Tree ID and Felling Tree Help

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ChelseaFC

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Mar 22, 2011
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Hey HEARTHlings,

I need help with a downed tree... Please advice on the following picture. Notice the big tree down; that's not my real problem. My real problem is in the top right there is a big branch caught in the trees and if I buck the downed tree, it will cause a dangerous situation. I know first step would be get professional help, but "What would you do?" to get that thing down?


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Next is please ID the big tree... Please say its ASH, pretty please!!


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I would throw a rope over the limb and yank it out of there First!
 
Can you get a truck near the spot, get a rope/chain around the limb, and pull from the tree? Cheers!
 
NH_Wood said:
Can you get a truck near the spot, get a rope/chain around the limb, and pull from the tree? Cheers!
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Pull that by hand! ;-) May take two but easy enough.
 
ChelseaFC said:
Hey HEARTHlings,

I need help with a downed tree... Please advice on the following picture. Notice the big tree down; that's not my real problem. My real problem is in the top right there is a big branch caught in the trees and if I buck the downed tree, it will cause a dangerous situation. I know first step would be get professional help, but "What would you do?" to get that thing down?

Next is please ID the big tree... Please say its ASH, pretty please!!
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Okay, it is ash.

I also agree to pull that thing down. That is the only real safe way to do that one.
 
Could be ash, but it also kinda looks like tulip poplar. I see a leaf or two that I think may be tulip. Hard to tell for sure, the bark of ash and tulip look kinda similar, but the leaves are very different.
 
Diamond pattern in the bark...classic White Ash. :)
 
Chains and cable winch. And escape path.
 
Tulip has the diamond pattern too. Ash tends to have a lighter grey colored bark than tulip. Which I can't tell in that pic. It's probably ash, but I wouldn't bet money on it based on pics of bark
 
Looks like ash to me and that's all I've been burning.
 
I'd very carefully pull the bottom of the dangler around the tree that is down and towards the fence and hope it finishes snapping.
With a little luck both sections will not hit the fence.
 
Throw your rope as high up the branch as you can get. Looking at the branch, if you pull from the low end, you will create a fulcrum point that will require much pullage to get it unhooked. Or if you can't do that, rope it and pull opposite of the direction you would normally pull from (looking at the tree, pull to the left of the pic). That would create a pivot where the branch is stuck in the tree.

WARNING: I am not a pro. Take my advice as opinion only.

Oh, and that is Ash.
 
Correction . . . I do not believe all of us here are Earthlings . . . the jury is still out on some of us. ;) :)
 
krex1010 said:
Tulip has the diamond pattern too. Ash tends to have a lighter grey colored bark than tulip. Which I can't tell in that pic. It's probably ash, but I wouldn't bet money on it based on pics of bark
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Yeah, I've gotten fooled on a couple of trees that I thought were Ash but upon closer inspection, turned out to be Yellow (Tulip) Poplar. In my neck of the woods, though, Poplar is generally the one with the lighter grey bark. The Ash usually has more pronounced furrowing in the bark, as well...
 
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