I had a tree that was showing some signs of rot so I had some time and wanted to take it down. Well I am still somewhat a novice at taking trees down so I am usually really careful and still worry about what might go wrong. I was a bit nervous since there was rot on the trunk with some of the bark off, but I took it slow and it started to fall, but I missed my target zone by about 5' and it just got snagged on another tree. It didn't fall much so it didn't have enough momentum to break through the few branches holding it up, but it wasn't hung up enough to be messing with it all that much. It was getting dark so I came in to research the best way to bring it down. I finally decided to hook up my Ram and pull it down. After watching one youtube video after another I started to get excited about using the truck and then BOOM! The tree came down on its own - lol. I am going to measure it in the morning, but I think it has to be at least 50"+, but not all that wide. Most trees here are tall and skinny.
We live at the end of a road in a somewhat remote area so there was zero danger of anyone coming near this tree. They would have to be messing in the woods on my property so I felt fine leaving until the morning.
Those things are dangerous though and shows you how they can just come down on their own so be safe. This was ~3 hours after it initially got caught up too. No wind to speak of!
We live at the end of a road in a somewhat remote area so there was zero danger of anyone coming near this tree. They would have to be messing in the woods on my property so I felt fine leaving until the morning.
Those things are dangerous though and shows you how they can just come down on their own so be safe. This was ~3 hours after it initially got caught up too. No wind to speak of!