Green Acres Homestead
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- Kubota L4740 sold now have a new L2502 as off Jan 2023
Here is a 20 second video of my tractor hauling a trailer full of wood.
I have a bunch of dead stuff around like that maple. It's why I don't tramp around my property^^^^^
The problem I see isn't the tree you are concerned with. First you need to notice and deal with that dead maple just to the right of it.
There is a reason why those are called "Widowmakers".
If you aren't comfortable doing it you should call a fully insured professional. The price might seem high at first, but it's always cheaper than a funeral.
Edit; I wouldn't even consider hooking onto it with your tractor, unless you will be at least as far away as the tree is tall. (One reason that I like my winch.)
I might have another tree that would be a decent anchor point but it's 50yds or so away, then you'd have to come back toward the leaning tree and beyond to pull it upright. Lots of cable for that.If you think it will slide out of tree's it's wedged in, then at your house you might have a good anchor point (like another tree of good size) that a directional pulley could be attached to.
Then you should be able to pull in another direction.
I don't know if you were considering using cable or rope, but if it were me I'd be using 1/2" static rescue rope, a 4" diameter (minimum) pulley rated for the rope, and connection hardware that's also rated for the rope (all with a safety factor figured in).
I have these items available for me to use, others might have 5/16" or 3/8" cable.
KC
As I said before; that isn't the one which you need to worry about. It's hung in the other trees pretty good, and since it's a poplar will shed it's limbs then slowly deteriorate. The maple looks rotten and has been dead for a while, based on the lack of small limbs and the mushrooms on what's left of the bark. It's also free standing, and can come down in any direction, probably in large chunks.Maybe if I wait long enough it will decide for itself when to come down
you can hook a long chain to the bottom of the tree to the tractor and slide the bottom out until the tree top falls out of the other tree and slips down it to the ground. If doing that you have to make sure the tree is not wedged in the dirt and the top starts toppling over. I had that happen to me but luckily never hit the tractor.Can someone tell me how to safely take this tree down?
I think trying to use my FEL to move it, either from the top(ish) or bottom, would end badly for me or the tractor, or both.
Can't pull the base away from a distance because there is not enough room (house).
Can't just cut as it stands as far as I know because it could end up anywhere.
I don't really want to take down the stand it is leaning into (piece by piece).
It's broken at the base as far as I can tell.
I'm no expert, or even much of an amateur really.
It's about 8 to 10 inches diameter
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Some areas of my woods are dense, so I end up with this situation at times, just no clear spot to drop the tree into. I am cutting out the weaker, broken, or otherwise damaged trees, so they get hung up in the larger, healthy trees. My hope is to only have to do this now, thin the lot to where I can drop the larger trees later without damaging to many young ones.You cut 4 foots junks off the bottom until the bottom actually end up so close to the tree that it is hung in.
I said that for years... last year I finally broke down and bought one.Man I wish I had a sawmill!!
I was curious how you were doing with your mill... Now I know the answer is "not at all"!I said that for years... last year I finally broke down and bought one.
Now I’m saying “Man I wish that I had time to set up my sawmill!!!”
When I built my house with only a woodstove and no furnace, one of my good buddies asked me "so how many acres of trees do you need to clear each winter to heat it?". It was hard to wrap my head around his perception of firewood scale. Uh.... one big tree ought to do it, bud.Not really. With 200 acres, living where trees grow like weeds and trees grow big, it does not take more than a couple of trees to make enough for our winters.