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keithmac

keithmac

Guru
Night off tonight with a few gins!. First for 3 weeks.

Was chopping tree banches off 'till 10 pm last night but strangely satisfying (no more battering the shed roof while I'm in it!.). One branch spanned the width of our garden when it came down!.

The "nearly" finished article. 11 Tubs of Ronseal Fence Life Plus hand painted with a brush front and back..

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keithmac

keithmac

Guru
I'm contemplating felling the massive Fir Trees on the left of the picture. Neighbour wants rid and we do too!.

Professional job only or would you have a go yourselves?..
 
Heltor Chasca

Heltor Chasca

Out-riding the Black Dog
Location
Near Bristol, Bath & Mendips in Somerset
keithmac said:
I'm contemplating felling the massive Fir Trees on the left of the picture. Neighbour wants rid and we do too!.

Professional job only or would you have a go yourselves?..
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Pro job. Insured pro job.

If you plan to have a go, please put it up on YouTube. And do post your ‘Fence and Shed Project Part Deaux’

;)
 
steveindenmark

steveindenmark

Legendary Member
Im sitting in my English cottage garden in Denmark today. It will be too hot to work and so a short bike ride to the beach for a swim and then a bbq. What a lovely day
 

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vickster

vickster

Squire
I just mowed the lawn....that’s me done with gardening for a month :laugh:
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
Location
Chorley, Lancashire
@keithmac as User9609 says a tree surgeon will charge an arm and a leg for the job. Once you’ve started you’ll find out why!!

To work safely the top half, at the least, will need taking down with a hand saw. That’s going to be filthy, exhausting work. Even after getting the top half down it’s not safe for an inexperienced person to work a chainsaw 15 feet above ground level. No chainsaw, and certainly not the size you’ll need, should be used by an amateur above waist height. Without safety clothing it’s debatable if amateurs should use a chainsaw at all.

Assuming you take the trees down how are you going to get rid of them? A neighbour of mine did the same job. He let me have the logs which I cut in to manageable size before taking away. He made endless 14 mile round trips to the local skip and I got two years worth of logs!! That’s a lot of timber.

Then you still have to clean up. I’d urge you to get a professional in. Three great advantages the job will probably be complete in 3-4 days, you’ll have no cleaning up to do and will retain all your limbs.

Split the cost with your neighbour.
 
Heltor Chasca

Heltor Chasca

Out-riding the Black Dog
Location
Near Bristol, Bath & Mendips in Somerset
PaulSB said:
@keithmac as User9609 says a tree surgeon will charge an arm and a leg for the job. Once you’ve started you’ll find out why!!

To work safely the top half, at the least, will need taking down with a hand saw. That’s going to be filthy, exhausting work. Even after getting the top half down it’s not safe for an inexperienced person to work a chainsaw 15 feet above ground level. No chainsaw, and certainly not the size you’ll need, should be used by an amateur above waist height. Without safety clothing it’s debatable if amateurs should use a chainsaw at all.

Assuming you take the trees down how are you going to get rid of them? A neighbour of mine did the same job. He let me have the logs which I cut in to manageable size before taking away. He made endless 14 mile round trips to the local skip and I got two years worth of logs!! That’s a lot of timber.

Then you still have to clean up. I’d urge you to get a professional in. Three great advantages the job will probably be complete in 3-4 days, you’ll have no cleaning up to do and will retain all your limbs.

Split the cost with your neighbour.
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This is sensible. I also strongly advise you to ignore any other advice coming from anyone other than a pro. Really. It’s a job for a top handled chainsaw (which needs a licence) and a pro on a rope (who also needs a licence). Given the proximity of both your fences and outbuildings, this is a tricky deconstruction.

But of course you could always leave the trees as they are. They won’t get much bigger. He says!

Taking an alternative view and doing it yourself I would be asking if you are with the NHS or BUPA.

EDIT due to worrymongering: More seriously (because this job is serious and so is your safety) I would rather be asking these questions on an arb forum. There are a couple of forumites on here who have/do work in the industry and their advice is sound. Otherwise there seems to be a culture across all sorts of forums, where as soon as you mention tree work or chainsaws, the have-a-go-Henry’s come out of the woodwork spouting all sorts of incorrect advice and cavalier BS. Don’t take it.
 
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keithmac

keithmac

Guru
I'll see what happens with the guy she's got lined up first and go from there.

One of them makes some alarming noise when it's windy, may try and get the Council to come and assess them but I've had no ,joy with that before..

Tried to get them to do something with a tree on the other side (both neighbours Council owned) and all the did was send a booklet on the "fallen fuits act" basically washing their hands of it!.

I know how dangerous chainsaws are and have read on quite a few accidents, was going to tackle it with a big hand saw and a large Sawzall type machine.

The trunks can stay at the back chopped into lengths.

I'm under no illusions it is a massive and dangerous job amazing how heavy they can be!.
 
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