Awkward one

[Chris5128]

I've got this eucalyptus to do. It all has to lowered due to targets can't the cranes anywhere near it but I do have 2 grcs's. I have a plan and am pretty confident about it but I suppose I'm just seeking some reassurance or find out if anyone would go about differently. Cheers guys

[Mick Dempsey]

Looks like there's only the fence to damage, why not start from the bottom?

Sorry I see now you say it has to be lowered.

Set a rope in the pine and start from the bottom, taking a metre ar a time.

Edited March 26, 2016 by Mick Dempsey

[Dinan]

Looks like there's only the fence to damage, why not start from the bottom?

 

Yes, big sharp saw full of gas. Fencepost that thing down, keep going, 5-7ft. chunks at a time. The top always comes back over at some point, that's were the fun is!

[Mick Dempsey]

Sorry to re edit.

Set a rope up in the pine, attach it to the top of the Euc, nibble away at as many branches as poss, then chunk the bottom of until you're taking the weight...

[carlos]

looks to me like it wants to fall once its freed from the pine in which case your going to need some serious gear to keep the trunk from dropping.

could you not just repair the post and rail fence after the job??( maybe there is more targets beneath the pine which i cant see).

could try a grc in each of the trackside trees or the pines through a pulleys then up high in the euc to see if you can support it.

hope it goes well for you.

could try the dadio spear cut!!!( if your feeling lucky )

[Ian Clarke]

if you can use both pines with a grcs on each that should hold it and stop it from rolling or something similar but the main thing I would say slow and steady or very slow and steady. it would be interesting to get photos of how you did it.

 

I wont say good luck ill say have fun :-D

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Sorry to re edit.

Set a rope up in the pine, attach it to the top of the Euc, nibble away at as many branches as poss, then chunk the bottom of until you're taking the weight...

 

 

This would be my way of doing it. Then just lower in big chunks once it's off the ground. Unless you can just drop them. Hard to say without seeing it.

Looks like the kind of job I love, have fun. :-)

[slack ma girdle]

That fence will take 10 minutes to take apart and move out of the way. Drop the tree in one, which will be you safest option, and quickest.

Any other option is just wasting your time, and putting you in UN-necessary risk.

[Steve Bullman]

Micks solution seems the only sensible one from what the pics show. Can't see any targets though other than that fence, is there something we can't see? Even Micks solution is unlikely to leave the fence intact.

[daltontrees]

Sorry to re edit.

Set a rope up in the pine, attach it to the top of the Euc, nibble away at as many branches as poss, then chunk the bottom of until you're taking the weight...

 

Sounds like the way to do it. I did one like this once and pretty much did what you suggest and it was fine. I remember tying in to the hung up tree for a couple of cuts but using a loop of hessian rope so that if it went the loop would rip out and I'd still be anchored from above in the other tree. The biggest danger is the whole tree rolling as you nibble away at the crown, but once you get up there the support points will be obvious and everything else can go.