Dead fir log

[RC0]

I priced this job to fall it in 3 sections. Didn't realise how rotten it was until cut away the branches from the adjacent cedar. That plan went out of the window then. We had to shorten it considerably before we could fall it in order to miss the septic field. Anyway, the whole process took ages. Back weighted, I maxed out the Warn winch on a 2:1....so I had to call a friend to bring a second truck to help pull it over. By that stage I didn't care about how much money Id lost, just wanted it down safely. The Bark on these old firs is upto 10 inches thick, and can come away in huge slabs on such a dead rotten specimen like this. Enough to kill a bloke, so you have to be switched on. Eventually it went, but not without a struggle.

[Mick Dempsey]

What a pig! Good job, great pics.

[Pete Mctree]

Nasty big snag Reg & looks like it was a real pig to do. Was there much solid wood for a hinge? Sometimes they don't go down without a fight!

[Tommy_B]

Good work Reg. What did you end up anchoring into?

[RDB logs]

Very impressive tree reg, must have been bad to need a dust mask! I hope I never come across anything as bad as that!, thanks for sharing, keep your videos comming and stay safe, rich

[Rough Hewn]

Very professional job!

Great pics too!

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[stihlmadasever]

Rotten dusty turd of a job.

Looks nae fun at all lad..

[RC0]

Thanks

 

Pete, there was some good hingewood. I cut the face cut 3 times, starting small, then made it bigger, and so on, not wanting to cut too deep right away and realise I was into mush. With powerlines left and right, plus the house, it was a disaster waiting to happen. So, at 1/4 of the way in, I decided not to risk cutting deeper. The downside of this is the shallow face made it really difficult to pull over. The warn winch doubled-up couldn't do it alone, so I had to rig up Joes 7 litre diesel truck via a separate line. Still struggled, but went over in the end. Upon looking at the stump after, realised I could've cut deeper, but wasn't to know previous.

 

Tommy, I tied into the red cedar beside. Threw the grapple hook to snag the top of the stump.

[Mark J]

Micey tree indeed Reg. Thanks for posting.

[Rob D]

Great pics - hot dusty looking work!