Widow makers and has beens lets see them....

No way to get a truck in there, with out cutting other trees which don't belong to me

 

I imagine a wheeler with a winch or a come along would bring that down. Be safe!

 

I'll play along. Vertical spar in the center is a shagbark hickory about 20" diameter, broken clean off at about 15' off the ground. Large branch hung up in it, is white oak, about 26" diameter at the top of the photo, came down in a storm. Yes that is just a branch, the parent tree is nearby and is about 55-60" diameter. You can also see that the oak branch is hung up on a telephone/DSL line as well. This whole mess is on the ground now - a special tree crew was called in by the utility to remove it. All told is about 3-4 cords of wood I am still hauling out of there. A lot of collateral damage, there's several smaller white oaks, hickories and a decent elm that were destroyed by that branch.

 

That there is quite a monster. I'm glad the pros handled it and you're getting some gooder wood!:stacke:

 

Heres a poplar tree not far from the house. Ive seen it there for awhile now. Wondering how long it will take for it to fall. Thankfully its not near any trails. Here is a better angle. I added this one because I thought it was a pretty spot to take a picture. This one is a larch sitting squarely on another larch. Ive been thinking this is a couple of trees I will harvest next spring. Not sure how to get them safely on the ground but I will start with doing some cuts at the butt of the leaner to see if it drops off its perch.

 

This one has been bothering me for awhile. Its a standing dead larch with a few things to consider. The least of the problem in my eyes is the tree leaning against it. Im more concerned with the tree under tension underneath the leaning lodgepole. These leaners are neat to watch. Sometimes Ill come back and find them on the ground other times they stay like that for years and continue to live. In the back of the picture theres lots of live larch trees without their needles.

 

The first picture is real neat with the mountain in the distance, at least I got to see some snow. Thank you for that! I just might leave that pic up on Christmas morning, it'll be the only white Christmas around here. You do have a bunch of tangled messes in all your pics, be careful.

 

Thanks NH mountain man. I appreciate your cautionary concern. Its respectfully noted. I may repost them in the spring to see if there is anything that the gang can add as to how to drop them safe. My grandpa died dropping trees so I want to be careful and if I think its to much for me I will just leave them. FYI Im not an expert faller so I need to be mindful of my limits.

 

A smart man such as you know and respects his limits, asking for advice here is the thing to do. Have a very Merry Christmas, eat well and stay warm.

 

This one was pretty nasty. Top of a Black Locust that snapped off and got caught in a sugar maple and suspended 40' in the air. It's been like that for at least a year. I've considered it to be one of my most dangerous ones because it gets completely hidden in the canopy during the summertime.



A couple weeks ago I got a rope around it, but I was still too afraid to yank on it because of how close it was to the phone lines. Then last weekend, I got an early Christmas present. I'm not sure whether to credit the rope, or dumb luck; but it finally decided to snap free of the stump. It's still about 8' off the ground, but now it's clear of the lines and still has my rope in it. I think a good tug from the lawnmower ought to finish er off.

 

Wow that looks scary heavy! Hope no one unsuspecting walks under it! Let us know how you make out with pulling it down.

 

You might be a redneck if.....

 

So how do you go about getting this one down. As you can see its right out back of the house and the boss wants it out of sight. Last weeks wind pushed it over.

 

This cherry has been hanging out for several years. Still living.

 

Thats pretty neat that its been alive like that for so long! In our area we will have fir, pine and larch trees do that. Some of them will be on the ground (with root ball attached) with green needles for quite some time before they die. We have to carry a license to harvest trees on crown land (free) and on it it says if the needles arent brown then we have to leave it.

 

Some of those that are laid over and kept growing can be really cool.

 

Half down. Cuts were slightly overhead and awkward. 28 inch bar on the 461 and some courage. Other half comes down this weekend. Closer to 5 ft at the base.