Taking down trees with tractor help

[Marlowe]

Sometimes, in the excitement to use our tractors, we press them into uses for which they were not designed, and ill qualified. They are not meant to push down timber. The stuff we should use to direct timber is inert equipment which if the timber goes the wrong way, no big deal. A tractor requires an operator. If the timber goes the wrong way, more than just a tractor suffers. A come along is cheap, works better, and usually survives a tree falling on it.

 

[Egon]

It all depends on the tree size and the tractor size.

There have been many acres of land cleared by dozers.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

I also saw that show 'way back when'. Probably won't find it in the rental shops so will be looking in amazon for it.

The show is to be a series like the 'ice road truckers' last year. Eagerly awating Mar 9.

Harry K

Just a reminder to those that posted on this thread awhile back that the show Ax men is supposed to be on I believe the 9th. One post said the 10. And don't forget Daylights saving time in a town near you this weekend.
Jim

 

[Bedlam]

wow thanks
The History Channel - Home Page

 

[accordionman]

SIR,
i have used my tractor to take down trees. i use a
long rope, and pull the tree in the direction i want it to
fall. this is safer than pushing the tree. you just want to
make sure the rope is long enough to give you, and the
tractor a safe distance when it falls.
good luck.
accordionman

 

[CurlyDave]

I have had very good success with live oaks (Why they are called "live" when they drop dead branches all the time is a great mystery) by waiting until spring putting, a long chain high on the tree and then pulling them over without making any cuts at all. The roots do not seem to be strongly bound in the earth, and they come over easily in wet ground.

I took two of them down in the area of my driveway where I store my trailer about a week ago. No more branches falling on it & trying to poke holes in the roof.

The larger one was about 35-40' high and about 12" across at the base.

 

[patrick_g]

I have had very good success with live oaks (Why they are called "live" when they drop dead branches all the time is a great mystery) by waiting until spring putting, a long chain high on the tree and then pulling them over without making any cuts at all. The roots do not seem to be strongly bound in the earth, and they come over easily in wet ground.

I took two of them down in the area of my driveway where I store my trailer about a week ago. No more branches falling on it & trying to poke holes in the roof.

The larger one was about 35-40' high and about 12" across at the base.

Curly Dave, You ain't seen nothin' till you observe the eucalyptus trees. They have deciduous limbs. They drop huge limbs with little or no warning and have crushed cars and caused injuries. SOCAL is covered the with darned things which were imported from Austrailia by RR intrerests to be used as a fast growing source of RR ties. Unfortunately the wood wouldn't hold spikes so they were not used and the state is now littered by the folly.

Pat

 

[chatcher]

Once in a fit of stupidity I used the loader bucket to push over a long dead tree of about 15" diameter. In my defense there weren't any upper branches left on it. It went down really easily as the front of my tractor was lifted up by the root ball. I was lucky, once is enough, never again, etc.

 

[Danno1]

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Chuck,

Long dead, no upper branches means that part of the upper trunk could've come down on you. You're right, you were lucky!

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[chatcher]

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Chuck,

Long dead, no upper branches means that part of the upper trunk could've come down on you. You're right, you were lucky!

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Just for the record, that's not the stupidest thing I ever did. But I better not say any more...