What would you do with this tree???

[Mr_D]

Aswell this is what I would do looking at the pictures and not seeing the tree in person, it's your call mate if your not confident about climbing, you have to maybe look at other routes, crane or mewp if the job allows...

[0weston0]

'limited room to fell' suggests there is room but its tight so just fell it

 

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[A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip]

Totally agree, should the tree fail the worst you will get is a Tarzan swing back to the safe tree and maybe have to change your underwear...get a good anchor in the other tree, spike it and remove in it hand held pieces...get it to a hight you can then fell from the ground..if you want to rig is it possible to Set up the rigging line on the safe tree next to it?

 

Hahaha always wanted to be Tarzan

 

Thank you I will anchor in the safe tree and reduce the crown and probably do Stephens Idea of spear cutting the rest down if that allows.

 

It is possible to rig from the safe tree but I think It will be better to do hand held bits as you said to avoid any sudden shock to the tree other wise I will end up having to change underwear

[Mr_D]

No worries climb safe 👍 and enjoy haha

[A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip]

'limited room to fell' suggests there is room but its tight so just fell it

 

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It will be very tight and it will have to be felled 100% accurately into the spot which if it goes wrong will end up in neighbouring gardens

 

it has one part of the crown leaning the complete other way so I could remove that limb and then fell it but I would rather try and bring it down with less opportunity for error, even if it means be being tarzan

 

With a very happy fencer coming in to fix the mess

[A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip]

Thanks MR_D, I will film it with my helmet cam that way I can post it on here as either an awesome dismantle or how not to dismantle a dangerous tree

[A Pettersen-Firewood&Chip]

Apologies, I never read it fully hence my short answer of felling it!

If its stood up until now I would climb it.

I never knew what a co dominant stem was until I joined this forum, I thought it was just a place for beasties to live.

Like Huck I very rarely rig anything, strip anything on the way up and if you feel knocking the top out will be a bit wobbly, do a spear cut and this will remove the top with as little force on the stem, then section it down.

If you feel safer roping in to the other tree crack in, think about what you are doing with the top first as your anchor line may get in the way.

 

Spear cut it will be, I will see to dismantle most of the crown first with hand held sections then send the top out. everything else from there should be fairly safe as it will be stem sections being dropped.

 

Thanks for your advice, helps a lot knowing that I am thinking the right steps

[Mr_D]

Thanks MR_D, I will film it with my helmet cam that way I can post it on here as either an awesome dismantle or how not to dismantle a dangerous tree

 

Look forward to seeing how it goes mate 👍

[agrimog]

"it will be very tight and it will have to be felled 100% accurately into the spot which if it goes wrong will end up in neighbouring gardens"...... every tree I fell has to be 100% acurate, if its got a clear path, just drop it, to much time wasted climbing up and choping little bits off..... in, drop, sned, log up, and get to...... job done

[Jdtrees]

If you're going to dismantle it why not chog down with step cuts rather than start using uncontrolled spear cuts? Just curious