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[MikeD74T]

Egon, You're doubt is making my point exactly. I'd be less than 5 minutes putting all three on the ground as I expect would Treemonkey. The fact that you're unsure makes me advise that you find someone with more experience & watch them from a safe distance & you will thus become more experienced & less subject to undo risk.
When I was referring to bucket truck/crane use I was thinking very high stumps with high risk of colateral damage. Neither is apparent in your pictures.
Should you decide to try your hand: on the two smaller trees make small cuts on the outside of the curve, nicks really. The way & speed with which the cut opens or does not will give indication of stresses & likely reaction. Stand 90 degrees from that direction& work the saw at arms length. On the larger tree there's a lot of untensioned wood that can be easily removed.Then notch at 90 degrees to the lie, again slow small cuts to gauge response, & push/pull/let it fall it over sideways. You could even pretension with a com-a-long although I probably wouldn't from what I see. Wish I were closer, I'd cut them just to show how it can be done safely. MikeD74t

 

[Egon]

Egon, You're doubt is making my point exactly. I'd be less than 5 minutes putting all three on the ground as I expect would Treemonkey. The fact that you're unsure makes me advise that you find someone with more experience & watch them from a safe distance & you will thus become more experienced & less subject to undo risk.

You fellows like working under widow makes it sounds like.

I don't!

I did find someone with more experience and did get advice. Some folks around here make a living in the woods.

The pictures did not show all the trees involved.

 

[Oldchuck]

The worst advice I've heard in this thread is to notch & come back tomorrow.

Also disagree. Dead trees and branches are coming down all the time in the woods. The odds of someone being under one while randomly walking around is slight to non existent unless your tree is in the middle of town. Better to let the wind work than taking a frustrated risk or pointlessly spending a lot of money.

 

[kthompson]

I have cut hung up trees a few times and find planned path out is first. Second is willingness to leave saw or allow it to be damaged if need to for you to remain clear. Agree with the pros here, I will only tackle one I can study and feel very comfortable with cutting. Then find cutting slowly for me works good to watch the tree tell you what it wants to do. All that has been said. Want to see the real pros do this, watch Axe Men on TV. No one can out run them jumping over trees and such to escape such. They really don't impress me as they dive for cover. Understand the need for speed but speed kills.

The reason I was posted was the concept of limbs fall and people don't get hit often by them so why not cut a tree part the way and leave it to fall on it's own. Simple issue there, your cutting the tree shows you know there is a dangerous situation and you have left it or allowed it to remain with no warning. Sort of like a tree blowing over in a storm and hitting a neighbors house. A live tree one issue, one the bark is off of and has been like that for years in full view totally different issue. You have a responsibility to take care of the dead tree because it is a known danger or hazard.

 

[jimmyj]

I think it is OK to notch and walk provided you know nobody is going to be in the area and it is private property or such. I have not ever had to do that though. Trees that are too nasty looking, I just leave to their own devices unless they are a threat to property, animals, people. We have had to chain and pull a few really nasty ones - only once or twice. I basically won't touch a tree I worry is beyond my skill.

 

[slaveToHorses]

I pushed one over with my tractor bucket once...won't do that again...bad idea...I got lucky.
Treemonkey is right on with the slingshot cable. His idea about the cable leash is very clever. I never thought about that one.
I have had one barber chair on me. Scared the crap out of me. No time to move out of the way. It happened fast.
Never try and cut the tree that it is hung up in. That's just has to be the most dangerous choice.

 

[deereman64]

It finally came down in the storms last week.

 

[johnk]

Amen to that..

 

[2manyrocks]

Yipee!

 

[Oldchuck]

Not surprised.