Oak Tree on Building

[skyhuck]

It will most probably damage the building. There is already a fairly significant amount of damage to the roof and upper part of the wall. The situation is far from ideal. You could possibly use an all terrain crane but this would require the removal of other trees for access. If anyone has any other suggestions I'm more than willing to take them on board.

 

The first thing I would do is climb it and remove every thing but the stem.

 

Are there any decent sized trees to the left of your pic?? it looks like there could be. You could set up some pulleys in these trees and run lines over them to the fallen tree and see if you can lift the stem off the roof.(may take much less lifting than you think) If you can, then its just a case of chunking off enough to allow it to fall without hitting the building.

 

Could you get a unimog with hiab in??

[detritus21]

There are a couple of decent sized trees to the left of the picture and a lot to foreground. I had also wondered about trying to lift it clear but thought it may be too heavy to shift that way but its not a true turning moment as the most weight is at the bottom unlike if it were a evenly distributed pole. I've stripped a fair bit out of it already its the top sections over the roof that really need stripping which will be with the help of a MEWP as there is a fair amount touching the building and it take some of the risk out of the equation, for me that is.

 

I've got access to a couple of different pullers to aid lifting/pulling.

 

You could easily get a mog with hiab in.

 

I'm liking the different suggestions and solutions.

 

What I'm really hoping for is take all the weight of and it lifts itself enough to clear the roof then it would be chogging down time. When I dropped the two big limbs there was a certain amount of lifting of the trunk just losing those two.

[skyhuck]

Years ago I took a beech off a building, I stripped it to just a pole then used a hiab to lift it just off the building, then just chogged it clear.

 

I used ropes, pulleys and a winch to lift another.

[Stephen Blair]

the damage is done, it wouldnt be bothered about saving any gutters now. Remove those bottom limbs with a pole saw and then undercut the stem as high up as you can from the ground, it will fall and swing like a pendulum, the top underside branches that are compressed against the building will push away the crown at the same time as it falls to the ground, the butt should land closer to the building than the top and the crown will fall on the stump.

A few slates will fall, the cctv camera will need straightened and minimal risk to human being, job done:thumbup1:

[skyhuck]

the damage is done, it wouldnt be bothered about saving any gutters now. Remove those bottom limbs with a pole saw and then undercut the stem as high up as you can from the ground, it will fall and swing like a pendulum, the top underside branches that are compressed against the building will push away the crown at the same time as it falls to the ground, the butt should land closer to the building than the top and the crown will fall on the stump.

A few slates will fall, the cctv camera will need straightened and minimal risk to human being, job done:thumbup1:

 

You rough bugger!!!

[Stephen Blair]

thats not rough, thats the safest best way to get it on the deck. Why risk climbing it, limbing it in the hope it doesnt move and then muck about with machinery on a grassy park to get that little oak off a scabby set of flats.

All the pressure on that tree is into the ground, not the building. A few slates, a gutter and a couple of scrapes on some bricks for the cutters to tell a story about everytime they drive by it in the van, get it on the deck and go home, let Batman and Robin save the world:biggrin:

[WoodED]

is that a makita saw in one of the pics? if so how do you get on with them?

[detritus21]

Its a Makita dcs9010 90cc. Fantastic saw a bit heavy but very good. Its running a 20inch bar at the minute but will cope with a 29inch bar just the same. I have a little dcs430 which is on a par with my ms250 only problem with that one is the chain brake design is quite weak.

[josharb87]

Hire a teleporter with pallet forks to support the stem, chog off the building, gently lower. then load youre truck with cord with the teleporter. then to cover the hire cost, rip the root ball out with teleporter, and charge accordingly

[Stephen Blair]

you just want to do donuts in a big fork lift Josh:sneaky2: