Video: https://files.catbox.moe/ybmrlc.mp4 This tree is in my yard on the back acre.... I am the only person that goes down there. I cut the tree down but the branches became tangled in a neighboring tree. I was thinking it would fall down on its own but a year later, it is still hanging on. The tree has slipped and now the bottom is on the ground though. Any ideas to get this tree down? I have tried pulleys, jacks, levers, chain and rope.... It seems dangerous to go after with a saw. The tree is pretty volatile and moves quite a bit. I can get my lawn tractor back there but the area is wooded and a truck for pulling is out of the question.
No face cut??? No way to control where it goes that way. Personally I would pull it from the bottom with a chain. If you dont have a vehicle that will pull it, id use a come along on a nearby tree and pull it that way.
It really doesn't look like much. Just a huge cluster of branches. Needless to say, I expected them to separate when the tree was cut.
That's a really good idea. I have never seen those. I did use 4 car winches but they weren't large enough. I will give it a shot with a come along and a chain. Stay tuned...
I am very good friends with ol' ivy. Actually, that is the thing killing most if my trees. That, and grape vines.
Chain/rope and a tractor or truck. Or hang on and me an da boys will change course an be right over wit da heavy stuff! We get dat sucker down!
I don't have access to a 4x4 and it is pretty far off of the path. I can get my lawn tractor maybe 30-40 feet away but that feels pretty far. I can set up the tire chains so maybe that could be a solution after all. I thought of this earlier but at the time, my 42" mower wouldn't stand a chance. Now I have a 54", 2 cyl. that might have a shot. I still think that the walk along winch solution might work too. Ps - you guys are putting me under some heavy pressure here... I better get this thing down!
I have had that before, I just keep cutting rounds off from it tell it goes down... Not the safe or recommend way but works.
Grapevine, Poisin Ivy, Honeysuckle, and a couple other vines were thick in our woods five years ago. I've been working hard and getting that stuff under control and getting the forest healthy again. I've also been culling out stuff that will never make nice logs and allowing the nice timber to get more light and nutrients. I get a tree hung up every once in a while because some of the areas of our woods is way too thick and sometimes there is no clear fall path to drop them. I'm lucky here though as I can get the Fergy in most areas of the woods. Fergy and chains have been able to get my hang ups down. However you end up getting it down, be safe. Think it through and get a good plan in place, you know the situation and your abilities best. No pressure, no judgements here. I have a rope come along also and it comes in very handy at times.
This is what I do also. . I bore through on a 30°ish angle at the height your comfortable with leaving a bit uncut on top and cut straight down leaving a couple of inches of wood. Then an inch or two below the bore cut cut up from the bottom until it cracks and falls. The wood left on top will peel slowing the action a bit.
Well she’s hanging in the air already. Only one thing left to do at that point. Pull. Helps a lot to determine the correct direction to pull unless you have a bulldozer Analyze the snag a bit before deciding on which direction is easiest to rip it free. Quite often the best direction is straight back towards the stump. Good luck. Vines in the tops are a real drag.
