Should they have cut this tree from the top down instead of felling?

[Robert P]

They fell this tree against a lean on a residential property - they specifically mention the risk of hitting the house, power lines and a car. Instead of risking the felling going wrong why not cut the tree down a piece at a time as I've seen done in other videos?

Is it all about saving time or is there a reason you can see why it was better to fell this tree?

 

[stig]

They didn't "fell" it.
They pieced it out and flopped the stem.

 

[Tommy_B]

Real Pro too as he didn't even need to take his harness off either

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I just kept the sound off as it visually felt like a Murph production.

 

[flushcut]

Meh, that’s how I feel about the video. Based on that video I could make a killing posting buckthorn removals. Lol

 

[Robert P]

They didn't "fell" it.
They pieced it out and flopped the stem.

They call it felling - whatever you want to call it, why is it better to do what they did instead of taking it down piece by piece after having voiced concerns about hitting something?

 

[flushcut]

Time and money. It is easier and faster to flop a stick than to rig down the trunk wood. That was not a remarkable tree or anything special.

 

[stig]

I don't get piecing it out.
Looks like the landing zone was big enough.
Set a retaining line and pull it over with a skid steer.

 

[flushcut]

Just Murph it! Lol

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I'll Take one apart like that to minimalise clean up of the brush. Less mess in a smaller zone. And also to reduce the weight I need to pull out of lean. I feel he should have just thrown or lowered that goofy fork up top just because. Ive had stuff break off like that and tiddly wink across a yard. His guy running the puller was pretty close to the LZ IMO.
His boring and release cut was un-necessary IMO. he had plenty of stem to wedge and by making a regular back cut, you can use the puller progressively to stand the stick up and over the COG. At least he used wedges.

 

[Robert P]

Just Murph it! Lol

What's the Murph reference? Some kind of inside joke apparently.

 

[lxskllr]

Hack in a face, do a backcut, pull it with a skidsteer.

 

[flushcut]

^This

 

[CurSedVoyce]

And jabberjaw the shit out of it.

 

[SeanKroll]

Hahaha

 

[Altissimus]

Wa

What's the Murph reference? Some kind of inside joke apparently.

Former member here , preached the gospel of stupid

 

[theTreeSpyder]

The glaring Dutchman in opening foreground does not seem intentional, or even acknowledged?
Hard to weigh and measure this without good starting pictures, of original chessboard;
but would seem that some of the discarded weight force was pulling to target?
Or twin blocked light to make backweight?
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i do favor rear backfield of most leveraged control to be scheduled in widest part of tree, making the hinge fold line in less than full width.
This puts the side to side controls most extreme leverage positions to the outside of the hinge pivot, ushering greater control to squared fall i think.
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i kinda would have used the dawgs to pivot saw in face, and help alignment.
Nice high fiber pull tho! And centered.
Backcut a bit low to me.

 

[OscarJuliJuli9932]

Cutting down the tree piece by piece is a great way to avoid damage to property and save time. Doing this is usually the best way to do this, and it can be safer than felling the tree, depending on the property and situation. Professional tree services usually recommend this method because it reduces the risk of the tree falling wrong.

 

[stig]

Or because arborists are not as capable of precise felling as loggers.

 

[Naturarbo]

Or because arborists are not as capable of precise felling as loggers.

shit @stig I am a climber and you are so right...
Many people ask me why don't you fell it???
Best excuse"to not endanger your house"
That keeps them happy

 

[lumberjack]

Cutting down the tree piece by piece is a great way to avoid damage to property and save time. Doing this is usually the best way to do this, and it can be safer than felling the tree, depending on the property and situation. Professional tree services usually recommend this method because it reduces the risk of the tree falling wrong.

What an awkward first post.

 

[flushcut]

Or because arborists are not as capable of precise felling as loggers.

Or… there is no ground to lay a tree down. I’d really like to see someone flop a 70’ wide canopy 80’ tall tree in a fifty foot long by 20’ wide back yard and not hit the house, garden shed, garden, power lines, and two fences.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I've always found it is best to be able to do both methods proficiently.

 

[stig]

Yep.
Remember that Beech I wrote about 'round x-mas time.
2000$ bid from an arborist company, no cleanup.
Took me 4 minutes to drop it as it had head lean.

 

[biggun]

But how much did you charge Stig?