Hung up trees ?

[Nikk]

Hi all nick here what does it mean

Hung up trees with reference to doing your chain saw course .

It's one of the examples in the course .

Cheers Nikk

[dervishcarving]

A tree that has fallen over but caught up on another tree, or one that was felled and ended caught up in another tree. Potentially dangerous situation which requires careful handling to get it down to the ground safely

[Harry_L]

If you fell a tree it could get tangled in another tree, and not fall properly. Find the 6 things to not do with a hung up tree and how to deal with it

 

 

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[dervishcarving]

you mean i shouldnt stand underneath it and just pull on the branches? dam.. i had a feelign it wasnt the best idea.....

[spuddog0507]

Hung up tree,either a tree you are felling that as not made it to the ground and is stuck in the top of anothere tree or a tree that is windblown (rootball still attached )or a tree that has broke of and again stuck in anothere tree.

[John Mac]

They're very mixed up and sad trees with issues stemming from their childhood.....

[Stubby]

They're very mixed up and sad trees with issues stemming from their childhood.....

 

[Harry_L]

you mean i shouldnt stand underneath it and just pull on the branches? dam.. i had a feelign it wasnt the best idea.....

 

 

Wouldnt hurt to tug a few branches whilst your there [emoji23][emoji6]

 

 

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[Dodge]

I find the best way to deal with Hung up trees is to climb into the middle put my flip- flopped feet either side of the trunk and cut through, dont worry about sliding down the tree as it splits the chainsaw will slow your descent if you slide into it

[Yournamehere]

I find the best way to deal with Hung up trees is to climb into the middle put my flip- flopped feet either side of the trunk and cut through, dont worry about sliding down the tree as it splits the chainsaw will slow your descent if you slide into it

 

Excellent advice there. If done correctly though, the top, cut, section should fall away and the butt section, to which you are safely roped off, should then return, by the weight of the root ball, to it's original position, from which you can make a controlled, vertical descent.

 

Apparently.

 

The danger arises when the butt of the top, cut, section hits the ground, the top untangles itself - de-uphangs in technichal parlance - and falls over towards the butt before you get clear and kills you.