To any who may be interested...For the 3rd time now in the past 2 years, I'm renting the good ol straight boom yet again....to take down yet another dead pine tree. This time however, I have declared war on the pine trees. Any pine tree within striking distance of the house is coming down. That means about 14 trees will need to come down, and possibly 2 or 3 others. I am so not looking forward to it. The cleanup will be a pain. Thankfully this time I will have the tractor to help me move all the logs to the burn pile. These are all loblolly pine trees, I'm pretty sure (could be slash as well). Ill share a picture below of a loblolly that looks just like the ones I'm taking down for any who may not be familiar with these big trees.
This will be my first time using the 85 foot straight Boom. The prior 2 rentals were the 65 foot boom. The 65 was already so heavy it cut deep ruts in the yard. I expect the 85 will be even worse. The weight difference is several thousand pounds heavier. I looked up the difference in weight 2 weeks ago but don't recall it now. All of the 65 foot booms were out, and not scheduled to be back on the rental lot I was told for several weeks. The 85 foot will actually serve me better for what I'm doing, as many of these trees are around 75 foot tall, and I need to literally go to the top due to their proximity to the house and such. I will have to take them all down in about 6 foot pieces or so and just work my way down on each tree. I will have a mountain of logs - big, heavy logs, when I'm done. The trees that are 30-50 feet away from the house or so I am planning to just bring them about half way down and move on to the next one. I may leave several stumps sitting up 30 to 40 feet high where I can, and come back later to cut them down and clean up. This should help me minimize the volume of wood and cleanup to some degree.
I will try to post some pictures before and after if I get time, and if there is some interest. I know I always like reading other folks little projects like this on the forum.
This will be my first time using the 85 foot straight Boom. The prior 2 rentals were the 65 foot boom. The 65 was already so heavy it cut deep ruts in the yard. I expect the 85 will be even worse. The weight difference is several thousand pounds heavier. I looked up the difference in weight 2 weeks ago but don't recall it now. All of the 65 foot booms were out, and not scheduled to be back on the rental lot I was told for several weeks. The 85 foot will actually serve me better for what I'm doing, as many of these trees are around 75 foot tall, and I need to literally go to the top due to their proximity to the house and such. I will have to take them all down in about 6 foot pieces or so and just work my way down on each tree. I will have a mountain of logs - big, heavy logs, when I'm done. The trees that are 30-50 feet away from the house or so I am planning to just bring them about half way down and move on to the next one. I may leave several stumps sitting up 30 to 40 feet high where I can, and come back later to cut them down and clean up. This should help me minimize the volume of wood and cleanup to some degree.
I will try to post some pictures before and after if I get time, and if there is some interest. I know I always like reading other folks little projects like this on the forum.
