how to take down the dodge elm??

[Tom D]

I 've done a couple that dead, and like folks say the timber above ground is usually quite strong but beware of the base and butresses. I once put a tirfor on one that I was felling and pulled the whole thing over with no cuts at all! Best take a spade and have a wee dig around the base to check for rot, especially if you plan to rip bits off with a landy.

 

I'd just spike up keeping to the thicker stuff and fell big lumps out, the thicker pieces will still be quite chewy so you can do a lot with them. Just keep the weight fairly even as you go round it in case the below ground stuff is mushy.

[MattyF]

come on matt, get up it. spikes and a 046. job done:cool1:

 

spose ill have to really ...cant have people txtin me im a tree chicken again,like after the last job i bottled! ill get some pics up tm!

 

think ill drop what i can set up two pull off lines for the two limbs over the wall and gob them,depening on wood state a small back cut,bail out the tree and pull them over individually....

[Dean Lofthouse]

See if were us northern lads matt, we'd drop everything and be over there helping you, I'd have had the mewp over there quicksticks for a fellow arbtalker in trouble.

[Stephen Blair]

spose ill have to really ...cant have people txtin me im a tree chicken again,like after the last job i bottled! ill get some pics up tm!

 

think ill drop what i can set up two pull off lines for the two limbs over the wall and gob them,depening on wood state a small back cut,bail out the tree and pull them over individually....

 

stay in the tree mate. just get up it, take your time and make sure your saw is really sharp. it will be a lot stronger than you think mate:001_smile:

[jojam]

If he is a know it all then ask him to show you, then you won't need to go up! Can't you price it for a dismantle on the grounds that is is so unsafe that the only safe way to bring it down is in small pieces hence taking ages and a high cost, against the price of a cherry picker then he will see along your way of thinking. Again if he is using his landy put a snatch block onto another tree nearby give you twice the pulling power.

Good luck ear defenders down and go for it BIG time.

[skyhuck]

I can't believe people would actually be prepared to pull lumps of with a vehicle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I would just go high and cut small.

[Steve Bullman]

so how did the job go matty?

[Johny Walker]

I can't believe people would actually be prepared to pull lumps of with a vehicle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I would just go high and cut small.

note like snatching lumps off with a 4x4 !!!!!! i dont think just get up there your on spikes cut & chuck small sections

[Mark Bolam]

Pulling off loads of small bits was a s**t idea. We did it with a small Elm.

 

Dave, you can't always 'spike higher and cut and chuck smaller bits'. Although judging by your avatar that is no problem for you.

 

For future reference, not everyone on this forum has balls the size of pumpkins.

[Stephen Blair]

Pulling off loads of small bits was a s**t idea. We did it with a small Elm.

 

Dave, you can't always 'spike higher and cut and chuck smaller bits'. Although judging by your avatar that is no problem for you.

 

For future reference, not everyone on this forum has balls the size of pumpkins.

 

i have always found that balls the size of large oranges are quite sufficient:001_tongue:you can always go higher, or get better at aiming:cool1:be the tree