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Homeowner cleanup. Wrecked a bunch of dead and declining alders by the well house,vpropane tank and well head, worth 2 homeowner planned and nurtured golden chaintrees on either side of the access driveway spur. Some small, expendable plants beneath, but they all survived. The triple trunk...

Not goodbuse of an elevator or loader.

Scouler's willow, possibly. Their ornamental weeping willow broke in last year's storm.

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That looked like he got whallopped on the head. No evidence of consciousness after that.

Just a basic willow after some storm damage. Three trunks to fell. Full gap on a dead stem and on a live stem. Hinges didn't break. Garter snake

Day trip to Index, WA. Granite goodness! A bit damp. I led 4 routes easier routes starting at 5.7 sport, 5.9+ sport, 5.8+ with mixed protection of bolts and gear, another sport route. Then, I top-roped one 5.10d, at a place know for stiff grades. Took and tried on the last one. Jumping on...

If not for concern about many large, perpendicular limbs, I'd agree straight away. Angles for winch redirects are unfavorable, if it's limb locked.

I climbed up the butt for a closer look and actual measure. More like 20-24" diameter. Looks very manageable. I can get a good but low TIP to start climbing the support tree to scope things in tree. What I misread the other day was a dog-leg in the trunk that i didn't see. It might...

Could be drought, root zone impact, root disease, likely 2 or all 3. I don't recall the felling or stump cuts. Laminated Root Disease has a distinctive decay pattern.

We pulled over some dead alders for the customer we were working for, yesterday rather than getting to the DFs.

The dealer will know best. There might be a manual available through the dealer. Vermeer has free online manuals for their products. Maybe BB, too.

Thanks for the input. These are big and likely somewhat locked together. The trunk is definitely bent. Way too big to lower. It's looking hard pressed to pull up because it fell dynamically. I don't think that this one is risking more than pushing over the support tree in the next wet...

They will piece to keep the support tree. I'm hoping to stay on the ground, folding it. Once I start at the ground and cut it off the stump, I may have lost the access to reasonably set a line. I may put a throw-line in before anything. This is one of those trees that I might get down in...

I've got a large doug-fir in a wet area leaning hard and bent into another large doug-fir. It fell a few weeks ago. I looked at it last week. It's away from obstacles, along the driveway. Crane access would be possible, but $1200-1500 minimun seems avoidable for a no-obstacle, no clean-up...