Bad Ash Down

[Ralphie Boy]

Not the biggest I've ever dropped, but for sure the one with the most potential for disaster. On a hill side with a serious up hill and to the left lean and a big fork 15 ft. or so up. One side of the fork was dead as dead could be. I couldn't/wouldn't have taken it down without the sound advice of one of my respected friends on this forum. I won't mention his name cause I didn't ask him if I could.

I left plenty, maybe a bit too much, hinge and drove wedges on both sides of the plunge cut. When I cut the strap, nothing! Too much hinge. So two smacks on a wedge in the back and she started to move.

I got back a safe distance and watched. It sounded like a creaking door in the haunted house opening very slowly. Man, that thing came down so slowly that I could have filled my 25" chain while it fell! It was perfect! Fell straight as an arrow and right where I wanted it to fall for a tree. Pretty fair for a tree with that much back and left lean. The split in upper part of the tree straddled the small locust tree I was using an aiming point.

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while! Tonight's PowerBall drawing is like 220 million I best by me a couple of tickets before the luck runs out!

By the by I'll post a couple of before pictures in an hour or so. Be sure to come back!

 

[Locust Post]

I had to look at that title a couple times.....I thought I was gonna see a Dirty Harry clip for a minute there..

 

[NortheastAl]

Nice drop. It's great when it goes where we want.

 

[Woody Stover]

Good work. Looks like some solid wood there...

 

[bogydave]

You are getting good !
Not much luck there, just done right ( but couple tickets can't hurt )
Nice hinge .

 

[Backwoods Savage]

No doubt that is an ash and a dandy at that. Glad you got it down okay.

 

[Hills Hoard]

brilliant job....is that the locust you see in the fork?...thats the luckiest tree ever...haha...great aiming!