Felling leaning trees....

[Stephen Blair]

40 inchesdbh Stevie:001_smile:

 

ha ha ha, i had a vision of a veteran monster 500year old chessy not even giving a shudder as a little tractor bounced up and down in a big set of ruts, the rope snapping and the tree crushing a stately home with sunken gardens:w00t:

 

now i know what you mean, i would stay away from tractors and ropes, i would get a winch with a spade on it, chestnut is britol as hell so i would want a winch with a bit of grunt, double drum, one high one low. top for leverage then the low one to get it down quick. even if you cant get into the field is there a road at the otherside at all. i have a mate with an hgv recovery wagon, with 2 50 ton winches on it and about 500m of wire rope, maybe there is someone like that close to you. the last big chesy wee did had fallen over a railway banking, the roots had given out, as long as your are as directly opposite the lean then then these machines will just pull everything over. but be very carefull on felling with winches. i wouldnt trust a ground anchor myself:biggrin:

[18 stoner]

Perhaps reading the thread from the start would help for anyone just joining in:sneaky2:

 

After several quieries Husqy king clearly said;

 

We asked about any vehicle and its a no go mate...

 

Hence, just to refresh and save looking back too far;

 

Ok then, sounds to me like best way is to strip the stem to the point you are confident of a safe directional fell, remove dismantled waste, leave clear fell in field then adjust price accordingly.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Whatever you do, if you put in a pull rope put it as high as you possibly can.

 

I winched over a 95ft Black Polar leaning very heavily the opposite way. I put a rope in very high in the thinner branches but shared the pull between a few branches via strops and had two winches pulling from around 20 degrees either side of the line of fell with the theory that if the hinge did snap we might have some control of sideways movement.

 

As it happened it went ok

Edited August 25, 2009 by Dean Lofthouse

[Husqvarna King]

Yeah, im disappointed, i love a nice fell!! But as 18 stoner said i will have to dismantle and fell the stump, which will only be about 15ft i recon by the time i've taken the weight off LOL

[18 stoner]

As already said, the timber is not the best for holding a hinge and it sounds like you will need to be very careful of the precious plants, but all in all doesnt sound a real bad job.

 

Bit of dragging out, leave the nasty stuff and call it "habitat"

 

If all goes well, could end up with a pat on the back, and perhaps more word of mouth work:thumbup1:

[Dean Lofthouse]

If all goes well, could end up with a pat on the back, and perhaps more word of mouth work

 

I like risk calculated fells, it get the adrenalin going and if it goes well you get a rush, something you dont get felling 20ft stems pathetically into a field..

 

If it doesn't go right you have insurance

 

I've got an extremely risky one coming up soon, heavy back lean towards over some very expensive buildings and to the side a power line and it has merip all over the root plate.

 

Going to have to use ground anchors to anchor the landy down to winch it

[Ian Leach]

I would use two pulling ropes high as poss and a bottle jack.

[Tom D]

I tried the bottle jack once, You need a really big one!

The 8 ton one I had wasn't really up to the job, I think the ones designed for the purpose are about 40 ton.

[Stephen Blair]

Perhaps reading the thread from the start would help for anyone just joining in:sneaky2:

 

if this is aimed at me then i did read the thread from the start, i just didnt quite understand, thats why i asked the question, then andy pointed out my confusion, so my reply was based on how i would do it IF, there was a possibility of getting a specialised piece of kit situated from afar. i would hate to see someone get hurt or miss out on a time saving answer that they might of not thought about.

[Husqvarna King]

I tried the bottle jack once, You need a really big one!

The 8 ton one I had wasn't really up to the job, I think the ones designed for the purpose are about 40 ton.

 

Thats handy to know thanks