M5farm
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I've got this huge red oak that was struck by lighting earlier in the year. it is dead and a lot of the small braches are shedding. It is 80' to 100' feet high and the base is atleast 15 feet circumference. I started trying to cut it down a few weeks ago and the north side of the tree had a hollow opening (that is the way I need it to fall, North)
with the outer wall being about 2ft thick. I was able to cut a notch on that side so it has an opening and built a fire in the base a few weeks ago thinking it would burn out the side on which I need it to fall and it cants north and a lot of the big limbs hang north. It burn for several days and it has approx. 1/2 of that side burnt out. I have not messed with it in a couple of weeks because I thought surely it would fall. I think it is 2 dangerous to attempt to stick the saw in the south side. I have a cable that I could attach but don't think I can get high enough to create the leverage I need. I've been thinking that the next wet day we have I'll just stack a big pile of lighter and pallets on the burn out side and see what happens.
with the outer wall being about 2ft thick. I was able to cut a notch on that side so it has an opening and built a fire in the base a few weeks ago thinking it would burn out the side on which I need it to fall and it cants north and a lot of the big limbs hang north. It burn for several days and it has approx. 1/2 of that side burnt out. I have not messed with it in a couple of weeks because I thought surely it would fall. I think it is 2 dangerous to attempt to stick the saw in the south side. I have a cable that I could attach but don't think I can get high enough to create the leverage I need. I've been thinking that the next wet day we have I'll just stack a big pile of lighter and pallets on the burn out side and see what happens.