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The ones in these parts are also most of the time .They will get bigger than a red oak given enough time . When they fail they will take a house clear down to the foundation .We're talking maybe 15 tons tipping over .Not good .

Well the SOB's turn into a hazard .The last one I dropped grew out over a barn .It wasn't a giant ,about 60 foot with about 2 on the base . I roped it and tried to turn it about 100 degrees ,got 90 and hung it in a big hickory .Got it down of course after a lot of "fence posting "and a skid...

I got a big one fairly close to the house that's starting to fall apart .It's over a 100 and probabley 4 feet on the main that splits into two over 3 feet .Some day when I get the time I'll get Tom to rig it or I'll rig it and put the dozer on it and attack the thing with a big saw .It'll make a...

I grew up in farm country .Those old timers wore those long sleeve cotton blue cambray shirts winter or summer . Now cottonwoods came get huge .Our local species is the eastern black cotton wood .Over 100 feet and 4 feet at breast height is not uncommon .I've seen over 5 feet .