Tree felling vids

[davidwyby]

I think the only risk is his, a sapling. He planted it there. 😆

I’ll probably get offered to trade for some building materials 😆

 

[davidwyby]

Nailed it. I tensioned and walked the tether in a semi circle once hooked to the truck to make sure I had it positioned right. Left it in the tree slack, it never tensioned. 👍🏻 Humboldt, Dutchman, sizwheel, double hinge, low ish back cut. That seems to be the ticket…more rear tearing. Harder to wedge, but power wedges for the win.
Was dry rotted center but had just enough good sapwood to hold.



Tele is a 10k and he had to boom in to lift 13’ of the main trunk I took.

 

[davidwyby]

Can’t get the yewtewbs to upload the whole thing. ***credit to @SeanKroll for always reminding me to try the double hinge, finally did it.

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[davidwyby]

Now this is trailer abuse. Little 6 lug axles. You can’t tell from this angle but the tires are cambered in pretty bad, axles flexed, maybe bent. Something we fix regularly. In contrast, my trailer has an ~8,000 lb log on it and doesn’t look like it has a load on it.