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I have some dead trees, mostly white/red oaks killed by drought years ago, still standing, nothing left but main trunk and the few main branches sticking up out of that. These include 20"DBH, maybe even bigger, so, still pretty tall, maybe 50'-70' still? How to fell, being concerned that simply the vibration from making the cut could unluckily cause a limb to fall? Or is that nonsense, the branches should hold fine? The ones sticking OUT are no problem, the ones that go close to vertical could fall on me.
I'm not sure I am keen on doing this alone, as I can't look at the kerf and look up at the same time. If I get a helper spotter, should he just stand by me looking up and tap me on the shoulder or should he hold a string tied around my waist, lol? To signal that there is movement, scram! Does this sound ridiculous? I dunno, I have known a couple guys killed by trees. The unexpected can happen.
If I need to tie a rope, how could I get a line up into the tree? I bought one of those 1 lb pouches tied to 150' feet of 1/8" line to throw over limbs for other more 'normal' trees, plus, 200' of high quality arborist rope but I am wondering how one could do it since there are no smaller limbs. Maybe I could find a branch that is not so vertical that I could get a line over it and have it hold.
Or would you skip the rope idea and just fell it? I have felled a few of these 'snags' but now I am getting more nervous, lol, thinking this is not such a good idea! I hate not being able to look up as I cut. It's also hard to hear a limb crack with a saw running. I wear ear protection but I might could forego it on one of these cuts.
If this buddy idea has some merit, I hope that human reaction time will allow us to get out of the way of a falling limb if one were to fall.
I'm not sure I am keen on doing this alone, as I can't look at the kerf and look up at the same time. If I get a helper spotter, should he just stand by me looking up and tap me on the shoulder or should he hold a string tied around my waist, lol? To signal that there is movement, scram! Does this sound ridiculous? I dunno, I have known a couple guys killed by trees. The unexpected can happen.
If I need to tie a rope, how could I get a line up into the tree? I bought one of those 1 lb pouches tied to 150' feet of 1/8" line to throw over limbs for other more 'normal' trees, plus, 200' of high quality arborist rope but I am wondering how one could do it since there are no smaller limbs. Maybe I could find a branch that is not so vertical that I could get a line over it and have it hold.
Or would you skip the rope idea and just fell it? I have felled a few of these 'snags' but now I am getting more nervous, lol, thinking this is not such a good idea! I hate not being able to look up as I cut. It's also hard to hear a limb crack with a saw running. I wear ear protection but I might could forego it on one of these cuts.
If this buddy idea has some merit, I hope that human reaction time will allow us to get out of the way of a falling limb if one were to fall.
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