A good while ago I promised Gary to try to take a picture of a rootpull.
I've had two good chances to provoke one, the oak in the first picture and a large headleaning beech.
I chickened out of both.
The oak had been selected by a mill builder, and I was afraid to ruin the log and the beech had a large widowmaker right above where I would be cutting when it pulled roots and fell.
i decided to trip that one from the outside and run away instead![Smile :) :)](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/aaf_smile.gif)
Then today as I was felling a medium red oak, it happened.
I had just started to trip it from the side/backside when it pulled a root. Right between my legs, too.
It took some fast footwork to avoid castration![Laugh Out Loud :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/aaf_lol.gif)
Not a large rootpull by any means, but a real one.
This is the one I chickened out of tripping from the inside
The red oak
By the way, I know that my stump looks like shat, no need to tell me![Laugh Out Loud :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/aaf_lol.gif)
I've had two good chances to provoke one, the oak in the first picture and a large headleaning beech.
I chickened out of both.
The oak had been selected by a mill builder, and I was afraid to ruin the log and the beech had a large widowmaker right above where I would be cutting when it pulled roots and fell.
i decided to trip that one from the outside and run away instead
![Smile :) :)](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/aaf_smile.gif)
Then today as I was felling a medium red oak, it happened.
I had just started to trip it from the side/backside when it pulled a root. Right between my legs, too.
It took some fast footwork to avoid castration
![Laugh Out Loud :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/aaf_lol.gif)
Not a large rootpull by any means, but a real one.
This is the one I chickened out of tripping from the inside
![P1000103.JPG P1000103.JPG](https://img.masterblasterhome.com/data/attachments/26/26134-d9212acf0490946e6489fbc88b5f6492.jpg)
The red oak
![P1000145.JPG P1000145.JPG](https://img.masterblasterhome.com/data/attachments/26/26135-719ab50e115a1c56285515e5979e9465.jpg)
![P1000149.JPG P1000149.JPG](https://img.masterblasterhome.com/data/attachments/26/26136-b8b41fa810f4e2843648ab88c21b9f60.jpg)
By the way, I know that my stump looks like shat, no need to tell me
![Laugh Out Loud :lol: :lol:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/vbulletin/aaf_lol.gif)