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Burnham, when you are ready for the rocker, I give an unheard of discount to Treehouse bros. :)

As you seem to point out, Jerry, tree work seems like one of the more unusual professions, in that learning from your failures is often a big part of the work, and those failures can have rather devastating consequences.

Assuming the weight is within the pull capacity, is there any question that pulling with an implement like a winch or puller, or multiples of them, that gives small increments of slow measured take up at a time, is less stressful on a hinge or other parts of the tree, say as compared to using a...

What's done is done.... I guess leaving the structure damaged as is, the remnants of the tree covered to protect from rotting, a monument to stupidity for all to see and learn from, that would never fly with the FS.

It doesn't seem like it would take twenty years to not know that a pickup truck for pulling a heavy tree could be a weak link.

That's some good writing right there, Al.

Is the person that made the arrangement going to be taking some heat from the powers that be, because of the bad call? Not taking proper cautions to better protect a valuable historical artifact, seems a lot worse than someone using an outfit's computer to discuss and also educate on relevant...

Jasper likes Gravy Train...wtf?

That defines failure right there! :\: It looks like they cut a heck of a big face into that tree. Aside from the rigging failure, trying to max hinge strength might have worked against them. I could be wrong, but I am more of the opinion that with heavy pull trees, ones requiring a lot of...

Just think of how many such things there are that you never hear about.

Yes, welcome. Probably budget constraints on bringing in a crane. If you follow Burnham's posts, such gets mentioned in his capacity with the gov't. I think it is fair to say that it is part of what he gets payed for, not bringing in cranes. 8)

I guess that Willie never cut that one he was contemplating.

On special cases is it so problematical to bring in equipment and an experienced operator from outside? Cut and pull in multiples and don't sign anything. That is a lot of weight there, perhaps Jerry can offer his advice as consultation, and it will help to put it in your comfort zone.