Hired a couple of trees cut hanging over house

[jamesp]

The first tree. Winch attached. Pulley at bottom of hill. Truck mounted winch at top of hill. Saw man, winch man, and pulley tension man.
Tree got stuck but slowly rolling for a couple of minutes, so the second video.




I was trying to get dramatic video on this tree. Was standing too close and had to turn tail and run. Dang it, missed the fall.
Seconds after the tree hit:

[morerockspleaz]

That's cool, I love to hear them cracking and falling and feel the ground shake. If they have to come down why not enjoy the action. Good move on removing the ones to close to the house.

[rockjunquie]

My neighborhood is populated by 70 y/o 100 ft+ pin oaks. They are friggin 'uge. Once in awhile, they have to cut one down. It's quite an event for a full day. First they lob off the branches. Then they go to the top and tie up sections to cut off. They continue this as they work their way down. By the time they reach the bottom, 90% has already been thrown into the mulcher. Those guys are incredible. They also have very loud potty mouths. You can hear then swearing back and forth across the neighborhood all day. LOL!

[coloradocliff]

Jun 3, 2017 21:26:10 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

My neighborhood is populated by 70 y/o 100 ft+ pin oaks. They are friggin 'uge. Once in awhile, they have to cut one down. It's quite an event for a full day. First they lob off the branches. Then they go to the top and tie up sections to cut off. They continue this as they work their way down. By the time they reach the bottom, 90% has already been thrown into the mulcher. Those guys are incredible. They also have very loud potty mouths. You can hear then swearing back and forth across the neighborhood all day. LOL!

They say things like friggin a lot? Grin

C,

[jamesp]

the second tree had no obstructions as they threaded the needle
tall heavy red oak with little foliage to slow it's fall
They had a 300-400 foot rope on it in high tension strung high in tree(they used a canon to fire the rope high in the tree) to make sure it went away from house.
not long after the saw started cutting it snapped unusually loudly and came down at the highest speed and down that steep hill
must have been a 40 mph wind pushed out at it's landing

Most surgeons use steel cable and it does not stretch like that rope. Stretched rope turned the tree into a catapult. But helped it hit the ground without getting hung.

They were very prejudiced. They were celebrating their victory out in the parking lot. Discussing the wrongs of whites and African American's mixing in marriage.
Father, son, two workers. Father leading the discussion.
A 6 foot tall very comely young architect lady drove up of African persuasion with what looked like a half white child to buy a fire pit. Wearing those tight leotards lol.
Should have seen them falling all over themselves trying to help get her fire pit in her SUV. Instant gentlemen of the most humble nature.
After she left I reminded them of the spirited and religious discussion about interracial marriage.
They claimed she was Indian. Got to love southern hypocrisy.

I paid them the $400 they asked for and a $50 tip and have been grinning ever since they left.
Eat your heart out Don Quixote.

[jamesp]

Next job is to cut up two long 18 inch red oaks and burn them on a steep hill. Fun. They would have charged a lot for that process.

[coloradocliff]

Jun 4, 2017 8:44:12 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Next job is to cut up two long 18 inch red oaks and burn them on a steep hill. Fun. They would have charged a lot for that process.

Burn them or dig them in to make a bit of terracing.Red oak looks like lemons to you but its precious to many of us who don't have hard woods. MFRB please.

[jamesp]

Are you serious ? Just pallet wood to us. And fire wood coloradocliff
Prefer white oak, the red oak has splinters when handling as fire wood. Guess that is pretty lame complaint.
These have no limbs 80 feet up, they were growing with giants. easy splitting, no knots.
Cut 10 inch long logs and hand split whole trunk in an hour. Sleep for two days...

[coloradocliff]

Jun 4, 2017 11:10:17 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Are you serious ? Just pallet wood to us. And fire wood coloradocliff
Prefer white oak, the red oak has splinters when handling as fire wood. Guess that is pretty lame complaint.
These have no limbs 80 feet up, they were growing with giants. easy splitting, no knots.
Cut 10 inch long logs and hand split whole trunk in an hour. Sleep for two days...

I prefer the white oak too. Tight grained. toasts and then flavors and colors well with an alligator char.

Firewood there. A man surrounded by riches..

[lookatthat]

If they're straight and solid, couldn't you sell them as logs?

[wigglinrocks]

I prefer the taste of oak smoked meats over hickory smoked . Cherry is still better though .

[morerockspleaz]

Lots of firewood there jamesp. While red oak does splinter when splitting it makes a hot fire in the fireplace. Fire wood typically warms you 3 times. Cutting and splitting, moving and stacking and in the fire place. Red oak is my preference for firewood splinters or not. Makes good charcoal too for the BBQ grill. Now Hickory is one I will not cut or split. Make a deal with someone needing firewood to cut up and remove.They can have it and clean up the mess. That's done a lot around here.

I had a tree that my deck was built around. Guess when it was done it was a novel idea. But the tree kept growing, so it was pulling on the deck when the wind would blow and I hired a guy to take it down. He climbed it and limbed it out. Cut it down to a stump now under my deck. Was an expensive job $500.00, but it was worth it. Was a pine tree. Had someone there that wanted the wood, they loaded their bounty and cleaned up the mess.

[jamesp]

Jun 4, 2017 12:16:38 GMT -5 lookatthat said:

If they're straight and solid, couldn't you sell them as logs?

You can buy a tractor trailer of oak logs here delivered for $800 lookatthat.
The timber guys are always cutting here. Georgia is a timber state on a large scale.
By the time I snatched that tree out of the woods and set it on a trailer a lot of work would have been done.
Atlanta developers use diesel powered fans to burn giant piles of trees at developments. They rape the forests and burn them a lot of the time.
And trees do grow very fast here.

[jamesp]

Oak is a great cooking wood. Milder and sweeter than hickory. White oak and red oak have exceptional heating values. Great fire wood.
Not 50 feet from one of these trees is a red oak that died, maybe 40 inches thru at the stump and 30 inches thru 50 feet up.
Fortunately it is leaning heavy away from the house. When it comes down it will take trees like these two with it. It is a monster. Biggest tree on property.
No idea why it died. Guess it was it's time.

[jamesp]

Jun 4, 2017 12:39:12 GMT -5 morerockspleaz said:

Lots of firewood there jamesp. While red oak does splinter when splitting it makes a hot fire in the fireplace. Fire wood typically warms you 3 times. Cutting and splitting, moving and stacking and in the fire place. Red oak is my preference for firewood splinters or not. Makes good charcoal too for the BBQ grill. Now Hickory is one I will not cut or split. Make a deal with someone needing firewood to cut up and remove.They can have it and clean up the mess. That's done a lot around here.

I had a tree that my deck was built around. Guess when it was done it was a novel idea. But the tree kept growing, so it was pulling on the deck when the wind would blow and I hired a guy to take it down. He climbed it and limbed it out. Cut it down to a stump now under my deck. Was an expensive job $500.00, but it was worth it. Was a pine tree. Had someone there that wanted the wood, they loaded their bounty and cleaned up the mess.

The ole tree in the deck can present a challenge for the surgeon. Best if the knuckle boom crane can remove parts as the climber cuts it.
$500 sounds like a bargain. Tree work is hard work. especially the removal.

[captbob]

Jun 4, 2017 14:56:11 GMT -5 jamesp said:

$500 sounds like a bargain. Tree work is hard work. especially the removal.

I was gonna say! About $3,000 to take down one of the big oaks in my yard. And that's IF you can get the permit to do so. Good luck with that. Take down a big old tree and you have to plant something stupid like 5 new ones.
Our place has 11 BIG oaks. Saw them when we got the place and was all ... ooh, look at the lovely trees!
I now hate oak trees... those in my yard anyway.

[morerockspleaz]

Jun 4, 2017 14:56:11 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Jun 4, 2017 12:39:12 GMT -5 morerockspleaz said:

Lots of firewood there jamesp. While red oak does splinter when splitting it makes a hot fire in the fireplace. Fire wood typically warms you 3 times. Cutting and splitting, moving and stacking and in the fire place. Red oak is my preference for firewood splinters or not. Makes good charcoal too for the BBQ grill. Now Hickory is one I will not cut or split. Make a deal with someone needing firewood to cut up and remove.They can have it and clean up the mess. That's done a lot around here.

I had a tree that my deck was built around. Guess when it was done it was a novel idea. But the tree kept growing, so it was pulling on the deck when the wind would blow and I hired a guy to take it down. He climbed it and limbed it out. Cut it down to a stump now under my deck. Was an expensive job $500.00, but it was worth it. Was a pine tree. Had someone there that wanted the wood, they loaded their bounty and cleaned up the mess.

The ole tree in the deck can present a challenge for the surgeon. Best if the knuckle boom crane can remove parts as the climber cuts it.
$500 sounds like a bargain. Tree work is hard work. especially the removal.

Climber lowered it down with rope and pulley, That guy earned his money. Cut the top out after delimbing, that tree flopped back and forth, he knew what he was doing for sure. Surprised it didn't throw him off.

[coloradocliff]

Jun 4, 2017 12:23:36 GMT -5 wigglinrocks said:

I prefer the taste of oak smoked meats over hickory smoked . Cherry is still better though .

White oak is best in alcohols, wines and such.

[jamesp]

Jun 4, 2017 15:17:03 GMT -5 captbob said:

Jun 4, 2017 14:56:11 GMT -5 jamesp said:

$500 sounds like a bargain. Tree work is hard work. especially the removal.

I was gonna say! About $3,000 to take down one of the big oaks in my yard. And that's IF you can get the permit to do so. Good luck with that. Take down a big old tree and you have to plant something stupid like 5 new ones.
Our place has 11 BIG oaks. Saw them when we got the place and was all ... ooh, look at the lovely trees!
I now hate oak trees... those in my yard anyway.

Florida oaks are a job. Heavy, hard, and long limbs. Had to buy a real chainsaw for that place. Same length bar but 3 times more horsepower.
Tree people in Florida are expensive too.

Guessing you have Live oaks and hopefully not water oaks Bob. I know you have a higher population of tree liking people.
However the Georgia urban folks are strict about cutting trees too.
Covenants, restrictions, regulations.

[jamesp]

Jun 4, 2017 15:52:10 GMT -5 morerockspleaz said:

Jun 4, 2017 14:56:11 GMT -5 jamesp said:

The ole tree in the deck can present a challenge for the surgeon. Best if the knuckle boom crane can remove parts as the climber cuts it.
$500 sounds like a bargain. Tree work is hard work. especially the removal.

Climber lowered it down with rope and pulley, That guy earned his money. Cut the top out after delimbing, that tree flopped back and forth, he knew what he was doing for sure. Surprised it didn't throw him off.

I think you were wearing a short skirt that day . That's too cheap for a climber. Climbers a different breed. Climbing dangerous, add cutting hunks off trees overhead w/chainsaw no thanks.