Burnham
Woods walker
I was requested to take a look at felling this tree...and I just don't think I like the chances of getting it down without hammering this historic barn into splinters.
All of the crown is over the barn, and the tree is a big sucker at 50+ inch DBH. It starts straight for about 10 feet, but corkscrews out over the roof bigtime.
It would be doable with an experienced hand on a large winch equipped dozer to pull it and then release it to the lay, off 90 degrees to the lean, but there aren't too many of those guys left around here, and we certainly don't have the equipment or the operator in house any more. There was a day, not even so long ago, when that was not the case...but no longer.
I hate to turn down a felling job, but my gut is telling me to say no.
Here's some pictures...what do y'all think?
All of the crown is over the barn, and the tree is a big sucker at 50+ inch DBH. It starts straight for about 10 feet, but corkscrews out over the roof bigtime.
It would be doable with an experienced hand on a large winch equipped dozer to pull it and then release it to the lay, off 90 degrees to the lean, but there aren't too many of those guys left around here, and we certainly don't have the equipment or the operator in house any more. There was a day, not even so long ago, when that was not the case...but no longer.
I hate to turn down a felling job, but my gut is telling me to say no.
Here's some pictures...what do y'all think?
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