No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree!

[Diggin It]

I don't care if it's dropping branches the diameter of my thigh.


I don't have the tools and I don't have the experience.

And I don't have the money to hire anyone to do it, nor do I want heavy trucks in the yard.

I guess I just have to avoid the area for the next year or six until enough of it drops off to no longer be a threat.


No risk to house or shed, so no issue there. Probably take out a couple of other smaller trees, but I don't care about them either.

 

[oldnslo]

Wise choice if it is not a threat to anyone walking past or mowing around it.

 

[4570Man]

I wouldn’t mess with that one either. They’re bad dangerous when they get that dead. Pretty certain that’s not a hickory btw.

 

[Diggin It]

Pretty certain that’s not a hickory btw.

The inches deep layers of Hickory nuts that used to pile up under it say different.

 

[airbiscuit]

A pole saw and track shoes?

 

[ning]

Tannerite
lots and lots of tannerite
or a remotely operated MS880 on a droid idk

 

[ning]

More seriously though
I'd be tempted to use a bow & arrow to shoot a line through a tree crotch and pull a long rope and pull down chunks of it a bit at a time, one crotch at a time
Looks like you've got a nice place there and completely avoiding that space it's going to be a mess for a good number of years and getting the upper stuff down would go a long way towards making the wider area safe and keep it nice

 

[Cycledude]

Should have been cut down years ago, Why did you wait so long ?

 

[JeepHead]

I've got a massive oak tree in my front yard that's dead and needs to come down. I am gonna have to climb it and take it down from the top down. Worst of all is it's right next to large power lines. Not looking forward to it...

 

[dusty3030]

Start stacking all your limbs and brush and whatever around the base and when you get a good pile burn it.