seeking suggestions for tree removal...

[/pine]

Can you float it?? We removed a tree (probably about 3/4 size of yours) a few years back by using straps and plastic 50 gallon drums. Once we got it off the bottom....we pulled it to shore and cut it in shorter pieces. We then winched the pieces up the bank. Worked for us.....good luck.

I've not ruled out using some big tire tubes and trying to float it...but I think the canopy end of the tree (larger limbs) may be a problem...but if I could float the trunk to the surface I may be able to cut it down to manageable size pieces...

 

[jerrybob]

I've not ruled out using some big tire tubes and trying to float it...but I think the canopy end of the tree (larger limbs) may be a problem...but if I could float the trunk to the surface I may be able to cut it down to manageable size pieces...

Even if you can get it up off the bottom....doesn't take much....you might have some luck pulling it to shore. I agree those longer limbs will need to come off but if you can get even a little lift.....you can roll it and remove some of the limbs. The drums worked for us but we needed quite a few......like 10 or 12. Luckily.....a buddy had the drums.

 

[MossRoad]

That's a really nice looking place you've got there. :thumbsup:

Winch and cables is going to be your best option. Don't forget that you can use straps to temporarily put pulleys on trees near the bank and not harm the tree bark. That may make it easier for you to get closer than you think you can.

What ever you decide to do... take pictures. We love this stuff! :fishing:

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Don't re invent the wheel , just throw a chain around it with a snatch block tie off one end to that tree I see there and the other to your truck hitch and pull it out you could be done in 1/2 an hour or talk about it for weeks

 

[KTurner]

My first inclination is to get a pneumatic chainsaw and cut it into manageable size pieces and drag or winch it out in pieces...but I doubt I can find/rent a pneumatic saw within 100 miles of here...

How about using a man powered saw? You could do a awful lot of sawing by hand in the time it would take you to go get that pneumatic saw and return it.

Keith

 

[Ted Summey]

Seems that you have a couple of trees big enough to attach a block and tackle to. With a 4 to 1 or 5 to 1 advantage you should be able to use a tractor to pull the tree to the bank and up enough to cut the thing into sections that can be removed.

No matter what you plan it looks like somebody is gonna get wet

 

[MarkV]

I think I would wait until the water was lower and cut it up with my regular chainsaw. They cut ice with a chainsaw all the time so as long as you have a long enough bar to reach the tree at low water you will be fine.

MarkV

 

[MotorSeven]

That's a really nice looking place you've got there. :thumbsup:

Winch and cables is going to be your best option. Don't forget that you can use straps to temporarily put pulleys on trees near the bank and not harm the tree bark. That may make it easier for you to get closer than you think you can.

What ever you decide to do... take pictures. We love this stuff! :fishing:

This is what I would do. I have to get into my creek all the time to cut up snags and yours is how they start, one long tree, then everything piles up against it. Before you know it the creek says,"I'm going around this thing" and cuts a new creek in my pasture.

Dump out your bar oil, & put Canola Oil in your chainsaw oil reservoir. The Canola works fine for bar lube while you cut the tree up and yes you can stick your bar under water(not the powerhead) and it will cut. When your all finished, dump out the Canola and replace with bar oil, then run the saw until the bar oil is back on the chain. Canola left in the saw for too long will congeal and clog the oil pump.

 

[Piperflyer]

This is the way to go

I think I would wait until the water was lower and cut it up with my regular chainsaw. They cut ice with a chainsaw all the time so as long as you have a long enough bar to reach the tree at low water you will be fine.

MarkV

 

[rekees4300]

The best way to eat an elephant is one piece at a time. Wait until summer for the water to go down then simply use a chainsaw to cut it into manageable pieces.