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Think we will leave this one!

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  1. Gary_602z

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    Big oak at the farm, you can see the splt down the center. Gonna put a tape measure on it someday.
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  2. Grizzly Adam

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    Just wrap some gorilla tape around it before you fell it :rofl: :lol:
     
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    250 years old?
     
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    Been there as long as I remember!:rofl: :lol:
    The farm has been in the family since 1867.
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    Plunge cut each side?:saw::saw:
     
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    Wow a big un, I hope it is leaning away from that house back there:hair:
     
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    Good call, that's a huge tree.
     
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    Yep, looking at the picture it would go to the left and slightly towards you. There was a huge limb on the right that fell of about 8 years ago and took down about 1/2 of a mile of power lines. The house hasn't been lived in for about 25 years I figure trying to get it tore down in a year or two!
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    Well, no worries then,, if it did come down that way it would tear the house down for you:D
     
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    The amount of wood in that tree would be crazy gooder.
     
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    That's for sure lotsa :woodsign:
     
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    Just stuff that crack full of tannerite, BANG, maybe it will take the house down too......all gooder.
     
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    If you ever do tackle it, not only pics but a vid for sure!!
     
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    I'll bet more than one person thought about him once they saw the tree!
     
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    Probably a heck of a lot of wood just in the limbs of that tree
     
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    Wow what a great old tree. You do not see them that big very often.
     
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    Probably a seasons worth right there!
     
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    That's a doozie.....me likes the doozies....

    Just be very careful, split trees do goofy things when felling them. Might want to,consider putting a chain binder around that trunk before doing the deed.....

    If I was closer I'd help ya, Gary_602z
     
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    That's a biggun'!!

    I had a large ash that was probably 70% that size that had split like that and was in danger of falling on my house. Since it needed to come down I was about to call in a pro but then one of the halves (the half NOT leaning towards my house) fell on it's own. That made taking the other side down much easier on my own.
     
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