some smaller wood since I don't think I'll have time for the bigger trees this spring/summer. I took a bunch of pictures which include Maple,Cherry,Beech and some Hemlock. I should have some time for this smaller stuff.
I just dealt with a bunch of trees like that at my BIL's place. I knocked a lot of the limbs off first - you may or may not need to do that. Then I started from the top of the tree, where it was touching the ground, and started knocking blocks out, keeping an eye on the broken end in case it broke free. Out of 4 trees, one broke loose, the rest stayed attached. For those ones, I took enough blocks out to leave the broken end dangling off the ground, then I felled the stump in basically the same direction as the hanger. They looked a lot scarier than they ended up being. Stay Safe, and Good luck!
I should add - there are a lot of variables to consider first. Size and species of the tree, the height of the break, etc. I have a poplar out back that I haven't dealt with yet. It's a 20 incher or so, and the break is about 35' up, so the dangling part is hanging almost straight down, and there's a lot of it. Id need to stand right inside the drop zone to trim the tops away to access the stump. I'm going to try pulling on that one to get it to break.
I'm hoping once I start working towards the top it will get better, I've had them do that but it could be punky.
This wood I never got off the hill last year so I'll be rolling it down this week, some Sugar and Cherry.
I hauled in a nice sized beech my buddy cut for my parents 2 years ago. It was simply let in the woods, not really off the ground. It was totally fine. No punk, no rot, even on the few that had dirt on the bark from laying on the forest floor. Hopefully you'll have the same results as me.
After going in to see our family member this morning I hit the woods, I rolled this down and split it after the Cherry.
