cow pollinater
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I've got a mulberry tree in my back yard that the previous owner only trimmed on the parts that he could reach so it is now overhanging one barn and the koi pond and my irrigation pump and threatening to knock the power out if we get a wind storm. It is lopsided since he was able to keep the other side trimmed up.
Since I'm unable to lighten up the heavy side so that I can fell this monster into the open area under the lighter side of the tree, my thinking is to get the winch on my truck up high on a solid branch, start my cut, and then pull the whole thing down.
I've been really lucky when doing this kind of stuff in the past to the point where I'm starting to seek ideas from others and try to head off near disasters. ;-)
I would guess this thing to be 50-60 foot tall. The heavy side is grown out to about forty feet and the trimmed side only about twenty.
Can I do it or am I nuts?
Hiring it done is not an option... My wife said there was no way in he!! I'd get that thing down by myself so whatever happens it's coming down and I'm doing it by myself even if it destroys everything under it. :nod:
Since I'm unable to lighten up the heavy side so that I can fell this monster into the open area under the lighter side of the tree, my thinking is to get the winch on my truck up high on a solid branch, start my cut, and then pull the whole thing down.
I've been really lucky when doing this kind of stuff in the past to the point where I'm starting to seek ideas from others and try to head off near disasters. ;-)
I would guess this thing to be 50-60 foot tall. The heavy side is grown out to about forty feet and the trimmed side only about twenty.
Can I do it or am I nuts?
Hiring it done is not an option... My wife said there was no way in he!! I'd get that thing down by myself so whatever happens it's coming down and I'm doing it by myself even if it destroys everything under it. :nod: