Trees like this belong in the woods not in a yard.

Hire some one. My would by B-i-L got killed almost exactly 2 years ago today dropping a 30' pine in his yard (3 weeks before our wedding- we were in the wedding photographer's office when we found out- very sad) . He was a civil engineer but didn't have any experience in felling trees. Tried to tie it off and things went very badly. Just hire some- your life is not worth the few hundreds bucks it will cost.

 

[Piston]

Don't forget to let us know how you make out :thumbsup:

I'm sure you'll take pics and post them for us as well, so thanks in advance

 

[Bobby R]

Very sorry to hear the sad story about your brother in law. Thank you for sharing that with me. It surely will help me decide which route to take.

 

[5030]

Again, it depends on where you are... the more north, the slower it rots. Down south, branches start dropping at 6 months.

I dropped six dead trees for a friend who waited way too long... the first one leaned towards his house. I was happy after it was on the ground. He had two that were dead a couple of years. I just leaned a ladder on them and tied off a good size rope, both wobbled as you climbed up. :shocked::confused2: When cutting the 100' pine, only 7" of the 28" diameter tree had any "real" wood left. I had to turn that one 90*. When it hit the ground, it exploded into millions of pieces.

My assumption was if I was only helping him and something went wrong... that his home owners insurance would take care of it (minus deductible). I only do this for "fun" now and only for friends (I used to do it for money.)

Don't count on it. Contractural liability is a sore point with insurers. A falling tree can do a lot of collteral damage, real fast.

Between the Workers Comp and the liability insurance, a large chunk of my operating expense went to those quarterly payments.

 

[BeezFun]

I'm not sure about the height of them, I said a hundred feet high or more, but that may not be accurate as I'm not too good at judgings heights when it gets over "people heights."

Men always imagine things are bigger than they really are

The trees have only been turned brown about two weeks so they've not started rotting yet. How long do I have before it would be too dangerous to climb it to tie the rope off, before it gets too rotten?

How do you know they're even dead? Evergreens go through cycles where every number of years they turn very brown and drop a lot of needles. Not sure why but many species do it.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Probably more like 60 feet and that's probably stretching it a bit.

Yeah, we had a tree that seemed large, but once it was down, it was measured to be about 35'. :laughing:

 

[LBrown59]

I'm sure that's good advice to get someone with the equipment and knowledge to do it.
I was just wondering if the job was as big and dangerous as I thought it might be.
Thanks to all of you!

Trees like this belong in the woods not in a yard.

 

[Carl_NH]

Trees like this belong in the woods not in a yard.

Is this all you can offer? Twice none the less. I understand houses dont choose trees people do.