happy to climb this?

[MattyF]

I would shoot it with a Anti Tank Rocket.

 

IF I could find one on Ebay.

 

Your idea wins

[butler]

I'd be up it like a ferret on speed.

[Dr.Green]

Or this

 

 

and the purpose of the rednecks past time is ???

[Mozza]

and the purpose of the rednecks past time is ???

 

Fun...

[swinny]

This is one that needs carefull thought. When on site you'd get a feel for the tree and how it is/ will respond, and what action to take.

 

Take care

[Rich2484]

If you blow it up there would be no firewood left to sell????

 

I must say reading some of the posts has put a smile on my face, just what I needed today.

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looking at the decayed state of the trunk, i wudnt be worried about a barber chair,more worried about finding sound wood in there for your hinge!!

 

Bull rope fairly high up round somthing sturdy,to a good vehicle.

as mentioned above,ratchet strap the trunk to give it some integrity,choose your felling height carfully as it looks like a field tree,so possibility of plenty of stock netting snarled up in the cambium,last thing you want on a sketchy fell is to **** some wire on your back cut.

[MattyF]

Ash with forward leaning weight like that, there is a big risk of barbers chair.. A rope pulling is only going to massivly increase that that risk.. Ratchet strap yes but I think a pulling rope is a really bad idea.

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bull rope...barbers chair in ash good point

i free felled a well buggered ash few yrs back and she broke out off the hinge before she gained any real direction from gob,i pooed and thought if only id put a pulling rope up there as a safety!!

without seeing first hand the state of this trees trunk and weighing up the amount of remaining sap wood at fell height i cant determine the probability of a barbers chair but thanks for correcting me there matty i was only presuming the trunk was fairly well decayed. apologies

[Mark Bolam]

This is one that needs carefull thought. When on site you'd get a feel for the tree and how it is/ will respond, and what action to take.

 

Take care

 

+1.

 

Trees like that can get your ticker going when you're up close and personal.

 

I would always fell before climbing on a takedown, but I reserve the right to change my mind!

 

Keep us posted!