Need Advice

[jackpine]

I wanted to move the mill back a little in my yard to allow more room for customers trailers when they bring logs or pick up lumber. In order to do this I had to drop 3 white pines at the edge of the yard to make room.

In the direction they had to fall is an arc of 3 trees, a white pine @ 70 ft., a bur oak @ 79 ft. & a bur oak @ 99 ft. I estimated the first pine to be cut @ 85 to 90 ft. tall so notched it to fall toward the farthest bur oak. What I didn't take into account was that the pine was 96 ft. tall and that the bur oak top leaned toward the pine I was cutting :D Proceeded to break a fairly large limb on the oak about 35 ft. up that is now hanging by a stip of wood and bark >:(

Here is where I need your advice. As I see it I have 3 choices.

1 let it hang until it falls on it's own and hope nothings under it

2 Have Beenthere come up and shoot it off for me ;D as he has experience at shooting off limbs and at taking all the flack from this forum for doing so :D

3 Shoot it off myself.

What do you think?

[Furby]

How many houses are around?

[DanG]

I could comment here, but I think I won't. ;D :D

[beenthere]

 ;D ;D ;D  Does Paladin come to mind : ;D

Any pics?  Are you 'in town'  ???

PM your 1020

[Furby]

Will this be a video op ???

[mike_van]

Seymour Smith makes a nice pole prunner set, 5' extensions that snap together. 35' up will make your arms ache for sure, but it's do-able - Or, there's the ladder option, get high enough to get a rope on it, tie it on the hitch & rip it off.  Or, lock & load, hope it comes off before the tree dies of lead poisining  :D

[leweee]

film at 6:00 & 11:00 :D :D :D

[limbrat]

It may not be as exciting but northern toolhttps://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=position"> Note:Please read the Forestry Forum's postion on this company sell what they call a high limb chain saw. It is basicaly a .325 saw chain with every other cutter reversed and a .25 rope tied to each end. You through it over the limb take a rope in each hand and pull it back and forth. It works real good on limbs up to about 4" any bigger than that its better to make a two man saw out of it and stand apart or the limb well pinch the chain before you get it cutoff.

[jackpine]

Beenthere, I thought Paladin used a six shooter, not a shotgun :D However there is about 2 miles of river bottom behind me so it wouldn't matter ;D

Sorry, no pics. Haven't joined the digital camera age yet.

[blaze83]

well shooting it down sure sounds like fun,  however if your in town or some other place were that won't work I'd try to get a rope on it.  what I use is a throughing weight and some parachute cord or 3/16" nylon rope.  I through the weight with the light rope attached, then when I get the cord situated were I want it I tie on the heavy rope.  if I can't pull it down by hand, I use my truck.   If you don't have a throughing weight, a sock filled about a quarter full of sand or old washers should work.

just an idea

Steve

[rebocardo]

On a large limb I would get a rope on the very end, stand a bit off in front of the branch and start swinging it side to side. It usually breaks the fibers and the branch will fall if it is heavy enough.

[scsmith42]

I vote for "#2".  That was a great thread and Beenthere's... we'll I guess that you could say that he's "been there"  :D   :D   :D 

Scott