I took Friday off work to drop the last large ash tree that had the potential to fall on my house. The first 2 I was able to use a winch to make sure they fell the right way but this one had an "S" bend on the trunk so I didn't want to risk cutting it from the ground. The tree (the one of the left with the tri-fork): The problem: The Solution: The View: Halfway finished! Complete! (I'll drop the rest of the trunk some other time) I'm not really a fan of heights so it took about 30 minutes before I was comfortable in the boom lift. My brother spends 8 hours a day in these things, he uses one that goes to 90ft!!! This was just a 50 footer and I used every inch available.
I also had a much smaller 12" dead locust that had a heavy lean towards my detached garage so I dropped that one as well. No picks of the tree but I took the obligatory aerial view of my stacks while I was dropping it. There's 2 years supply split and stacked and most of the 3rd year on pallets waiting to be split.
Nice work! I'm glad everything worked out for the best. Maybe you might wanna cross the river and give me a hand with the last big ash left on my property. That lift would work here though. The tree is on a bit of a hillside in the back field.
Let me know, I'm happy to help! This one was on a hillside as well which was another reason I didn't want to tackle it from the ground. The top limbs fell down into a 10' ditch with near vertical sides so I'm leaving them there. The main trunk I cut 18" at a time so I was able to push each log on the up-hill side of the tree and keep it from rolling downhill.
It's surprising how 50' sounds like a lot and or enough until you get out on the end of the boom and realize you need another twenty feet
Yes, it can be a bit of pucker power the first time you go up in a boom but its a good way to get things done. Good job.
No kidding! I would have loved to have another 15' or so for the limbs. It was kind of un-nerving cutting them knowing they were still large enough to put a hurt on me and I had no escape route if they didn't fall the way I wanted them to.
great work. with lifts - my opinion have to get comfortable being uncomfortable - know its not going to tip over - but no matter how long im in it always uneasy - but great tool to have
Love it ... been there done that... love them lifts... it takes a few minutes to adjust and get comfortable, but it's absolutely the best way to go in that situation...
