I have another seriously large fallen Oak.

The crown and canopy are propped 8-10' off the ground on the root ball
and snapped off limbs.

Is there a technique for removing the *props* without trapping the saw?
I don't have access to a winch and I doubt any of my tractors would have
enough traction to roll it over.

regards
--
Tim Lamb

The crown and canopy are propped 8-10' off the ground on the root ball
and snapped off limbs.

Is there a technique for removing the *props* without trapping the saw?
I don't have access to a winch and I doubt any of my tractors would have
enough traction to roll it over.


Hard to tell from your description but if it cannot be settled by removing
tips bit by bit I guess the first step is to remove as many free branches
as possible without destabilising it, then sever the root ball by boring,
to avoid splitting and then rolling it.

Photo might be handy.

You're welcome to use my 8 tonne 3 point linkage farmi or 5 tonne tirfor.

AJH

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The crown and canopy are propped 8-10' off the ground on the root ball
and snapped off limbs.

Is there a technique for removing the *props* without trapping the saw?
I don't have access to a winch and I doubt any of my tractors would have
enough traction to roll it over.


Hard to tell from your description but if it cannot be settled by removing
tips bit by bit I guess the first step is to remove as many free branches
as possible without destabilising it, then sever the root ball by boring,
to avoid splitting and then rolling it.

Job done!

I managed to clear the branches down one side and take off the
protruding roots. With some chains hitched high up the trunk and the
loader tugging down hill it came over.

Photo might be handy.

Indeed. I wish I enjoyed file handling:-(

Umm... Neither Tinypic or Photobucket appear to be working today!

You're welcome to use my 8 tonne 3 point linkage farmi or 5 tonne tirfor.

Long way to fetch:-)

Working with a single chain saw and only wedges to avoid trapping there
were some tricky moments with the trunk supported on two broken off
limbs.

I'll retry a photo this evening.

regards
--
Tim Lamb

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:31:56 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote:

In message , andrew
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You're welcome to use my 8 tonne 3 point linkage farmi or 5 tonne
tirfor.

Long way to fetch:-)


A touch of hair dye, some photos in the local press and hey presto its a
YFC charity drive g

--
David

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On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:31:56 +0100, Tim Lamb wrote:

In message , andrew
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You're welcome to use my 8 tonne 3 point linkage farmi or 5 tonne
tirfor.

Long way to fetch:-)


A touch of hair dye, some photos in the local press and hey presto its a
YFC charity drive g

And the photos. Hopefully....

regards

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011003.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011004.jpg


--
Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb wrote:

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011003.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011004.jpg

Nice piece of scantling timber

AJH

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Tim Lamb wrote:

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011003.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011004.jpg

Nice piece of scantling timber

I had in mind 8"x2" for eventual conversion to flooring. Do the limbs
have any value beyond firewood?

regards

--
Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb wrote:

And the photos. Hopefully....

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011003.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011004.jpg

Looks like it wasn't far off tickling those power cables on its
way down.

Enough gadget wood to keep a scout troop supplied for years ;-)

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

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Tim Lamb wrote:

And the photos. Hopefully....

http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011003.jpg
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/z...dow2011004.jpg

Looks like it wasn't far off tickling those power cables on its
way down.

Yes. 11kV but not necessarily energised. Our village also has an
underground supply cable from elsewhere.

Enough gadget wood to keep a scout troop supplied for years ;-)

I have a seasons worth of firewood from the top alone. Now to get the
rest of the limbs home and repair the damage to my grass.

regards

--
Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb wrote:


I had in mind 8"x2" for eventual conversion to flooring.

Depending on whether those epicormic bumps are just that or callused over
pruning wounds, beams are best bet, flooring will need good quality.


Do the limbs
have any value beyond firewood?

Doesn't look like it unless you know a traditional boat builder.

AJH

In message , andrew
writes
Tim Lamb wrote:


I had in mind 8"x2" for eventual conversion to flooring.

Depending on whether those epicormic bumps are just that or callused over
pruning wounds, beams are best bet, flooring will need good quality.

Ah. They look like pruning wounds. Just not in the last 60 or so
years:-)

Perhaps rafters for re-roofing the Victorian barn. I don't need any more
beams. My sheep man wants it for barn building but I don't see much
return from that.

The one standing beside it has a clean trunk and branch rot setting
in....


Do the limbs
have any value beyond firewood?

Doesn't look like it unless you know a traditional boat builder.

This is about as far from the sea as you get!

regards

--
Tim Lamb