flashover604
TreeHouser
Hi all. The title should be dead "LEANERS"
Welcome to episode two of "Homeowners How To". I've got several trees out at my parents place that are dead and leaning into other live trees. They're in the woods so I'm not worried about them hitting anything when they come down, but they're hanging over trails that people frequent. I'd like to get them on the ground on MY schedule, not theirs. They're between 10"-16" diameter and 40'-60' tall. One is broken about 8' off the ground and still attached to the stump. I don't know HOW attached though. It may just be gravity holding the two ends together. I thought about tying a rigging rope to the bottom and pulling the bottom of the tree away from the lean and letting the top drop straight down if it'll come down. I've got an 8000# winch with 150' of cable and a 25,000# rated snatch block to redirect the cable. If this sounds like a decent way to drop these,
A: How would you attach the rope to the dead trees, i.e.: is there a knot that would be good to use so I can loosen it after the force is applied, and
B: Am I underestimating the force necessary to pull them down?
Thanks in advance!
Zach
Welcome to episode two of "Homeowners How To". I've got several trees out at my parents place that are dead and leaning into other live trees. They're in the woods so I'm not worried about them hitting anything when they come down, but they're hanging over trails that people frequent. I'd like to get them on the ground on MY schedule, not theirs. They're between 10"-16" diameter and 40'-60' tall. One is broken about 8' off the ground and still attached to the stump. I don't know HOW attached though. It may just be gravity holding the two ends together. I thought about tying a rigging rope to the bottom and pulling the bottom of the tree away from the lean and letting the top drop straight down if it'll come down. I've got an 8000# winch with 150' of cable and a 25,000# rated snatch block to redirect the cable. If this sounds like a decent way to drop these,
A: How would you attach the rope to the dead trees, i.e.: is there a knot that would be good to use so I can loosen it after the force is applied, and
B: Am I underestimating the force necessary to pull them down?
Thanks in advance!
Zach