In case you can't get a pick up into the area, you don't neeed a pickup
to do this.
Lotta' chain and a come along anchored far from the broken tree will
accomplish the same thing,
*IF* you have a safe area into / onto which the broken tree can fall.

Pete C. wrote:

Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:15:40 -0000, Joe wrote:


I woke up this morning to find a tree in my back yard had broken off
and fell about 6 feet off the stump. It's is buttressed by some high
tree branches of an adjacent tree. It's about a 50 foot tree with no
real width to it just basically a big one foot
diameter log. I need to get it to fall so I can cut it up but it looks
like it's in a pretty secure lean. How can I safely cut this tree down?

This can be a dangerous situation. Carefully think how the tree is
going to fall and how you are going to cut it. You may be better off
getting someone who is experienced in cutting trees. Recently I cut
down a tree and it did not fall where I thought it would--thankfully,
it did not do any damage to the garage. You could try throwing a rope
around the upper part and pulling it up off the branches. A few
strong men helps a lot, but I'd be concerned about anyone getting
hurt.


Assuming you have adequate clearance to all things that should not have
a tree on top of them, the safest thing to do is to attach a chain to
the base of the fallen tree, just up a foot or two so it will stay
secure, and attach the other end to the front tow hook of a pickup.

Back slowly away from the tree, in line with it, dragging the base back
until it clears the tree it's resting against and falls down. If when
you start pulling, it shows any sign of pivoting on the base and tilting
back, stop immediately lest you flip it over on top of your truck.

If the tree's current lean angle is fairly far over there shouldn't be
too much risk of tipping it back up, and of course, the longer chain you
have the better. You can use a winch instead of a chain, but be sure to
put a mat, sand bag or other item on the cable to limit it's kickback if
it breaks or comes loose. Chains are a bit safer in that regard.