Would you climb this? Dead larch
- Thread starter Trreeguy
- Start date
Treezybreez
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Lancaster, SC
If you don't have room to fell it, inspect the trunk as you go up. Do you have any idea how long it's been dead?
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Don't believe customers. It probably had green on the lowest branches, two years ago. I had a wildlife snag that had one live noble fir branch for years, literally.
cerviarborist
Very stable member
- Location
- Florida, USA
Why would you need to climb it anyway? It seems to be in the wide open with lots of open space to drop it. Just hum a throw bag/line up there, pull up a pull rope for a little 1/2" insurance and put it on the ground....from the ground.
flushcut
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Delavan, WI
Right! "it just died last week" but it looks reasonably fresh dead two years would be my guess.
Flopper!
chiselbit
Been here a while
And never risk your life for a damn fence. Customers are sometimes so concerned over those stupid things. It’s just a fence. Take it down, smash it, whatever. It can be rebuilt easy
Treezybreez
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Lancaster, SC
Now you're starting to sound like Daniel.
Basswood
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Long island
Looks like a flopper.
why not bucket/lift?
why not bucket/lift?
Basswood
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Long island
Lift rental an option?
No one can decide but you. Understanding the species and its characteristics once dead, assessing the tree in person, your own comfort/skill level and then constantly reassessing while you are in the tree are all required, and most of those can't be done over the internet. You can do a vertical bore into the trunk to check if it is hollow inside, look for signs of root rot, avoid any dynamic loads on the tree especially when you take the top, and so on. I climb and lot of dead trees in my work and have a lot of experience doing it, but you start small and not too compromised, and work your way up from there. Only you know where you are in that process and with this species.
cerviarborist
Very stable member
- Location
- Florida, USA
@Trreeguy. Have you at this point in your treework career developed the skills and acquired the tools to
1. Put a rigging line into the canopy (or what's left of it) from the ground?
2.Notch, and back cut the trunk (Preferably a plunge cut to leave a bit of strap on the backside?
3. Pull it over from about a safe distance about 1.5 times the height of the tree?
If you don't, you'd do well to hire a competent feller to assist you in getting it on the ground. Watch them and learn.
No need to get yourself banged up on a sketchy tree that the property owner has been twiddling their thumbs and looking at for a couple years, and even more importantly, no need to put yourself at height with a saw (by yourself?) when the job can be done faster, safer and more efficiently from the ground.
1. Put a rigging line into the canopy (or what's left of it) from the ground?
2.Notch, and back cut the trunk (Preferably a plunge cut to leave a bit of strap on the backside?
3. Pull it over from about a safe distance about 1.5 times the height of the tree?
If you don't, you'd do well to hire a competent feller to assist you in getting it on the ground. Watch them and learn.
No need to get yourself banged up on a sketchy tree that the property owner has been twiddling their thumbs and looking at for a couple years, and even more importantly, no need to put yourself at height with a saw (by yourself?) when the job can be done faster, safer and more efficiently from the ground.
- Location
- Smoky lake
Rope it and dump it my son. Got room for days out there.
