Pro Loggers - More advice needed

[atsah]

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[CobyRupert]

The ugliness I see is not providing any material support for what is left. If in doubt, move up the trunk 8 inches.
The Tree has split off the left side of the butt. Get rid of it early so as not to confuse the more critical work.

I would not make any saw cuts near the ground until that top hamper was resting on terra firma.

Respectfully, I say it still is providing support.
That’s why the trunk is up in the air and not on the ground.
Or are you talking about just the splinters on the left of the stump?
I wouldn’t want to cut a splintered trunk with unknown forces and unknown “connected-ness” still in it with that trunk over my head.

 

[CalG]

Yes, just the left side, that's what I wrote, that's what I meant. The stuff that is Obviously not connected to the tree overhead.
The stuff that is just F ugly, get it out of there so it's not in the way when you need to make the important cuts that require knowing what you are doing.

It's not hard, but you have to keep your wits about you.

 

[CalG]

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gack!!!!!

 

[s219]

Trees like this, I usually put a notch and back cut on the bottom (where the stump should be) and let the whole thing fall over sideways (or pull it over sideways). Picture it like a triangle standing on an edge and you want to knock it over flat.

Your white oak doesn't look like it has much sawable wood down low there so no telling how cuts will behave. But I'd still go into it from that approach -- it's probably the safest way to get it on the ground.

 

[CalG]

Yep! Agree

 

[LD48750]

From another angle.
34' of that Red Oak is gone, whats left is a branch off that chunk on the right.
It's laying against the White Oak.

 

[CalG]

From another angle.
34' of that Red Oak is gone, whats left is a branch off that chunk on the right.
It's laying against the White Oak.
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That stump on the right looks as it has been pushed in. Unnaturally flat at the base, and there is the track that appears to be scraped soil as it was placed.

Could be wrong, it's just a picture....or perhaps I have missed your intention.

 

[CobyRupert]

He’s not saying it’s a stump, he’s saying it’s a chunk that came off the “tree” to the left on the ground. That “tree” is just one branch of that red oak.

 

[LD48750]

He’s not saying it’s a stump, he’s saying it’s a chunk that came off the “tree” to the left on the ground. That “tree” is just one branch of that red oak.

Correct, this is what it looked like 4 Mo ago.

 

[searcyfarms]

id hook that 2n ford to the end of the tree and drag the end of the brush over and get the load off it, no big deal at all, let the tractor do it then you dont have to be standing around it when sawing and guessing what is going to happen

 

[LD48750]

Well... It's down.

Thanks for confirming the best way to do it without getting killed.

 

[bcp]

Too bad.

This thread could have gone on for 150 pages, but you cut it down.



Bruce

 

[Molalla1]

Well... It's down.

Thanks for confirming the best way to do it without getting killed.

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Good job . . . :thumbsup:

 

[LD48750]

Too bad.

This thread could have gone on for 150 pages, but you cut it down.



Bruce

Well.... I do have 3 more 24"+ Red Oaks in this same area that Oak Wilt got.
They have to come down sometime.

 

[joeyd]

Too bad.

This thread could have gone on for 150 pages, but you cut it down.



Bruce

Did you find any pallets under there when you cut it up? :laughing:

 

[Molalla1]

Did you find any pallets under there when you cut it up? :laughing:

Oh boy . . . . :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Well... It's down.

Thanks for confirming the best way to do it without getting killed.

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Glad you're not dead. :thumbsup:

Boy, that sounds weird. :laughing:

 

[Gordon Gould]

Well... It's down.

Thanks for confirming the best way to do it without getting killed.

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Way to go - looks harmless now :thumbsup:

I'm a little dense so I don't get the pallet thing ???

gg

 

[LD48750]

Glad you're not dead. :thumbsup:

Boy, that sounds weird. :laughing:

Thanks

So is my wife.