not so pros

[Sty57]

Indeed. I'm going to get some more input and really think it over. If I dont feel comfortable i'll get some help.

I think one stick of Dynamite under the one side of the rootball should drop it nicely.

 

[Sty57]

You called

I'll bring the beer

I'll hold it for ya.....

 

[Magnumitis]

Nice lookin horses you got there.

Thanks. They're not mine, I just tend to them. Hook up to your trailer, pick up Genius.

 

[Czed]

All that surface with no bark to hold some tension makes it more dangerous careful bro.

 

[Mastermind]

Indeed. I'm going to get some more input and really think it over. If I dont feel comfortable i'll get some help.

I'd get some heavy cargo type ratchet straps, strap it tight in several places......then lay it down.

 

[Czed]

Set it on fire and have a party
Wish i had done that last summer when i cut 20 some sycamore couldn't breath for a week.

 

[Mastermind]

I've got to take down several lightening struck white oaks in a couple of weeks. Big trees that are standing alone. Lots of good firewood....

 

[Dub11]

Indeed. I'm going to get some more input and really think it over. If I dont feel comfortable i'll get some help.

Put your favorite paper target on there and proced to shot with large caliper fire arm until its down.

 

[Marshy]

I think I see a unicorn.

 

[Simondo]

Indeed. I'm going to get some more input and really think it over. If I dont feel comfortable i'll get some help.

Can i make a suggestion ?

 

[Mastermind]

Can i make a suggestion ?

I hope it involves a cannon.

 

[Magnumitis]

Can i make a suggestion ?

absolutely

 

[Simondo]

I hope it involves a cannon.

Nope...no heroics ether .

 

[Stump Shot]

If no dynamite or heavy equipment available to do the job, what Randy said is sound advice. Looks goofy I know, did last fall to a split maple. if I had not, my teeth would be holding my hat about now, it saved a barber chair. Also a cut plan helps, lots of different ways to go about that, some better than others. I'm not a pro though, but I do like my health. Good luck with that nasty looking critter.

 

[Simondo]

absolutely

I took a decent size Poplar down some yrs ago that was kinda like your tree. It was lightning struck and unstable. I decided to put a cable up as high as i could ..Safely reached.. and then winch it down. The tree is in a brittle state and should take less to get is over. I personally wouldn't go near that tree with a saw unless there was..NO.. alternative. ( you have the space by the look) It may not be neat but you will be able to trim what still stands safer after that top weight is gone.

 

[junkman]

On the west coast we would just do a shallow face and bore it out the back ,the way all the branches are on one side go that way of course with the fall .,A bar long enough to go all the way though will be needed also ,do it in one cut ,no walking around the tree stuff .

 

[Stump Shot]

Shame we have the right to bear arms, but not useful explosives. I knew old timers that used to buy dynamite at the hardware store when they needed it. A lot of stumps were cleared that way here back in the day.

 

[Magnumitis]

I took a decent size Poplar down some yrs ago that was kinda like your tree. It was lightning struck and unstable. I decided to put a cable up as high as i could ..Safely reached.. and then winch it down. The tree is in a brittle state and should take less to get is over. I personally wouldn't go near that tree with a saw unless there was..NO.. alternative. ( you have the space by the look) It may not be neat but you will be able to trim what still stands safer after that top weight is gone.

Thanks Simon. I feel that you are correct. I don't have a tractor heavy enough to pull it down. And for what I'd pay for a half dozen ratchet straps, I can likely get the local boom truck tree man to come take the top out of it leaving me a stick to drop. That's post oak and it's still alive. It's some of the best firewood in these parts, takes two years to cure out even split.

 

[leadfarmer]

Hope your gittin a pro to fall that baby, all the limbs on one side might be kinda tricky[emoji15]

 

[Redfin]

On the west coast we would just do a shallow face and bore it out the back ,the way all the branches are on one side go that way of course with the fall .,A bar long enough to go all the way though will be needed also ,do it in one cut ,no walking around the tree stuff .

Gees Brian. Read the title of the thread.