Cutting a twin top pine?
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Ive got a 60' twin top pine ill be cutting someday. Its abt 12' from my house. I intend to top it. Ive never done that. Ill have to find some climbing gear. Any advice is welcome.
This will likely be my last life threating task i perform as I am growing wiser (older). Well besides pushing my motorcycle well into triple digits. I can still manage that easily.
This will likely be my last life threating task i perform as I am growing wiser (older). Well besides pushing my motorcycle well into triple digits. I can still manage that easily.
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Best advise, hire a tree climber. Watch, it will be the best few hundred you spend. The few hundred is better then a new house.
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Yup.Holdencoal wrote: ↑Mon. Sep. 28, 2020 10:52 amBest advise, hire a tree climber. Watch, it will be the best few hundred you spend. The few hundred is better then a new house.
And using tree gaffs and belt to climb and then trying to work up there using same to hold you while you try to wrestle with a chainsaw is not as easy as it looks. Been there in an earlier life climbing poles a few times in the Signal Corps. There's very good reasons we used ladders whenever we could !!!!!!!!
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I wish it were a few hundred. Around here its $2000 which i dont have. If it were only a few hundred i would definitely be hiring it out...lol.
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Without a lot of experience this is too dangerous to learn on.
The professionals often just use a rope attached to the tree and fastened to a truck keeping tension, or by means of a pullet system to keep tension in the right direction. A special slingshot is used to get a light line over the branch to draw a heavier line after it. I have used a fishing pole to cast a line.
The professionals often just use a rope attached to the tree and fastened to a truck keeping tension, or by means of a pullet system to keep tension in the right direction. A special slingshot is used to get a light line over the branch to draw a heavier line after it. I have used a fishing pole to cast a line.
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I use a winch, I'm too old and it's dangerous climbing and cutting. Winch pretty much puts it where you want it.
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F, how come I gotta keep askin?????????????????? PIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL I been loggin for years & "12' from my house" don't tell much. .>)
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If you can't drop it and you insist on climbing, here is my advice. I did this as a teenager when there were no boom trucks and chippers. First go out and get a battery powered chainsaw. They are light and you don't have to pull start them. Then climb all the way up to the top. I mean the top, not 10 feet from the top. Make small cuts and push the brush out. If you can reach the other trunk, do it also. Never cut anything bigger than you can push. If you've never used climbing irons, don't try, you'll just hurt yourself. Use a body harness and a clip strap to avoid a long fall. Have a least two helpers on the ground to drag the brush away as you cut. The devil hates a coward and the Lord loves a workin' man. Good luck.
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The have a crew here that will climb/cut/drop...
Then you cleanup the drops...
Saving a bunch of money...
But 2k sounds high to me...
Pics will tell...
Then you cleanup the drops...
Saving a bunch of money...
But 2k sounds high to me...
Pics will tell...
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Ill get some pics. Ill be using an electric chainsaw. I was planning on cutting and pushing.
I cant drop it because it will hit power lines about 30 feet away. I can probably drop it after i knock about 25 feet off of it.
One of the tops is leaning over the house a bit but its the shorter one ill probably put a winch on it after i notch the top and try pulling it.
Im not sure why its so expensive here. It just is. My sister had 3 estimates for two maple trees. $5000 was the lowest.
I cant drop it because it will hit power lines about 30 feet away. I can probably drop it after i knock about 25 feet off of it.
One of the tops is leaning over the house a bit but its the shorter one ill probably put a winch on it after i notch the top and try pulling it.
Im not sure why its so expensive here. It just is. My sister had 3 estimates for two maple trees. $5000 was the lowest.
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Call your power company. They will likely drop the line for you. Its free here but might not be there.