Major Hang Up!!

[Blenheim Forestry]

Suggestions folks please!!
Here we have a mature black pine that has snapped approximately 9 metres up the tree. It is almost hung at 90 degrees resting on a a huge eucalyptus.

the garden is too narrow to fell the standing element.

 

[Steve Bullman]

More photos from further away would give a better picture. That looks to have almost broken off competent though. Is getting a rope round it and pulling  it free with something feasible?

[dumper]

Rope and a winch rip it out

[Dan Maynard]

Pics of the euc too - can you set a line and bollard in the euc to support the log after you've ripped it down?

[John Shutler]

i think one of the main questions is whats beneath it? that will affect the level of faffing about required to get it on the deck 

[Haironyourchest]

Doesn't look like anything beneath it from the photo.

 

Set a snatch block at the base of the pine, run rope or cable through it, so you're pulling straight down. 

[Blenheim Forestry]

Great guys and ladies. Nothing underneath so I am along the lines of the above list - snatch block at the base and pulling straight down. It’s a big old lump! Thanks for your prompt replies👍👍🌲

[woody paul]

Any other trees to anchor winch to as would just straight pull it rather then mess about near base of pine with snatch block. 

If no other tree ground anchor. 

[josharb87]

Hire someone in with the competence to do it safely. 

[Haironyourchest]

27 minutes ago, josharb87 said:

Hire someone in with the competence to do it safely. 

C'mon Josh, don't be that guy. 

 

With regard to my suggestion of putting the snatch block at the base should be considered in light of the variables of the site. Yes, there is a risk going near the base, you will evaluate this yourself. I would approach the tree from behind, and maybe consider setting the block and sling with the aid of a hooked stick.

 

There's also the distinct possibility of the hanger crashing down on your block and sling. A way to avoid this (maybe) is this:

 

1. Fire a throw line over.

2. Pull a rope over.

3. Pull the tirfor cable over.

4. Secure the hook end on the cable to the base, with a choked sling.

 

5. Run the tail of the cable through the block, attached to the base with a long sling.

 

As you tension the cable, the "flying block" should come out away from the tree at an angle, hopefully putting it out of the path of the falling hanger.

 

The cable running over the top of the hanger will produce some friction but also some mechanical advantage. Since it is "pushing" the hanger, it should land on top of it, instead of being smashed into the ground.

 

I'll post a picture.

 

The advantage of this setup is you can always retrieve the cable if it doesn't work. 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by Haironyourchest