PlayboyJoeShmoe
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Buddies fishing cabin out sorta in the sticks...
During Rita, a VERY large and mature Red Oak tree started to fall, as who'd have ever thunk a tree like that would have such a small root ball???? It stopped falling well up off the house, being held by an Ironwood tree and luck.
Anyhow, It would have been tough to remove at that, but it hadn't hit the house yet.
Further rains came several weeks ago, and the rain lubricated everything... a major branch of the Ironwood gave way and now the tree lays on one part of the roof and is wedged at the far end against a pine .
Our thinking is that if we make one wrong move, the house is toast. Also in removing what we could with a bucket lift and Stihl MS260 I estimate the reamiaining trunk to weigh many tons. It is some 25" in diameter, and is that size from the root ball to some 40' to the first Y. If we didn't cut down and move 3000+ Lbs we didn't do squat.
Two plans are loosely being discussed. Winch the trunk up off the roof, or jack it up. But it must come up high enough to be pulled off the end when another tree is cut. I don't honestly believe we have a jack(s) powerful enough, nor a winch strong enough. It makes my head hurt!
Anyhow, I worked harder yesterday than I do on most work days! I gotta go this AM and tow the bucket lift back to Conroe.
Not really looking for advice, but I'll read whatever you've got!
During Rita, a VERY large and mature Red Oak tree started to fall, as who'd have ever thunk a tree like that would have such a small root ball???? It stopped falling well up off the house, being held by an Ironwood tree and luck.
Anyhow, It would have been tough to remove at that, but it hadn't hit the house yet.
Further rains came several weeks ago, and the rain lubricated everything... a major branch of the Ironwood gave way and now the tree lays on one part of the roof and is wedged at the far end against a pine .
Our thinking is that if we make one wrong move, the house is toast. Also in removing what we could with a bucket lift and Stihl MS260 I estimate the reamiaining trunk to weigh many tons. It is some 25" in diameter, and is that size from the root ball to some 40' to the first Y. If we didn't cut down and move 3000+ Lbs we didn't do squat.
Two plans are loosely being discussed. Winch the trunk up off the roof, or jack it up. But it must come up high enough to be pulled off the end when another tree is cut. I don't honestly believe we have a jack(s) powerful enough, nor a winch strong enough. It makes my head hurt!
Anyhow, I worked harder yesterday than I do on most work days! I gotta go this AM and tow the bucket lift back to Conroe.
Not really looking for advice, but I'll read whatever you've got!