Best Way To Remove This Tree

[Thomas]

Morning Obed.
Good advice has been giving,also check the other trees for dead limb or branches in which the tree your cutting will fall into...also check trees after you fallen the tree for limbs and branches that might be hanging.

 

[Egon]

Fell the tree with a chainsaw, drag it away and then dig out the stump with the backhoe.

 

[weldingisfun]

Fell the tree with a chainsaw, drag it away and then dig out the stump with the backhoe.

I would do it Egon's way. But then, I'm familiar my chain saw, I respect it because I know it will hurt me and I have cut out many trees. For you, Obed, take Eddie's advise. Once you gain more experience, and you will by the looks of your property, you will become more confident. Just never forget ---SAFETY FIRST--- and remember, every piece of equipment you own will hurt you bad or worse if you become too comfortable with it.

 

[dirtworksequip]

Obed, since you don't have any experience start small and work your way up to the tree in question. I'm sure there are other smaller trees that you will need to take out on your road and property. Taking out some of the smaller trees first will give you some experience and confidence in how the whole process works. Above all use extreme caution and think out every move you make. Also figure out what reaction is ging to take place after your action. Clearing is very dangerous work and you need to excercise more caution doing this than most other task you will be doing with your tractor. A fraction of a second in carelessness can mean servere injury or death. Be safe!

 

[dillo99]

I would do it Egon's way too...but Eddie's way will work as well and it takes care of the stump at the same time. The important thing is that you have to feel safe and comfortable. With a little experience that tree is a pretty easy one to handle.

Here is a link to husqvarna's site with lots of chain saw technigue info including dropping trees.
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If you don't feel comfortable doing it (either way), then find a friend with some experience to show you the ropes first. Don't do anything you don't feel safe doing!

 

[IslandTractor]

Another vote for Egon's suggestion. That tree should be easy to drop with a chain saw and then you can dig out the stump with you BH. I would personally be wary of Eddie's way of digging it out unless you have experience doing that (which he does obviously). You are going to have to dig either way and it is safer to dig out a stump than have a 60 foot tree dangling over your head while you whittle away at the root system holding it in place.

The recent post on the safety thread by DDT has some links to safe tree cutting practices. Read them carefully and then just do it. No harm in rigging a safety line to put a little tension on the tree in the direction you expect it to fall either.

 

[SPYDERLK]

[B]Quote from EddieWalker:[/B]  You have the ultimate tree remover. Your backhoe.
I've taken out hundreds and hundreds of trees with it

Thanks Eddie! Good description of experience. Valuable to me.
Larry

 

[DmansPadge]

Done right... Eddie's way is safer than it sounds. It is also much easier. Those stumps come out a lot easier when you have the weight of the tree to work with.

 

[Timber]

OK so you don't want to leave the ground but you want to control the fall. I can not see the top but there must be part of a branch on it some were. You need rope in 2 sizes. A thin line with a Wt on it like a padlock works well on 1 end.Tie your heavier rope to the other end. Now throw the weighted end into the tree and pull the heavier rope through. Now tie it off with a slip knot and tie the other end to your Pickup. Now be sure you have enough line. Now make your cuts high as comfortable. On the fall side cut 2/3 the way through and do not pin your bar. on the back side cut 3 inches higher 1/2 way through. Now go to your Pick up and pull it over. Now you have enough trunk to knock around as you dig with your hoe. Looks like an easy days work to me including clean up

 

[turnkey4099]

Looks like about a 12" diameter, no real lean, nothing but some other small trees to damage. Read up on falling techniques and do it that way. Undercut (v-notch) about 1/3 way through, back cut carefully so you don't go too far, insert wedges and as soon as the tree begins to move, beat feet.
Get well away. I have seen tree butts bounce 20 feet in the air.

That tree is about the right size for a beinning faller as it has enough diameter to give you something to work with. If you can get high enough and are uncertain about what you are doing you can anchor it back to another tree to insure that it can only fall towards the notch but I wouldn't bother (but then I have been falling firewood trees, big ones, for over 30 years). If you do anchor it, use a _good_ anchor, not a hunk of rope that has been laying around the shop a year or two. Best is cable and 3/16 or 1/4 is not all that spending considering safey.

Leave a high stump so you have a bit of leverage when digging the stump out.

Leave your tractor well clear. You do _not_ want to see it being a prop for a fallen tree!

The suggestions for having a buddy do the falling are good ones. Nothing like seeing a demonstration of a technique you have read up on.

Harry K