I had a few River Birches on my lake. Wanted to get rid of a couple (out of fifty!) These two had quite curved trunks and were leaning out ofer the lake, living on the edge.
First one, maybe 8" in diameter and forty fee tall/long (tilted over the water). Cut, dropped, put a chain on it and lifted it out of the water, diced and dispatched. Thirty minutes. One full FEL.
Second tree. 16" in diameter. close to seventy feet long. Dropped. Tried to lift the butt with the BH..... Barely able and front tires off the ground. Unable to drag it at all. Tried the winch. Broke a 7,000 test rope.
Several hours later, I managed to drag it about three feet.Cut off the butt and put it under the trunk as a roller. Still cannot drag it, still barely able to lift the tree. The 18" long butt weighed probably 60 pounds and I am 59.
Tomorrow, I put on the waders, walk out in the muck and will try to delimb some and if possible, cut the bottom ten feet off. Hopefully, if that all works, enough weight will be off it that I can pull the rest out of the water.
It is gong to be a long day. I already battled this one tree over four hours.
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First one, maybe 8" in diameter and forty fee tall/long (tilted over the water). Cut, dropped, put a chain on it and lifted it out of the water, diced and dispatched. Thirty minutes. One full FEL.
Second tree. 16" in diameter. close to seventy feet long. Dropped. Tried to lift the butt with the BH..... Barely able and front tires off the ground. Unable to drag it at all. Tried the winch. Broke a 7,000 test rope.
Several hours later, I managed to drag it about three feet.Cut off the butt and put it under the trunk as a roller. Still cannot drag it, still barely able to lift the tree. The 18" long butt weighed probably 60 pounds and I am 59.
Tomorrow, I put on the waders, walk out in the muck and will try to delimb some and if possible, cut the bottom ten feet off. Hopefully, if that all works, enough weight will be off it that I can pull the rest out of the water.
It is gong to be a long day. I already battled this one tree over four hours.
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