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Tyler Durden

Tyler Durden

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I got a call at 4:30 today for this failed tree. The homeowner thought he could pull it over against the back lean with a clothes line and an ancient block. The tree barber chaired on him during his back cut and sat down on a historic home with solar panels on the roof.

I set a bull line in the tree, redirected off the nearest high point, and built a 3:1 z rig on it. I then hooked my 5:1 to the bull line, then attached my rope jack to the 5:1. After friction I figure this system to be close to 15:1.

We then proceeded to pull the tree back to vertical. When the split closed, the tree spun on us 90°, which really freaked me out. My original plan was to just yard it over like the home owner originally intended, but the twisted barber chair changed things.

The next step was to install a chain below my intended felling cut and a ratchet strap above the cut zone. I tightened up the chain with wedges, then faced up the tree 90°to its original lean.

A bore cut was used to help prevent more barber chair and the tree threaded the gap between 2 trees we planted on preserving.

All said and done, we were there for 2 hours to secure the tree and no further damage was caused.
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Tyler Durden said:
I'd like to thank @southsoundtree fir the knowledge of took to make this project happen. The chain and wedge trick is one he just taught me.

I really feel like I need to read Jerry B's books now.

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@Tyler Durden; Yeah, I was making a joke. I know life does not work like that.

I did want to say that I think it amazing that you were able to do all of that work in only two hours. I can't tie my shoes in two hours. Really nice job, bailing the guy out of his own mess. It was nice that he expressed appreciation for what you did after the fact.

Tim
 
Nice work and techniques,

Another thing you can do when using a chain around a split trunk is to take a long threaded bolt and nut with large fender washers and run it through a link on each end of the chain and use wrenches or if you have one, a battery powered impact gun to run down the bolt tightening the chain around the trunk. A couple of small lag bolts with washers come in handy to hold the chain in position during setup, particularly when working solo.

On a related note: I had a neighbor a couple of weeks back wanted two trees removed. He said he thought he could just put the notch in the backside so the tree would fall away from the fence :cool: but he did not have a chainsaw.

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I told him I was a sissy and would just remove the two fence sections instead.
 
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@Tyler Durden i got a block kinda like that, I know the history well, I found it in my new to me chip truck, it’s been hanging up in my wood shed since. Like new. Make me an offer, but only antique prices will be acceptable
 
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