JHTFarmer
Silver Member
Properly done with a chainsaw, that tree would
have been safely down hours before nightfall.
have been safely down hours before nightfall.
Hi Eddie .. I have many hours on a back hoe although I no longer own one. Not near as many hours as you probably have. Now .. please read Obed's postings again or see my post #70 in this thread where I quote Obed. The tree felling was a surprise according to him.EddieWalker said:You have twice said that the tree removal with the backhoe did not go as the operator had hoped. Would you be so kind as to explain what happened that brought you to this conclusion?
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DAP said:Hi Eddie .. I have many hours on a back hoe although I no longer own one. Not near as many hours as you probably have. Now .. please read Obed's postings again or see my post #70 in this thread where I quote Obed. The tree felling was a surprise according to him.
The point is an issue of safety, efficiency and enjoyment .. in that order. Cutting corners when dealing with trees is asking for a bad afternoon, thats my point, zall.
Peace friend.
JasonL said:One other note of caution! Different species of trees obviously have different root sytems. The trees I removed were mostly ash, cherry, and hackberry. The cherry were the easiest to remove and I didn't do as much digging on them before attempting to push them over.
I would suppose different soil types would also affect how well rooted the tree is also.
Jason
DAP said:In fact, this did not go at all like the operator had hoped, planned for or counted on. I'll say he even was lucky he was not seriously hurt given what he claims actually happened.