Tree service time......

http://www.godzillastreeservice.com/i/layout_r2_c2.png

Obviously, if you are a climber, the limb/chunk would be the appropriate means to do this. On the other hand, I took down a much bigger pine tree (at least double the diameter) in a similar tight spot a couple of weeks ago. Just cut a big, deep notch on the side where I wanted it to fall and then made a slightly higher cut to the notch from the other side. It fell exactly where I wanted it to. Didn't need a rope or jeep. It wasn't rocket science.

The RV is dead; it has a blown motor. One of the other neighbors gave it to him.

I just looked out there a few minutes ago and it seems like he's called it quits for the day.

Like watching a train wreck...

Called it quits? Oh I am sure the other neighbor is gonna sleep great tonight

So its just sittin' there with the rope hooked up??? Wow.

What he wanted:

http://giant.gfycat.com/IncompleteNarrowGreatdane.gif

What he's probably going to get:

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/2985...on-house-o.gif

If he's lucky he'll get this:

http://img.pandawhale.com/post-19331...e-gif-zrOH.gif

If it goes down overnight, we're all going to be so disappointed.

Can't wait to hear how this ends...

WB - How do you expect me to sleep 2nite not knowing how it's gonna turn out????

subscribing for updates. reminds me of the "shed of doom" thread that made it around the intertubes a while back.

shed of doom links for our less internet veteran crowd here: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1CAACAG_enUS594US594&ion=1&espv=2&ie=U TF-8#q=shed%20of%20doom

EDIT: it appears the shed of doom is still standing .... crazy ....

Why did he put the notch in the tree up so high? If anything, that just minimized any form of leverage he had with the ropes.

Is the notch more than half-way through the trunk?

Did you or he hear any 'snap-snap' as he was cutting the notch?

Even if he is able to make the cut above the notch in order to get the tree to fall the right way, the bottom part of the trunk is going to vibrate him off the ladder so fast, he won't know what hit him!

There's a ton of stored up energy in that situation - like a taunt garage spring, only 50x worse!

He needs to realize he is in over his head and it's time to call a tree service.

Can you setup a webcam for us? :D

-Z-man.

Just checked again - looks like he called it a night. The jeep and rope are still in place!

Get a camera on a DVR stat! You can be Internet famous!

Perfect timing, storm coming in on Thursday with high winds. That should sort it out.

Is one of your cats grumpy? Put him in the tree, you'll have a 991 GT3 in a week.

Call the police or fire department before this gets really ugly. Don't let this guy hurt someone.

Industrial. Strength. Stupid.

Fire department should be called. This is BS. This guy is endangering human lives. Sorry buddy. Call the city and have them send a crew out making double time to deal with it.

Other than fintstone, nobody offered any constructive advice. Mt favorite is "run forest run" cause I never heard that before.

Yep, , he's a maroon, barely smarter than a magenta.

Sounds like a nice nieghborhood you got there.

Fail!

^^^^ This.....only a couple of times in my life have I/we (dad) needed to call a climber or bring in a bucket (once), and we don't climb. No telling how many trees we've dropped that make that one look easy. Guy probably borrowed a chainsaw and rope, but forgot to borrow "a clue" also...idiot. A little common sense (and experience) goes a long way imo....

Wow, he picked perhaps the worst day of the year to manifest his brain damage in such a fashion. I think I am close enough I will hear the sirens if it actually falls on someone.

As it is right now I doubt a regular tree doctor would even touch it.

This is not going to be a simple (cheap) fix. That tree needs to be taken down branch by branch... A "Cherry Picker" and days on site at a minimum. :(

I've been wondering why he notched the tree so high (yeah- I know- it was as high as his ladder went!), but from this pic- maybe he was trying to decrease the arc of it's fall so it would miss HIS house and HIS telephone line?!? Maybe? Bueller?

Never mind physics/bad leverage/ or the neighbor's house. :rolleyes:

Questions I will ponder as I drive to work:
Will the tree still be standing this a.m.?
Is there even a way to get a bucket truck up to the tree now with the ropes and RV and jeep cherokee all in place?
Will the weather turn for the worse?
Will the neighbor smarten up and call his insurance/fire dept/superman/ own tree service?
Will the guy doing this get a 12 pack, throw another line up there and get a friend with another truck to help?

Gosh Golly, so suspenseful. :D

Exactly how it was done with an 80+' pine tree between our house and a neighbor's. Each chunk of tree that hit the ground could be felt for 100' away. It took most of a day but it was safe for the climbers and houses.

Looking forward to reading the rest of the thread...

Looks like an episode from the tv-series Soap. I am just waiting for the sarcastic butler Benson to walk into the pic and comment on the current state of affairs.

Ok made it through the thread. I expected to read that the tree let go and the Jeep was somehow up in the air like tennis shoes on a telephone wire.

Stay tuned Steve....thread ain't over yet :D

....like driving by an accident scene, can't resist...

If I was the neighbor I'd probably call the police. This isn't going to be storybook ending.:D

I figured that the tree would add insult to injury by pulling the rear axle of the Jeep out from under it and landing it on the neighbor's pool.

Well?

C'mon... Don't make me have to keep checking this every five minutes all day... I'm going to be like a kid on Christmas morning waiting with anticipation!

Yeah I was thinking the same thing and cussing because they are three hours behind,
WAKE UP AND UPDATE US!!

Can you imagine the neighbor trying to get some sleep!

You guys are funny, first thing I did this morning was check this thread. Po of my old dumptruck did something similar, roped off to the dump truck, and when the tree fell, it dragged the truck back into some other trees, bending the hell out of the bed and tailgate. Truck did not really even slow down the trees fall .
That is an ugly situation going there. Need a good climber.

This is how I get my trees down when needed!
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNBYell0Qj4

When I left for the office @ 4:30am the tree was still there. I passed on some tidbits of advice to the lady on the other side. She took him to HD yesterday to get a new cable, and his plan is to climb up there and cut off some of the limbs.

SAY WHAT :eek:? Why do you go in at that ungodly hour (and you're three hours earlier than here)....training your replacement (in India)?