Tree-Taylor
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- Canada
Great job and effective use of the pole saw. Buy one, you'll use it more than you think.
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Serf Life
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- Maine Island
Get it Hoy!
Had another kind of interesting project today. I rarely work weekends, but the customer was very concerned and wanted it down ASAP.
Here was the tree, ~90' doug fir, about one foot from the house/deck, standard stuff so far.
Very one-sided limb weight, fortunately away from the house.
And the reason it needed to come down was that they just had a large landslide below the house and tree, making it unstable.
A large bit of ground, as well as this 100' tree slid down the steep slope and into the water below. This tree that came down only missed hitting the corner of the deck by a few feet.
All the brush and wood needed to go uphill for chipping and firewood, so I used a speed-line to send all the limbs from the water-side of the tree towards the uphill side of the house.
Another look at the tree and a better look at the landslide.
I was onsite and working by 7:45am, and for the first two hours everything was covered in a layer of thick fog. But as the day went on, it cleared up and the views got better and better.
After all the limbs were speed-lined down and I'd taken the top, it was time to cut and toss 16" firewood rounds down to this point.
Chaining and dropping the stick to keep it on the hillside. I did make a small error on the slack holding link which popped off, but it still went perfectly.
Held on-slope.
The log stable on the hillside and job done.
Here was the tree, ~90' doug fir, about one foot from the house/deck, standard stuff so far.
Very one-sided limb weight, fortunately away from the house.
And the reason it needed to come down was that they just had a large landslide below the house and tree, making it unstable.
A large bit of ground, as well as this 100' tree slid down the steep slope and into the water below. This tree that came down only missed hitting the corner of the deck by a few feet.
All the brush and wood needed to go uphill for chipping and firewood, so I used a speed-line to send all the limbs from the water-side of the tree towards the uphill side of the house.
Another look at the tree and a better look at the landslide.
I was onsite and working by 7:45am, and for the first two hours everything was covered in a layer of thick fog. But as the day went on, it cleared up and the views got better and better.
After all the limbs were speed-lined down and I'd taken the top, it was time to cut and toss 16" firewood rounds down to this point.
Chaining and dropping the stick to keep it on the hillside. I did make a small error on the slack holding link which popped off, but it still went perfectly.
Held on-slope.
The log stable on the hillside and job done.
Winchman
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- Location
- Southwest Georgia
I'd worry that the roots from the tree you removed were helping stabilize the ground under the house. It'll take a while for it to be missed, though. Looks like they simply built too close to the shoreline. Any idea how long the house has been there?
It takes very little canopy to keep a tree alive, so maybe topping the tree would have been a better option. That would have reduced the weight and windage while preserving the roots.
It's been like this at least two years, and it looks pretty healthy despite being topped by a storm.
It takes very little canopy to keep a tree alive, so maybe topping the tree would have been a better option. That would have reduced the weight and windage while preserving the roots.
It's been like this at least two years, and it looks pretty healthy despite being topped by a storm.
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flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Yeah.... I am not so sure removing that tree was a good idea.
The customer had a geo technical engineer out to examine the soil and hillside, this was their recommendation. Shoreline rules here are pretty strict so the county is also involved in this project. As for the house, it's been there a few decades and the geo tech said it was still on good solid ground.
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flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Time will tell if it was a good idea. Understand I am not bagging on you 27rmton work is work and well done, but I think they might regret that decision. I never under stood why anybody would build on a hill like that.
My next door neighbor had the top blown out of a pine 5 or 6 years ago when an f-0 came through. It is doing well and developing a very heavy flat top. Some day another storm will probably RIP the remaining top and destroy my garden.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Edge of slope trees like that are big levers, at times.
I had customers lose a lot of bank last January, with saturated soils and wind.
Probably was at least undercut beyond the bole somewhat. Pulled 20' off.
You're not going to convince customers not to listen to the engineers.
I had customers lose a lot of bank last January, with saturated soils and wind.
Probably was at least undercut beyond the bole somewhat. Pulled 20' off.
You're not going to convince customers not to listen to the engineers.
Yep. Another consideration in a situation like this, is now with the large tree that was previously in front of this one gone, the remaining tree would now be experiencing a lot more direct wind than it was before. That combined with the now undercut ground would drastically increase the chance of failure, which would take quite a bit more ground down with it.
The dynamics of wind on a forest are important to understand. This is especially true in dense stands of firs like we have here, since interior trees will grow very tall and top heavy as they reach upward to compete for sunlight. When trees grow on the edge of a stand, they grow up experiencing that wind and grow reaction wood and roots to compensate for the forces. As they will have full light compared to trees in the middle of the stand, they will also retain low limbs which both act as dampeners to movement, but also simply keep the center of gravity lower. Poor structure in trees will break out and what remains will be well adapted to the location.
When a new clearing is established, an opening cut out of a forest (for new homes, pasture, etc) the trees on the newly established treeline are often prone to failure. It is not uncommon for the first decent storm after a clearing is made to bring down trees, and we are talking 100' firs here. People will make a clearing, fence it for livestock or whatever, and have that fence smashed in multiple places in the first winter. I know, I've rebuilt many of them!
Winchman
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- Location
- Southwest Georgia
I was afraid this was a situation where the homeowner said.," Oh my!! Did you see what just happened? I want that tree gone!!." Obviously now that wasn't the case. People with local knowledge and experience got involved, made a decision after considering all the factors, and you did an excellent job carrying out the plan. It doesn't get any better than that.
AdkEric
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- Location
- Adirondacks
Nothing too exciting here. Spent Monday falling eastern white pine snags and climbing a couple live ones that required rigging. Homeowner requested removal after storm damage last winter. They lean quite dramatically over the house when loaded with snow and ice. No clean up job to boot!
Reach
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- Atglen, PA
Just a little lifting action today, with @Colin1234567 in the air.
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@Lampyrid installing the Branch Saver. Ended up fitting out the new-to-us HHX on the captain hook to get some non-life-support experience with it. @Richard Mumford-yoyoman might feel conflicted about that...
@Serf Life taking a pick, natural crane boom. Brushy spruce over a fence. Lifted the top pullied it up and over with the mini skid, lowered off BMG bollard and limbed away from the fence
- Location
- Davis County
Interesting.
I didn't know they made a specific tool for that, i've used the snow stakes for years and it helps a lot!
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