Took down a hickory tree yesterday for a neighbor.
It had a bit of back lean, so rigged up and pulled it out in the yard to avoid a tangled mess to work in. I put a stick in the yard for a sight and the trunk was 6” from the stick when the tree fell. Used the LX2610 to pull the rope taught, then cut until I saw the back cut widen, then pulled it over. Had 3 snatch blocks on the sisal rope and a nylon rope tied to the tree. Anchor point was a strap around a good size red oak.
Used the WC-68 to chip the top of it along with a few other cut up tops and brush this morning. Swapped out the grapple for the bucket and spread some of the chip pile to cover the path to Cluckingham Palace. The girls are all standing at the run fence drooling to get in the new stuff spread around their house.
It had a bit of back lean, so rigged up and pulled it out in the yard to avoid a tangled mess to work in. I put a stick in the yard for a sight and the trunk was 6” from the stick when the tree fell. Used the LX2610 to pull the rope taught, then cut until I saw the back cut widen, then pulled it over. Had 3 snatch blocks on the sisal rope and a nylon rope tied to the tree. Anchor point was a strap around a good size red oak.
Used the WC-68 to chip the top of it along with a few other cut up tops and brush this morning. Swapped out the grapple for the bucket and spread some of the chip pile to cover the path to Cluckingham Palace. The girls are all standing at the run fence drooling to get in the new stuff spread around their house.