Wish I had my camera yesterday. Our climbers had one that they didn't know what to do with. So they came and got us.
Tulip poplar, 24" dbh, 70-75 feet tall. It was a co dom at one point, one side ripped off some time ago. What I was left with was a tree that leaned hard towards the line some, no real good place to put it without it hanging up, and not much to work with at the base.
All that was somehow holding it up was a small not even a half circle of good wood 6-8 inches thick. First instinct was cut it high but it had vertical cracks going up the tree on both sides that went who knows how high.
I set 2 ropes half way or a little more up, Took one 90 degrees to the lean, off to the side basically. Ran it thru a winch. Took the other in the direction of fall and ran it thru a winch.
I tensioned the rope pulling to the side a little, not much, I cut it, then let them winch it over with the other winch in the direction i wanted it to go.
It went the right way, the line off to the side ended up being more of a pain than any good, it fell against some other trees slowing it down some. It did get hung up in another poplar, had to climb it and cut it out, pretty easy really. I think if I had just had the one rope in it, it would have fell with enough momentum to fall clear.
Any tips or pointers? I was afraid to put any sort of face cut in it, wasn't much material to work with, It more or less up-rooted the one side. Im not real sure how it was still standing.
Picture explanation Red is wood thats not there anymore. Green is still good wood. The blue is what I cut.
Tulip poplar, 24" dbh, 70-75 feet tall. It was a co dom at one point, one side ripped off some time ago. What I was left with was a tree that leaned hard towards the line some, no real good place to put it without it hanging up, and not much to work with at the base.
All that was somehow holding it up was a small not even a half circle of good wood 6-8 inches thick. First instinct was cut it high but it had vertical cracks going up the tree on both sides that went who knows how high.
I set 2 ropes half way or a little more up, Took one 90 degrees to the lean, off to the side basically. Ran it thru a winch. Took the other in the direction of fall and ran it thru a winch.
I tensioned the rope pulling to the side a little, not much, I cut it, then let them winch it over with the other winch in the direction i wanted it to go.
It went the right way, the line off to the side ended up being more of a pain than any good, it fell against some other trees slowing it down some. It did get hung up in another poplar, had to climb it and cut it out, pretty easy really. I think if I had just had the one rope in it, it would have fell with enough momentum to fall clear.
Any tips or pointers? I was afraid to put any sort of face cut in it, wasn't much material to work with, It more or less up-rooted the one side. Im not real sure how it was still standing.
Picture explanation Red is wood thats not there anymore. Green is still good wood. The blue is what I cut.