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

   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #1  

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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.



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   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #3  
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.
 
   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #5  
A pole saw and track shoes?
 
   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #7  
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
 
   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #8  
Should have been cut down years ago, Why did you wait so long ?
 
   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #9  
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...
 
   / No, I am NOT going to try to take down a dead 100' Hickory tree! #10  
Start stacking all your limbs and brush and whatever around the base and when you get a good pile burn it.
 

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