What now?? Hung tree didn't come all the way down... !!

[Svts]

A decent handwinch and someone with a bit of experience should get that sorted with minimal drama. 

Would definitely avoid working at height in these scenarios. 

[drinksloe]

Another option may be to hire a spider lift, should get in if u can get a 4T digger in.

I'm waiting on 1 coming back of long term hire £200 quid a day for 17m lift, not a lot more than 90 just for a winch ( assuming hiring a tirfor?) not sure if a capstan winch would have the grunt for that or would just burn all the rope spinning on the capstan.

 

And cut away at the top from a slightly safer position than climbing the sycamore.

If u got 1 in make a day of it and mark up all these other problem trees/branches.

 

But again as has been said even cutting from a man basket may not be entirely safe depending how the limb twists and turns or rolls out towards machine, so a good bit of common sense and experience would be needed wot ever option u chose

[spuddog0507]

2 hours ago, monkeybusiness said:

A winch and more importantly someone who knows what they are doing to get that down, not difficult with the right knowledge and kit but pretty dangerous if done wrong (there are some dodgy suggestions in this post IMO). 

Well said that man, your 100% right with what you say knowledge and the right kit in this situation speaks volumes, its knowing which or what cut to place where and where you put a strap/chain and how you set that up for a roll out, this is the sort of job we deal with quite often and it can be dangerous at the best of times, and as some one else has said get some one who knows what they are doing,

[Bosty Dave]

Looking at it again this morning I've got two decent trees to winch from - 1 is straight ahead, 1 is at 90 deg, just need to get a drone up and see how well stuck it is up top.

[GarethM]

Providing it's in a safe place away from people, just leave it until winter and let nature take its course.

[Bosty Dave]

1 minute ago, GarethM said:

Providing it's in a safe place away from people, just leave it until winter and let nature take its course.

Cant do that - we have walkers in there every day so it has to be controlled down to the ground. Its safe and solid for now, I'll sort out a solution for September.

[Excels1or]

Pay someone who knows what they're doing will probably be cheaper in the long run

[Clutchy]

6 hours ago, Excels1or said:

Pay someone who knows what they're doing will probably be cheaper in the long run

This

 

Its all well and good DIY'ing on simple fells, I feel this is well out of the remit of DIY. 

 

Experience is really needed here, saving a bit of money at the cost of life or injury is not worth it. 

 

The tree can twist and fall in such unpredictable ways if you haven't the experience or qualifications for this.