Easiest way to do this?

[RobRainford]

So i had a lucky moment, picked up my phone to put it in my pocket and it rings. Yippee!

 

Its an ash that has fallen into a pond, upon further investigation its failed due to high winds and the basal decay caused by Kretzschmaria deusta.

 

Theres a wall about 10m to the right of it, with a hard surface right next to that. The pond is said to be 1m deep around the tree.

 

What would be the best way to get it out? There is access to a telehandler if needed. Ive got waders too! do i just sling it up and drag it out with the telehandler? the customer wants the wood. in splittable chunks!

 

pic 2 you can see the start of the banking on the right hand side, this is a fairly steep slope which is about 2.5m high at 45 degrees. not easy to walk on.

 

pic 4 was taken from the wall, thats how far there is to reach, pic 5 is from the top of the slope of the wall, to show a bit more of the scale of it.

[Tree Man Tom]

Winch/drag it out, cut it up, home for lunch. Jobs a good'n

[RobArb]

or failing that get ya chainsaw safety speedos on:thumbup:

[Samuel]

go in with waders an armed with an 020t :thumbup:like a fellow arbtalker did, but can not remember his name

[WoodED]

or failing that get ya chainsaw safety speedos on:thumbup:

 

haha yh and ur steel toe capped flippers

[Tom2020]

Like i said get a boat....Or pay that cracking grounds man tom a few extra quid im sure hell go in and do it..

[tim Ber]

does o20t work under water, or only with a snorkel kit!

[timtree81]

i would put a pully up in the tree to the right of the fallen one and bit by bit ,nice dry feet ,or if there is a tree behind even better

[Pat Ferrett]

Hi Rob! You would'nt get me wadding in water with a chainsaw running its not worth the chance of slipping or dropping the saw ect. cut it free and drag it out then cut it up on dry land you'll have more luck seeing the nails that he's used to hang the bird boxes on .

I'd be glad it didnt fall over with a climber attatched what a way to die

[RobRainford]

i would put a pully up in the tree to the right of the fallen one and bit by bit ,nice dry feet ,or if there is a tree behind even better

 

 

thats not a bad idea, but that syccie is too far from the hard standing, as we lifted the pieces they would just swing onto the grass, which we cant get a machine onto.

 

Im thinking a manitou with some nice long slings or ropes would be my best option so far, stretched out it should still lift 3-500kgs so doing small pieces and ill be happy. i guessed around 2 days to get it all done proper.

 

the best and only access is from where im stood in pic 4, from the edge, the top part of the crown wouldnt be a worry as its quite light and some of it floats but the main stem id have fun dragging out!