There's a few trees in my yard that I want to cut down but if I do they would fall over to my neighbors yard. However if I were to climb up about half way and cut them there they would fall within my property, so I was thinking of using straps and harnesses or a ladder to climb up myself.
Is this a moronic idea and I risk killing or severly injurling myself? I would use a battery powered sawzall not chainsaw
>There's a few trees in my yard that I want to cut down but if I do they would fall over to my neighbors yard.
Who gives a shit? Just clean it up quickly, why the frick is this even a consideration? As long as you're not damaging any of his property, he can't do shit about it.
They're pretty big and he has his trampoline and other shit right next to the property line for some reason.
I would let the tree fall onto my other neighbor's property because it's just more forest, but this tree leans torwards the other neighbor and it's too big (1.5 ft diameter) for me to want to frick around with it
Have you talked to him? Just ask him to move the shit so you can cut down a tree without killing yourself.
There is always a risk of falling, need to be careful and position yourself safely. Limbs are much heavier than most people realize, you definitely don't want to get hit by one because it is going to frick you up and then when you hit the ground after being hit by the limb...well you are going to be real fricked up. I have a tree that I have had to go up into my open tree a couple times and cut some fairly large dead limbs out, the first time I used a folding hand saw and a regular pole saw, the second time I bought a cordless dewalt pole saw (since that is the brand I use and had batteries) I didn't really enjoy doing it, but I am the type of person that is constantly thinking about the different ways I will be maimed or killed while doing things. I need to go up there again...and I have been putting it off.
*I have a tree that I have had to go up into a couple times and cut some fairly large dead limbs out
sorry, having a stroke or something the first time I typed that
I've done tree work and even with professionals it's dangerous
Plus the thousands of videos of homeowners falling out of tress lol
When you cut the top 'half' it releases weight and swings around, throwing you to the ground with a spinning blade
You could technically tie off with a rope harness and cut small sections out but Id say it's 50/50 you will get seriously injured
Watch a ton of videos about logging and shit anon, seriously. If that tree barberchairs on you, you’re toast. Owned into the next plane of existence. Don’t risk it, and for gods sake don’t use a battery powered sawzall. A chainsaw chain is wider than the bar on a chainsaw so it can clear extra room for movement and it won’t get wedged as easily. My advice is to get a comealong and pull the tree strongly to your other neighbors property, and just cut it from the base. If you can cut it right, the remaining tree material will act as a hinge and there’s virtually no risk of the tree careening off in a fricked direction. Please don’t have a nice day anon
Picrel is a barberchaired tree, they basically split and fold in half, and you really really don’t wanna be anywhere near that
This is literally how professionals do it. Just cut it down from the top. Move the stuff below or lower them slowly with a rope if you have something you need to avoid.
Source worked at my uncle's urban tree service for a week.
Have you tried moving the tree to the other side of your yard? Or at least spinning it around to face the other neighbor’s property?
Tree worker here. Exceptionally bad idea OP.
Okay you guys convinced me. I'll try using a wedge instead and hopefully not destroy my neighbor's shed lol
Use a comealong ratcheting thing too, wedge usually isn’t enough when the tree is leaning hard
Update us on how it went after you drop that big sucker
hire a professional
if you wouldn't rewire your house don't do this
the risk is roughly equivalent
>I would use a battery powered sawzall not chainsaw
On a tree that you need to climb? Yes this is a moronic idea.
Assuming OP fricking died or didn't leave enough hinge and wedged a tree straight over into a lawsuit he can't afford.
He's been out there three days burning through sawzall blades
As a non ironic ex forestry worker
>Is this a moronic idea and I risk killing or severly injurling myself?
Yes, Yes, and then Yes some more.
I was never fully an arborist, I just worked industrial lumber, but there's a reason arborists have shorter life expectancies then coal miners.
So fricking many things can go wrong, brother just the force a tree has locked in due to water.
Just hire a guy man
Good advice. I do this shit for a living. I’m all for diy and not a safety nancy but the work truly is ridiculously dangerous. Anyone who attempts it without experience must have a deathwish.
We called it "Troll"
Where someone improperly cuts the "cows mouth" the V shape in the direction det you want the tree to fall, and a bit of the tree just Springs back.
You'd be surprised how many guys died or lost limbs, a properly applied turneque is a b***h
RIP anon, pay respects
Here's to OP. He died how he lived; ignoring sound advice.
How do you like that saddle?
Call me wierd but, I liked planting and fencing more, ofcourse I miss my saw and the endless Husqvarna VS. Stihl debate (Husqvarna all day. Fight me)
But, like I said, I did industrial lumber, bunch of guys, take a bus to some coordinates "no trees here" okay boss
And ALOT of fern removal
It would be an easy to win fight - I'd have a running chainsaw and you would be trying to reconnect that stupid blue choke lever...
Hire a tree service, dumbass. You 100% will frick up if you try to do it yourself and will probably get hurt, maybe severely
It’s too late, he died over a week ago