TJP89
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Was a bit strange to pass over the Mississippi River last week in MN...It was this tiny stream winding through a marsh that barely merited a bridge! I actually looked at a map to make sure it was the same river.
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Was a bit strange to pass over the Mississippi River last week in MN...It was this tiny stream winding through a marsh that barely merited a bridge! I actually looked at a map to make sure it was the same river.
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Obed
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You weren't far from my old stomping grounds. Yes, it is a beautiful area. Interestingly enough, growing up, I didn't appreciate what an incredible outdoors mecca the Cumberland Plateau is. I figured it out though after I moved away. I spent 20 years trying to get back.
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Obed
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Obed was the name of King David's grandfather in the Bible.
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Obed
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Now that I can post pictures, continuing where I left off...
I removed what limbs I safely could from the top of the leaning tree.
I then tried to cut the trunk about 10 feet from the root ball thinking the tree would fall to the ground. Nothing doing. The angular force of the top of the tree just pushed the two pieces of the trunk together. In fact, the tree trunk started raising, not falling. Next step - go watch youtube to get some instruction on how to bring down a tree leaning against another tree.
buckeyefarmer
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Is it cut enough to put a chain around and pull it at the cut?
TJP89
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Couldn't you just continue cutting down from the top? That seems like it would cut through without pinching the bar. Once it's free, it may come loose. Then again without seeing the whole scene, I can't judge that well. I just had a similar situation, but when the tree went up, it pinched the bar really good. By the time I got the saw out with the backup, I had minor damage to the saw and was done for the night. Next time I went out the wind had done the work for me, snapping the last little bit, thus knocking the pieces clear and pulling the top down. My plan for freeing the tree would have involved pushing or pulling with the tractor from a safe direction if not distance.
clemsonfor
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cut from the bottom up it will split apart and the two pieces will fall down. I do it all the time as i am sure you have too on a smaller scale when cutting any wood under tension laying on the ground or held up by branches.
TJP89
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looks like it's bending up, so cutting from underneath would pinch the bar.
buckeyefarmer
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obed, Did you ever get that tree down?
clemsonfor
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if what you say is true your correct. He needs a bow bar
I didnt look at the pic slose enough and blow it up i guess?
