tree removal

[CurlyDave]

radioman is right.

The trick to pulling over trees is water.

When a tree and its rootball fall over in a storm, it is always in wet weather. The ground is muddy, and it is easy to pull the roots out of the mud.

Attach a chain or bull rope as far up the trunk as feasible. Use nails to hold the rope or chain in place. For a 40' oak I usually go up about 10'. If you use your tractor, be certain that the chain is longer than the height of the tree. If you don't know how to do this, ask.

Soak the area around the tree as deep as you can, a hole is helpful, but not absolutely necessary. Once you have it good and soaked, pull on it.

 

[20 20]

I know it was a rant but it is total BS. One reason that people move to the woods is to get away from people like you telling them how to treat THEIR forest. If you want a forest of your own then buy one or go "take a hike" in a wilderness area.

For starters you don't know me nor squat about me so keep your opinion to yourself. I have NEVER ONCE TOLD ANYONE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LAND !!!!!!!! I made a simple comment about something and then clarified why, get off your high horse.

]I like to be surrounded by forest, but not to live in the forest. The way to do this is to buy a large forest and then cut out your slice of heaven in the middle. The OWNER gets to decide how much cleared area he wants and how much forest he wants.

Be kinda funny if walmart bought right next to ya :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

 

[20 20]

It's a tangent to your points but how about sprawl. Cut down all the trees, level all the topography and build hundreds of houses on flat land with no trees and then name the streets "Elm hill" and "Maple Lane"......:confused2:

:thumbsup::laughing:

 

[retiredmgn]

Another point to be considered here is a piece of forested land is not a stagnant entity. Forests change with the years and need to 'managed'. There will be trees growing too close together and for the health of the forest one should be removed to allow the other to grow. There is always pruning from excessive growth or blow downs required. This comes under the heading of 'stewardship' of the forest.
It is a misconception of people to consider maintenance of a growing, changing environment a bad thing. This stems from an attitude that it should forever remain as it was first seen. We get older. So do forests. As soon as the tops of the tree start to die out the tree should be removed to let new saplings start.
There are large trees on my land with a lot of good firewood on the hoof but the crown has excessive dead wood. I won't get near a tree in this condition. 'Widow makers'. As you work the base to fell the tree the dead wood can be shaken out. Dead branches with attached dead branches will usually come out of the tree with good aerodynamic trajectory. They usually come down as 100lb darts with the remaining upper branches acting as wind resistance. Makes ya stop and think when when one of these projectiles pencils into the ground beside you and you never saw it coming.

I guess my point is this, 'no cut' areas are only applicable for wilderness areas. Occupied land needs stewardship. Contact a Forest Ranger to walk your land. We did. He spray painted trees that needed to be culled from the forest. He can supply a report to whichever **** 'powers that be' that consider themselves better versed to address the situation.

Nelson

 

[charliepff]

People move to the woods/forest because they feel it is beautifull, once there they feel it would be better with no trees????? I have a better thought,..... stay out of the woods/forest and just ocassionally take a drive to enjoy them! Leave the forest for those of us that truely do enjoy them

I like living in the forest. I do not agree with trees within five to ten feet of my house though. I have the pics of the repairs to my truck and garage roof of when they were blown over in a storm last summer. Not to mention the fact that it almost killed the dog and injured me in the process. There is always a happy medium that can be reached. Healthy trees around the house is ok too. Trees that are sixty foot tall and are dieing is a different story. Unfortanately the people that built the house I bought did not figure this out and I could not take the trees down fast enough.

 

[dmccarty]

When building the house we cut down all the trees that we thought would likely hit the house if they fall. At the last moment, after the site was cleared we slid the house foot print 20-30 feet. Which put the house in the fall zone of some trees.

Those trees I hope to cut down this summer. The space will be used one day for more garden, orchard, and hopefully a greenhouse/storm cellar.

The spring storms this year killed quite a few people when trees fell into the houses. One tree killed 3-4 kids, including a baby, who were taking shelter in a bathroom or closet. One of the kids was a baby being held by the mother. The mother "survived" if that is what you want to call it.

Later,
Dan

 

[20 20]

I like living in the forest. I do not agree with trees within five to ten feet of my house though. I have the pics of the repairs to my truck and garage roof of when they were blown over in a storm last summer. Not to mention the fact that it almost killed the dog and injured me in the process. There is always a happy medium that can be reached. Healthy trees around the house is ok too. Trees that are sixty foot tall and are dieing is a different story. Unfortanately the people that built the house I bought did not figure this out and I could not take the trees down fast enough.

Well, as I've allready stated in a past post I expalined why I made the comment.
When we moved up here we used the trees to build our house, cleared enough for our ponds and kept the trees far enough from the house so they would not fall on it. I own a small mill and use wood for 90% of our heat. I understand the importance of trees, I'm not a tree hugger but a tree lover. I also try to plant as many as possible and clean up the dead or dying trees. I understand about getting rid of unhealthy trees and all that, I have cut wood for over 30+yrs. I was taught to be a stewart of the land not an abuser of it.

 

[MossRoad]

... 'no cut' areas are only applicable for wilderness areas. Occupied land needs stewardship. ...

That's a pretty good statement that I can agree with. I lived in thick woods as a kid. Man, when a big wind or T-storm would come through, I would lay in bed and cringe with fear because of those huge oaks my mom didn't want trimmed or removed. You'd here the most tremendous THUMP in the middle of the night, go outside the next day and a hundred foot oat 3' across would be laying right next to the house.

The folks finally wisened up when one calm sunny afternoon, my grandmother, who lived next door, was sitting on her front porch and a forked branch about 30-40 feet long came crashing down right through her porch roof and landed about 8' from her. Had she been sitting at that end of the porch she would have been seriously hurt. The got the trees trimmed after that.

 

[beppington]

Ha! The first time someone comes to MY place and tells me I can't cut a tree, I'll ask "You payin my taxes? You payin my insurance? You gonna pay my mortgage?......NO?, good then get the he&& outta here!".....

I'd love to take that stance, too, but the govt can put a lein on your house.

But, if you decide to never sell your house, maybe a lein doesn't matter?

 

[two_bit_score]

Sounds like a government job or insurance fraud. :laughing:

Sounds funny to me, too. If he's in the middle of no where why all the effort to cover his tracks?

OK. I read further and saw what is up. So, if you are in the middle of no where there must not be anyone around to see what you are actually doing, right?

You've already decided tacitly to lie about what happened so make it easier and safer on your self.

Just use your tractor to push it over and take a picture of it on the ground and then get it cleaned up quickly and if you are ever asked just lie your head off and say the wind blew it over. Show the picture as 'proof'. What can they say then that they couldn't say otherwise?