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Originally Posted by MortalWombat
I am going to cut down a oak tree today. It's by my driveway and is just about dead. If I never post again, it's because it fell on me in the process.
I guess I'm saying my September goal is to not get killed by an oak tree.
The tree in question. The verdict: fat, cut.
Notice all the dead branches that can fall on me while I'm cutting, which is why they're known as widow makers.
Here's the tricky part. Its natural lean is toward this other oak.
And to the right of that oak is the old well and pump which I don't want to destroy, since we use that well for watering plants and such.
If I fell it in the direction of its natural lean, I'm worried it will either get hung up in the other oak, or get deflected by the other oak's branches and land on the well/pump.
This is the direction I'm think of going with. Pretty much in the opposite direction of its natural lean. I think I'm going to have to use felling wedges, and maybe a long cable or rope tied up high on the tree and pulling toward this direction to get it to go where I want.
And here's a cool spider web strung between the pump, the ground, and the nearby oak.