White oak hazard tree removal

[Whiskers]

A rather good sized white oak fell over in my pasture the other day. It was crowded under another tree and was heavily leaning. I knew it wasn't in great shape but didn't expect it to just fall over on a nice sunny day. I drove past it down the hill to the bottom of the pasture and when I came back up there it laid. The trunk is completely hollow for as far as I can see into it and is still attached to the ground with one side of its roots. It's Laying at about a 30 degree angle propped up by large branches. Question is, what's the proper way to dissect the tree to minimize risk of injury? I don't have any heavy equipment handy, but plenty of chainsaws.

 

[Warped5]

IIWM, I'd slowly work small branches back to larger.

At some point it will help to have a nice heavy chain to hook up to your pickup.

 

[redtractor]

Agree with the small stuff. Carefully removing the small ones supporting it, it will either lay all the way down or, as weight is lost, stand back up.

 

[dall]

that is ugly id try warps suggestion and hook chain to it maybe can get it broke loose where it will roll to its side

 

[Whiskers]

I'm not worried about it standing up, there's not much attached to the ground, and there's virtually no rootball. i was thinking about whittling a bunch of branches off and then pushing/pulling it over.

 

[Warped5]

I'm not worried about it standing up, there's not much attached to the ground, and there's virtually no rootball. i was thinking about whittling a bunch of branches off and then pushing/pulling it over.

There ya go.

 

[Whiskers]

There ya go.

I was just making sure there wasn't a "proper" way to go about it. I wish I was closer to my father in laws farm, his telehandler would move that thing around no problem.

 

[jake wells]

10-15 lbs of tannerite tied to the tree should take care of that problem.

 

[T.Roller]

10-15 lbs of tannerite tied to the tree should take care of that problem.

Same exact thing I was thinking

 

[ny15]

My inlaws had a 25' top snap off one of their box elders this week. It ended up top down still slightly attached to the tree. I trimmed as much as I could off of it safely and then put a strap on it and pulled it over with my truck.