How would you [safely] take down this tree?

[pmsmechanic]

While we are waiting for the tree to fall down here's a shooting story for you guys. My brother had asked the power company to remove a yard service pole and transformer. Ya ya they would come and do it. Meanwhile it was spring and the irrigation pivot couldn't irrigate because this power pole with a transformer on it was in the way. So my brother decided to remove the power pole himself. He shot off both the ground wire and the service wire right beside the next pole and pulled the yard service pole out of the ground with his front end loader. When the power company showed up several weeks later the power pole c/w transformer and wires was laying neatly on the ground for them to remove. Ya there were words and yes a letter was received about how dangerous it all was but in the end all that happened is that the power company was a lot more prompt about removing abandoned services.

 

[radios1]

Yea. I had a job for a while whose duties included shooting pine cones off of trees. Or the whole top if we wanted- the trees were not going to be used again in the program so it didn't matter if we damaged them. I was a pretty good shot with a rife then and it was still remarkably hard to do, and not really much quicker than climbing the tree like we normally did.

you do realize that a rifle round can travel more than a mile, and kill someone when it comes down, right?.:shocked:

 

[rekees4300]

you do realize that a rifle round can travel more than a mile, and kill someone when it comes down, right?.:shocked:

The title of this thread includes the word "safely". Those who speak of using firearms or explosives aren't being prudent. Wrong tools for a job could result in unintended consequences.

 

[4570Man]

The title of this thread includes the word "safely". Those who speak of using firearms or explosives aren't being prudent. Wrong tools for a job could result in unintended consequences.

A 12 gauge loaded with birdshot will only travel a couple hundred yards. That poses pretty much no risk assuming its safe for that distance.

 

[Skeans1]

The title of this thread includes the word "safely". Those who speak of using firearms or explosives aren't being prudent. Wrong tools for a job could result in unintended consequences.

Just curious how do you think hazard trees are removed from industrial settings? They blast them if they’re deemed to dangerous to fall that normally they’ll be dead old growth snags.

 

[rekees4300]

Just curious how do you think hazard trees are removed from industrial settings? They blast them if they’re deemed to dangerous to fall that normally they’ll be dead old growth snags.

That thought has NEVER crossed my mind. I assume the folks doing the blasting in industrial settings are professionals, therefore in that case the word "safely" would be true. However, the picture from the OP (an amateur) certainly doesn't look like an industrial setting so your analogy is apples-to-oranges.

 

[cqaigy2]

That thought has NEVER crossed my mind. I assume the folks doing the blasting in industrial settings are professionals, therefore in that case the word "safely" would be true. However, the picture from the OP (an amateur) certainly doesn't look like an industrial setting so your analogy is apples-to-oranges.

In an industrial setting, i'd just take the nearest loader and knock it down.

 

[rekees4300]

In an industrial setting, i'd just take the nearest loader and knock it down.

Yes with today's heavy duty machinery trees aren't much of an obstacle.

 

[Skeans1]

In an industrial setting, i'd just take the nearest loader and knock it down.

Yes with today's heavy duty machinery trees aren't much of an obstacle.

There’s still stuff too big and there’s places too steep to send a machine down even on a line.
One of the smaller snags that got left on that job.

 

[cqaigy2]

There’s still stuff too big and there’s places too steep to send a machine down even on a line.View attachment 656770
One of the smaller snags that got left on that job.

Sometimes nature is a viable option.

Or det cord and some nitroglycerin stick.