Ok from the title I have to ask....Do you wish you were a girlie just like your dear ma ma?:rofl:
I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK...
Felled a tall pine tree that was beginning to lean in a threatening manner. Pretty tall - estimating about 40-50 feet tall. WOW what a chore that was - especially in this heat! I wanted to do it before hurricane season did it for me. After hearing all the horror stories of climbing trees with chainsaws, I took all the precautions - safety harness, tethers on everything, ladder lashed securely to tree, etc. etc.
First rule of cutting a tree - don't cut underneath where you are standing :drunk:
Thank goodness for Euclid - the tree landed EXACTLY where I wanted it too! Just a few feed either way and it would have hit the deck or bounced off the other tree and onto the deck. My Geometry teacher SAID I would need to use it one day
I cut it in two pieces... when the top piece started to crack and snap, I had just enough time to shut off the chain saw, climb down a few feet, and hold on for the ride. You can appreciate the awesomeness of these huge plants when you realize just how heavy they really are. And to see them all whipping around during a heavy storm makes you appreciate nature all that much more. When the leaning trunk had all that weight removed, it snapped back up like a bullwhip. THAT was a fun ride! Then it was a simple task to fell the remaining 15 feet of the trunk. Yes I was a tree hugger! :rofl:
Just sharpened my chain saw back up too - dulled it down on one tree and used an entire quart of chain oil! That prompted me to run to Home Depot and pick up a gallon of it *before* a storm knocked down any trees and forced me to get it. I would recommend stocking up on that stuff if you're in an area likely to have a storm hit this season, as the home places don't seem to carry but a few dozen quarts of the stuff. That will fly off the shelves if the branches start falling!
Now I have the chore of splitting all this wood. I really don't want to let it all sit there all summer long but DARN if axing wood is more work than you'd think. I know one thing - I'm going to get a really good workout splitting this wood! I need to get one of those $500 racing axes
First rule of cutting a tree - don't cut underneath where you are standing :drunk:
Thank goodness for Euclid - the tree landed EXACTLY where I wanted it too! Just a few feed either way and it would have hit the deck or bounced off the other tree and onto the deck. My Geometry teacher SAID I would need to use it one day
I cut it in two pieces... when the top piece started to crack and snap, I had just enough time to shut off the chain saw, climb down a few feet, and hold on for the ride. You can appreciate the awesomeness of these huge plants when you realize just how heavy they really are. And to see them all whipping around during a heavy storm makes you appreciate nature all that much more. When the leaning trunk had all that weight removed, it snapped back up like a bullwhip. THAT was a fun ride! Then it was a simple task to fell the remaining 15 feet of the trunk. Yes I was a tree hugger! :rofl:
Just sharpened my chain saw back up too - dulled it down on one tree and used an entire quart of chain oil! That prompted me to run to Home Depot and pick up a gallon of it *before* a storm knocked down any trees and forced me to get it. I would recommend stocking up on that stuff if you're in an area likely to have a storm hit this season, as the home places don't seem to carry but a few dozen quarts of the stuff. That will fly off the shelves if the branches start falling!
Now I have the chore of splitting all this wood. I really don't want to let it all sit there all summer long but DARN if axing wood is more work than you'd think. I know one thing - I'm going to get a really good workout splitting this wood! I need to get one of those $500 racing axes
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lolz @ moleman
I HATE topping trees without a cherry picker. If I have to, I do it in 5-10 foot sections and stay up in the tree. Kudos to HC for doing it the hard way.
I HATE topping trees without a cherry picker. If I have to, I do it in 5-10 foot sections and stay up in the tree. Kudos to HC for doing it the hard way.
They just buried a young guy here in Astor about a year ago.
He was topping a tree. Top came back and crushed him to death.
Now if I want a tree down I get on the phone.
"How much you guys want too get that tree gone."
You gotta be careful with that stuff.
hc.. Let the pros do that stuff. I like your posts.
He was topping a tree. Top came back and crushed him to death.
Now if I want a tree down I get on the phone.
"How much you guys want too get that tree gone."
You gotta be careful with that stuff.
hc.. Let the pros do that stuff. I like your posts.
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