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How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: 660magnum Date: January 16, 2016, 8:46 pm
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This guy had the tree held by a crane while he cut the root ball
off. As the cut was almost through and the root ball started to
fall back into the hole, it took the tree trunk with it until
the last of the hinge broke because the tree was suspended by a
cable from the crane. The fact that the tree moved a few feet
towards the hole took the chainsaw and the operator with it. The
operator was afraid of falling into the stump hole?
Anyway, a person who cuts fallen trees knows that the ball will
fall back in the hole. The boss man should have supervised this
and the crane should not have been holding the tree trunk off
the ground?
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 16, 2016, 10:36 pm
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That was no small tree he was cutting either.
I think your right Jim if the crane had not be holding it up
off the ground then it would not have been moving around so
much.
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: Gatekeeper Date: January 17, 2016, 6:03 am
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I seen that before. It was pretty funny. He should have left it
on the ground more.
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: Chris-PA Date: January 17, 2016, 8:47 am
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I learned about the root ball falling back into the hole
"experimentally" by cutting from the top down, leaving me with
this when it stood up:
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Experience is what we learn doing things we are not qualified to
do.
But it's the norm, not the rule and it doesn't always work that
way. Many times the root ball just sits there on its side. A
couple of years ago a large white oak fell on a clear and still
summer day, and the tree fell somewhat down hill. I really
wondered what the root ball was going to do and suspected it
would not go back, and as I cut it started to move towards the
trunk. Fortunately I guessed correctly and wedged it so I
didn't get the bar pinched. It still sits there today - I tried
to push it back with my FEL but didn't have the power. This
tree had been killed by something like oak wilt and the bottom
was laced with some fungus. I suspect the roots finally just
rotted and over it went (it leaned down hill).
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 17, 2016, 10:05 am
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That looked like a pretty tall piece that stood back up Chris.
I think I would have jumped about 6 feet when that thing stood
up.
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: Chris-PA Date: January 17, 2016, 4:28 pm
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[quote author=3000 FPS link=topic=5563.msg68289#msg68289
date=1453046744]
That looked like a pretty tall piece that stood back up Chris.
I think I would have jumped about 6 feet when that thing stood
up.
[/quote]LOL - yeah, and if I recall it tried to take my saw with
it. Probably the weight of the McCinderblock I was using held
it back!
It's not a mistake I will repeat.
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: aclarke Date: January 17, 2016, 7:38 pm
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In the late 1990's I was climbing a large Monterey Pine tree
that had fallen onto a two story house. Made a cut about 20 feet
above the roofline and the tree righted itself with me along for
the ride... scary!
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: 3000 FPS Date: January 17, 2016, 8:53 pm
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[quote author=aclarke link=topic=5563.msg68326#msg68326
date=1453081086]
In the late 1990's I was climbing a large Monterey Pine tree
that had fallen onto a two story house. Made a cut about 20 feet
above the roofline and the tree righted itself with me along for
the ride... scary!
[/quote]
I guess about the only thing you can do is to hang on. Then
have one heck of a story afterwards. That had to have pumped
some adrenaline into the ole blood stream.
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: aclarke Date: January 17, 2016, 9:50 pm
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Righted itself slowly but still terrifying! Lol!
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Re: How Not To Cut the Root Ball From A Fallen Tree
By: Chris-PA Date: January 17, 2016, 10:12 pm
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[quote author=aclarke link=topic=5563.msg68336#msg68336
date=1453089048]
Righted itself slowly but still terrifying! Lol!
[/quote]I can only imagine!
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