I've got a tree problem too...

SVreX wrote: This one is not for amateurs.

For starters would move the chair.

Who does the smaller tree belong to? I have cut down worse things. I would cut the small one and if that does not drop it I would cut the big one. Should drop. Then just cut it up.

So... if the tree on his property hadn't fallen part way and held it up, it might have fallen cleanly. Split the cost?

dean1484 wrote: Who does the smaller tree belong to? I have cut down worse things. I would cut the small one and if that does not drop it I would cut the big one. Should drop. Then just cut it up.

Right.

Only problem is the only way to cut the small tree is to be standing under the big one.

Ahhh ok not easy to see in the photos

In reply to dean1484:

You may be missing the scale.

The big tree is about 28" through the middle, about 85' tall. The medium tree is about 15", and the small one is about 12".

All 3 are dependent on the other 2 for support. Cut any 1, and the other 2 roll toward you.

The bottom of the big tree is in a ravine about 15' below the other 2.

Oh, and just to add to the fun, there is no level area that a boom truck could sit on. Guy's well is at the bottom left corner of the 1st picture, directly under the big tree.

Let's say I could figure out how to fell this....

If it landed on his well after I cut it, is it covered by his insurance?

TRoglodyte wrote: Last time I did a leaner I chained up to the stump end and then pulled till everything was on the ground.

Stump end is in a muddy stream bottom, down a steep embankment. I seriously doubt a bulldozer could get to it, no less a truck or a winch.

And the root ball is about 10' around. 4x4 won't pull it.

Has anyone said to burn his cabin down so your E36 M3ty tree is the least of his worries?

Cut lower tree. Run fast when it starts to give.

(Joke. Do not do this.)

Without being there it's really hard to say but most situations where it can continue being dropped without destroying ground objects (well?) aren't all that bad. They require a good knowledge of the forces involved and how the trees will react when various tensions are removed.

Me thinks you should talk to someone in the insurance buisness. They may come after you if you have been notified and don't do anything. On the other hand it may be considered an act of god. If it can fall on you and your insurance can somehow deny coverage you will have to figurar out what is cheaper to have the trees delt with or to repair a well.

At that low angle a climber would just walk up to near the top and start cutting pieces off...but climbers are crazy.

I agree climbers are crazy. That tree will most likely stand back up when topped.

Sounds like it could be felled with applied explosives. But that raises an whole other set of liability & legality.

GSmith wrote: Sounds like it could be felled with applied explosives. But that raises an whole other set of liability & legality.

Yea, a shaped charge should do it.

Fire?

Offer to weld up a crash cage for his well top and leave it at that?