I'm not quite sure how I'm going to get these down but gotta get em down before they get bigger, Bottom of them are 7 inch diameter . They are Twisted around each other at the top. What I'm thinkin is maybe is, get a rope up around both , make some cuts just enough to weaken them and pull em down with the truck. I should have taken them out when they were small.
Actually ,I think I'll take the rails outa the fence and pull em down onto the ditch,road, that will clear the maple tree
Ed, As long as they aren't too tangled, I'd probably try and take it apart one leader at a time. If they are really tangled I'd throw a couple heavy duty ratchet straps around it and bring it down in one shot. A pull rope is also a great idea. Poplar doesn't tend to barber chair, but that is always a concern. Lemme know if you want a hand with it.
They are really tangled up good. That's a good idea , put ratchet straps around it up where they are touching each other. I think I can get em down alright , just leave real thick hinge and pull em down
I have a similar red maple problem tree that I have been avoiding dealing with. 3 stems off one stump. 1 is small and no problem. Another is about 8" diameter and twists up and around the main trunk that is about 15". The lean of the twisted medium trunk is opposite of the direction I need to fell it. I think I will have to take the small one, then the largest (not wanting to do this as it will have to go in a direction that it doesn't naturally want to go). Or...I can go low and try to get both at once. Not sure if it will split or not? I have looked it over several times and was going to try it once, but was thwarted by wind. It's not something that needs done immediately, but will have to be dealt with at some point.
We get maples that grow like that.. Really hard to tell from pics. I would lean towards chain them together at 8 foot high. Get a couple good pull ropes half way up. And drop as a group..
It is very common for that to happen with red maple. We have lots of them and one is a slight problem but not major for sure. Mother Nature has taken a couple of them down but there are still several in that clump that will come down. Some with help from mother nature. I"m in no hurry.
Yeah, red maple tends to get multiple trunks here. Not quite as vertical at and just above the Y though. I often cut in almost half way just above one of the forks then cut down at an angle to meet the cut. Hoping if it slides out it stops at the horizontal cut and doesn't bind the bar. Usually I have a rope and try for a hinge to tear as I pull on the rope to get it to fall the way I want as they don't often grow where you have dropping room. It usually does take some unconventional cutting and being careful. Especially with red maple that can have dead and dying /soft/rotten branches. And I've had a few red maples barber chair and come at me so I usually make determined quick cuts with a sharp chain.
I had a pine and a beech twisted together that I took down this spring. Both were around 16”. They were leaning toward the pine, in a good direction, so I cut the pine first and left just the hinge. Then I cut the beech and they fell perfectly. I had a nice clear escape route just in case.
