Rooted.Tree.Solutions
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- Location
- Elkhart, IN
I love working in the winter...
Work Photos
- Thread starter Leroy
- Start date
- Location
- Alton
double stem red oak over a nice metal fence, took me two days because i was kinda crappin my pants when the wind would pick up, gusts where 40 mph... didnt really like that..2nd day was nice and calm. Been taking photos of my shadow and sending them to my daughter..
VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Michigan
Nice shadow shot!
Stihlmadd
Been here a while
- Location
- Adelaide South Australia
Chaining isn't my preferred method - these were done with through eye bolt connection and are not under tension ,
the installation is very well done with half swivels installed at each eye bolt then the chains joined to those swivels.
asked to perform the same task I would have opted for an dynamic system but given the time when this was originally done I would credit the installer with taking the time and effort to achieve a best possible result.
Winchman
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Southwest Georgia
VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Michigan
Back to the cold
A sketchy madrone removal today, contract climbing for a buddy.
Large two-big-stem madrone, leaning over the driveway, woodshed and close to the house. They are specialists at growing at serious angles, but this one had other problems...
This is the base of the two big stems. I'm actually amazed the right one is still standing at all, especially after the snow we just had.
The left stem, the 'straightest' one. Had 5 different tops about 80' high.
The doug fir next to the transformer and near the base provided a decent enough tie-in-point, as well as rigging spar. Even so, the goal on a 40* stem with a rotten base is always to minimize dynamic forces as much as possible.
Brush and small wood off, used the rigging line to lower the final trunk section down in one big piece. Note the discoloration which is core-rot in the stem that began at the base. Special thanks to the excellent ground support today.
On to the other multi-top stem. It was more vertical and more solid, so my tie-in was less critical you could say. Still helpful for positioning and keeping two tie-ins, but it's height prominence wasn't as important as usual. Natural crotch redirect to work the multi tops farther away.
Finishing up, here is another look at the two stems and why they needed to be removed. For scale, that saw is an 046 with a 28" bar.
Didn't have to touch a piece of brush or wood all day, contract work has it's benefits. The smaller stuff was chipped and dumped about 1000' away at the properties garden and the trunk wood was lifted into the dump truck and bucked straight into it, then dropped off 5 minutes down the road. Always nice to keep it hyper local.
Large two-big-stem madrone, leaning over the driveway, woodshed and close to the house. They are specialists at growing at serious angles, but this one had other problems...
This is the base of the two big stems. I'm actually amazed the right one is still standing at all, especially after the snow we just had.
The left stem, the 'straightest' one. Had 5 different tops about 80' high.
The doug fir next to the transformer and near the base provided a decent enough tie-in-point, as well as rigging spar. Even so, the goal on a 40* stem with a rotten base is always to minimize dynamic forces as much as possible.
Brush and small wood off, used the rigging line to lower the final trunk section down in one big piece. Note the discoloration which is core-rot in the stem that began at the base. Special thanks to the excellent ground support today.
On to the other multi-top stem. It was more vertical and more solid, so my tie-in was less critical you could say. Still helpful for positioning and keeping two tie-ins, but it's height prominence wasn't as important as usual. Natural crotch redirect to work the multi tops farther away.
Finishing up, here is another look at the two stems and why they needed to be removed. For scale, that saw is an 046 with a 28" bar.
Didn't have to touch a piece of brush or wood all day, contract work has it's benefits. The smaller stuff was chipped and dumped about 1000' away at the properties garden and the trunk wood was lifted into the dump truck and bucked straight into it, then dropped off 5 minutes down the road. Always nice to keep it hyper local.
Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
Fun prune today , tight setup for the easy lift , no problem... slipped right through the 36 inch chain link and reached 4 different oak prunes and 1 smaller bent over oak removal. You can see my boy saying what's up with the pictures.. "just send it ! " 
Not great pics but this was a first for me. I was blazing a trail in a forested park when I came to a stand of winged Euonymus (invasive here) that was riddled with a vine.
Looked up and they're murdering some white pines.
It's Wisteria and it's all over this area, about 1/2 an acre or so
Looked up and they're murdering some white pines.
It's Wisteria and it's all over this area, about 1/2 an acre or so
Treezybreez
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Lancaster, SC
There's a bunch of Wisteria killing some Large Water Oaks just down my street. Some of the vines cross over the road and make it look like a tunnel.
Bucknut
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Couple years ago I had to de-vine a good size red oak. Covered in wisteria, though not as bad as your photos. Took me a day and a half with handsaw, hand pruners, screwdriver, putty knife and pole saw. Owner felt so bad he tipped my brother and I $100 each. Nice gesture. Horrible vine.
It's amazing how much harder things become when vines are involved, easy to underestimate a project. Some of them are so strong and stringy I've seen large trees hung up by a few vines the diameter of a pencil, it can really screw up felling when you get surprised by one you didn't see.
Quick little project here, an uprooted fir over the driveway. We had some recent strong winds that toppled a few things, and this 120' pecker pole of a tree tipped and hung up. Set a 5/8" with a throwline at around 70' out, two blocks to get the rope to the driveway and the truck to make the pull. I was in 4-Low as usual when pulling and even though it didn't look like it was hung up that bad, it was amazing how much force it took to pull the thing down, even with as much leverage as I had. Obviously it's a really tight stand of trees here, but luckily it had a path to the ground. One other thing done here to note is we attached a 2x12" to that cedar so it took the abuse of the falling tree instead of damaging the cedar itself.
Quick little project here, an uprooted fir over the driveway. We had some recent strong winds that toppled a few things, and this 120' pecker pole of a tree tipped and hung up. Set a 5/8" with a throwline at around 70' out, two blocks to get the rope to the driveway and the truck to make the pull. I was in 4-Low as usual when pulling and even though it didn't look like it was hung up that bad, it was amazing how much force it took to pull the thing down, even with as much leverage as I had. Obviously it's a really tight stand of trees here, but luckily it had a path to the ground. One other thing done here to note is we attached a 2x12" to that cedar so it took the abuse of the falling tree instead of damaging the cedar itself.
What lift are you guys using? Look beefy
Looks beefy i meant to say
Cereal_Killer
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- Location
- Ohio
We run two Ommelift 2750's. 90ft working height.
Treetopflyer
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Coastal N.J
I'm finally headed out west to the west coast for first week of April to be born again. Just putting in my time doing some traditional cutting and chuckin keeping 2 hands on the saw isn't always easy ya know gotta use ingenuity on these little over grown 
east coast white oaks..
east coast white oaks..Attachments
Sweet
Vines are the curse of the south. If its not wisteria its green briar. If not green briar its poison ivy. I hate them all. We are just about at wisteria bloom time and the pollen will make you feel like you have rolled in talcum.
