Recent content by Spellfeller

Thanks, Fi! Hope you're doing well. :)

Final resolution HERE! File under "better late than never"?

Hi, all! Sean for the win! I realize there's nothing sadder than an update three years after the fact—other than NO update—but here goes: Due to a bunch of other things taking precedence, this scarlet oak continued to be unaddressed and ultimately fell in the middle of the night during a...

Hi, all: The summer's been nutty and the scarlet oak project remains shelved for a bit. This week I did take down two beeches that were threatening the power line at my MILs cabin. Here's a short vid of one of them. Tunes kick in about a minute in, but may not at all if I've violated...

Fascinating woman. I remember reading that she took a life-threatening fall a while ago. She survived and has come out the other side with some incredible insight: <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/152582090" width="640" height="329" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Thanks, Gary. Good call. If I get up there, I am going to nibble on this thing: Very. Small. Bites.

Here's some drilling video. You can tell how hard I'm leaning, given the palsy that sets in! This wood was HARD, and I never got the sense that I was breaking through into an interior void. I drilled in about five places, including into two different roots. In all cases the drill behaved...

First, here's a vid of the "neighborhood": <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wwTTuyw7N3k" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> Here's another from downhill. You can see the "wood lean-to" in this one! :lol: <iframe...

Totally agree on the highline being out of my league. Don't think there's enough level ground for a lift. May have found a new TIP possibility, but it's UP there and will require new climb line. Video to follow. It's 4 posts with corrugated for a roof. Pretty much a "wood shack," but if it...

Thanks, Kenny! Chris, my main thinking on the side/holding line is that I'm not confident about this: While I wish I had one of those Fancy Dan inspection cameras, I'm pretty sure that the base of the tree is hollow. I just bought a 12" x 1/8" bit yesterday and will try to get some "core...

Thanks, Kenny. I think you're recommending using wedges and a tapered hinge but no pull line. Have I got that right?

I want to believe, Sean! Maybe I'll get some more estimates. In Oct of 2016, the two bids I got were $700 & $810. (A third guy recommended pruning, and the fourth didn't want to do it.) Can't remember if those numbers were for drop & leave or not. Regardless, it'll likely be more now, which...

:lol: That happens to you too?!

The "negative outcomes" would be 1) falling to the lean and crushing the neighbors woodshed or 2) falling more toward the lay but getting hung up in the tops of neighboring trees, which then turns into a whole different problem. To avoid #2 I'd want to remove anything that could entangle the...

Nice, Gary! What hardware have you got going there? And was your setup something like this? (image from another forum...shh) 8)