Widow makers

[_RaT_]

Really your being very sexist, it could quite easily be a widower maker. :laughing: From the very small pictures you posted, it looks like a simple exercise in safety. Cut the rest down. It looks quite easy from the pictures I saw, but then, maybe its more complicated than that. If so, call in a professional.

 

[Egon]

But then some hacker may hit you with a golf ball and kill you!

Just stay in the Club House Lounge. :laughing:

 

[TGF]

Dynamite and about 200 foot of wire is how I would handle it. Only costs 5 bucks for the paper work and may save your life and or tractor.

 

[harpoonalt]

I had this beauty right over where I mow. We called some pros to take it down. I saw no good coming with my attempting to get it down. Sometimes ya gotta know when to fold em. Sorry about the sideways photo. Just don't look at it while others are watching you.

 

[Treemonkey1000]

I had this beauty right over where I mow. We called some pros to take it down. I saw no good coming with my attempting to get it down. Sometimes ya gotta know when to fold em.

Nice call there Harpoon that would have been a fun one to cut. Lot's of rot to make things a little dicey.

 

[beenthere]

I had this beauty right over where I mow. We called some pros to take it down. I saw no good coming with my attempting to get it down. Sometimes ya gotta know when to fold em. Sorry about the sideways photo. Just don't look at it while others are watching you.

Both of the trees shown in the sideways photo need to come down. The one to the left is rotten and near dead. Hopefully the pros you hired took care of it for you.

I'd have likely tossed a rope or cable over the broken top and pulled it down with the tractor or truck. If that didn't work (wouldn't break loose at the break), then I'd have figured it was solid enough to be notched at the stump, and made a backcut to create the hinge, and pulled it over.

 

[_RaT_]

The other one is geriatric :laughing:

Both of the trees shown in the sideways photo need to come down. The one to the left is rotten and near dead. Hopefully the pros you hired took care of it for you.

I'd have likely tossed a rope or cable over the broken top and pulled it down with the tractor or truck. If that didn't work (wouldn't break loose at the break), then I'd have figured it was solid enough to be notched at the stump, and made a backcut to create the hinge, and pulled it over.

 

[mapmaker]

When I have a tree that I am worried that it will hang up, I use a method of cutting that allows the tree to drop faster then cutting from the back of the tree toward the hinge. I do a plunge cut parallel to the hinge, leaving enough wood for the hinge then cut back towards the back side of the tree. When I get near the back of the tree I stop leaving a small "trigger". When I am ready to drop the tree I cut the "trigger" and over it goes. Its a little hard to describe but take a look at this video:

YouTube - Bore Cut Demonstration and Practice Post


It shows an instructor demonstrating the method. See how fast the tree comes down. This is not something I would recommend for the first time user, cutting with the tip of the bar as we all know is dangerous. This is just another method to keep in mind.

 

[beenthere]

mapmaker
That is a very good method to learn and to use. Much better control of the tree falling, and one of a very few methods to use on leaning trees (to avoid splitting up the tree).
This technique cannot be used with the "safety" chain so ill-advised for the consumer saws, which is unfortunate (but what we get with the PC rule-makers involved).

Good post and pretty well described too.

Cutting with the tip (non-safety chain) is not so dangerous and does require keeping the rpm's up on the saw. Serious kickback or kickout can happen if the rpm's of the saw drop down so the teeth grab and don't cut. Note how the instructor (Game-of-Logging instructor I am sure) kept the saw cutting in the bore cut, whereas the student just let his saw do a lot of high reving and little cutting because he didn't push the bar into the cut. Not so good on a saw to rev like that. Similar rev happens when the teeth are not sharp.