Big dead pine has to go

[gf beranek]

I know there've been some times when luck was on my side; no matter how much I'd like to say I could claim responsibiity, a few times it's been pure blind good fortune that has sent me home unharmed.

Indeed

 

[canadiantreeman]

That's a heck of a tree! I can't wait to see how its dealt with, make sure you take lots o pics, please!

 

[Bermy]

So next week I'll get started on it, size everything up well, prep it and then get it on the ground.
Thanks for all the tips, even if something is repeated or I'd thought of it before its all very valuable information and the reinforcing/confirmation of things is excellent. This is several scales of magnitude larger than anything I've done before, caution is my watchword.
Stay tuned...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Once that thing hits the ground, you are gonna stand there and smile and ask yourself why you were so worried about it

 

[Tucker943]

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Burnham]

And have another notch on your Silky handle...a big one .

 

[Bermy]

And have another notch on your Silky handle...a big one .

 

[Climbinfool.]

Heck! why you taking it out. Looks like it's making a good fence post ....

 

[MasterBlaster]

Lemme know if you need some help!

 

[SouthSoundTree]

Seems like you have the advantage of no rented equipment on your side. You can take the time you need without costing you a bunch of money per hour. When I got encouragement from former THer TreeDimensional not to contract out my first big crane tree removal, and went for it instead, I was paying $200/ hour for my learning. I'm much better off for having gone for it. Now, a smaller crane job is a walk in the park. Your experience with this tree will be a great boundary stretcher, which can be a little tough at the time, but gives you much more confidence for the times to come.
I'd never done a crane, or maple, removal of that size until I did that one...now I have.

With the money from this job, you'll have some cash for a saw and bar for felling and processing that beast that would have otherwise gone to the "proper feller", right?

 

[HolmenTree]

Crane....what's that?

 

[sotc]

Sean, thats how us PNW folks think, those European influenced folks would just go buy another small saw





Hiding behind the wall so she can't hit me...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[Jed]

Wow. Big tree Fiona. Best of luck. Listen to Burnham and the rest. Don't listen to Willie.

 

[sotc]

 

[Bermy]

Ha ha...you all know I've brought a crane onto a job before. I LIKE machines, but over here you can't ride the ball, sucks...

I'm beginning to see the need for big saws now (uh oh)...but to get one big enough for this tree I couldn't lift the blessed thing, so I'll have to fall back on my awesome Euro influence small bar skilzzz...up to a point

 

[stig]

If you hold the tree on a backstrap, while doing all the cutting, there will be no movement in the tree before you trip it ( and run!).
Therefore no chance of stuff falling down, so the ekstra time spent futzing around cutting from both sides with a smaller bar, wouldn't put you in any extra danger.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Did I just hear something go crunch from afar?

 

[pete mctree]

You could always run ported saws & therefore have a slightly bigger bar on a smaller power head

 

[Bermy]

Aww Pete, now you've just opened a new can of worms!
Ported saws is where I revert to girl...I don't get all that fiddly stuff, have to get a guy to do it for me...
Trouble is Stig, my longest bar just now is 18", I'm considering the loan of a 24"...probably on a 460.

 

[pete mctree]

You said it. Get a man to do all the weird tech stuff - then you just run off & play with it

 

[Tree Reb]

460? Ha, you need a real saw for that tree.

Pay the freight and I'll lend you one, short bar and all.

 

[sotc]

Hideous

 

[Burnham]

 

[flushcut]

460? Ha, you need a real saw for that tree.

Pay the freight and I'll lend you one, short bar and all.

That's just plain wrong on so many levels.