Cuprager wrote:
Father in law has about 9 of these massive trees in his back garden.

dont you! He had a quote from a tree surgeon to remove these trees,
the
price was about 1k. Quite a lot of cash. The question is, is it a
diy'able job to take these down? The fears that i have are in their
rough order...

1. The height, how do you get 'up' high enough to lop the tops off?

if youve got enough felling room, no need. Use weight and rope to avoid
having to climb it either, just sling the weighted rope over a branch
twice so you get it round the trunk, make a knot at ground and pull it
closed.

If you do cut it, _do not_ cut right through, or pull it to break it
while up the tree. Always get right out the way during breakage. If you
do one you'll see why.


2. Confined space to fell them. Should you rope them into the garden
or
the lane... what about the greenhouse!

not seen the plan.


3. I dont think i would be comfortable with a chainsaw at height.
Would
a bow saw or similar be ok?

yep



I diyed it. Its not rocket surgery, all fairly basic. Bowsaw is fine,
and user friendlier than a chainsaw. But you must take care that your
plans are right, and think about what can go wrong: if something does
go wrong, death is possible. There is a very simple way to avoid this:
stay out of the tree's height radius at all times during felling. Ie
cut far enough till you get cracking sounds when its pulled, then get
out, and pull it over by rope. That way, no matter what happens, it
wont hit you.

The stump end often flips backwards if youre pulling it over with a
rope. Even the thinner branches can cause serious injury, stay out the
way.

Certainly dont do it if its windy.

Take sensible precautions and its perfectly diyable, and you'll have
enough wood to pay for the tablesaw and more. Lots of wood in a 10" 30'
leyland - just a shame its not a nice hardwood.


NT