I’ve had this dead oak tree in the woods between my house and my neighbor. It wasn’t a priority of mine at all but she preferred it gone because she had a 6yo boy who plays outside. I didn’t have a great feeling about this one because of lack of room to drop it and that feeling was validated when I hung it up in another tree. After many attempts of pulling with the truck (with limited access) and a few undercuts, I was finally able to safely lay it down. What could have been a 10 minute project ended up taking an hour and a half in total but I’m here to write about it so that’s all that matters.
Been there done that. PITA but its on the ground and you're in one piece. Hopefully the wood is yours for the taking.
I hate hanging one up, but it happens to all of us. Glad it's now on the ground with no harm done, good job!
Anything of decent size is all solid. The smaller punky stuff was cut up last night after dinner for my 13yo son to use in his firepit. Every time he has a buddy over, they have a fire no matter what the weather is. He thinks he will have enough to get him through most of the summer.
If you haven't hung up a tree you ain't been cutting long enough. Only thing I'd change is using a strap instead of a chain or wrapping it more.
Yeah it was hung up pretty bad. I left a good sized hinge for it to swing more to the left but it was leaning more to the right than I planned. A foot in either direction and it either would have landed on the first try or wouldn't have been hung up as badly.
Took a little longer than expected, but that's a job that doesn't need rushing. Glad you got it down safely and had some good wood for your piles.
I have found it easier to use a face cut, back cut and hinge when removing trees that are hung up rather than trying to drag them across the ground. I find a place 4-5’ up to cut. The back cut goes on the side on which I’m pulling. The face cut goes on the opposite side. I then attach my rope or chain just below the cuts and then pull. The back cut opens. The face cut closes. The weight of the tree dropping breaks the hinge and I set up to do it again. Basically I walk the leaner down 4-5’ at a time until it’s not hung up anymore and it falls down. Doing it this way requires far less pulling force.
