Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Disel -vs- gasoline
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Posted by Richard on September 29, 1998 at 11:21:59:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Disel -vs- gasoline posted by Dennis on September 29, 1998 at 10:58:36:
I DO NOT RECCOMMEND pulling trees over or guiding in one direction with the tractor - not if you value your life and the tractor. Use a "come-along" on a LONG chain attached to the base of another tree to persuade it it fall in another direction. At least that way you can run if necessary. Good Luck !!!! Pardon either my vaguarity or plain stupidity and let me maybe clear up my meaning a bit. What I envision is having a cable or chain attached to a paticular tree say 20 or 30 ft up, that would end up attached to a cable that would be say 200 ft long. This cable would go towards a LARGE tree where I would plan on having a 15" or so pulley so I could re-direct the direction and then attach the end to the tractor that is still another 50 ft or so away and is pulling at a 90 degree to the direction of the tree falling. So while I am cutting the tree down such that it "should" fall in direction "x", the tractor would be attached to the tree pulling the tree in "direction x" however the tractor would actually be driving away from the line of fall by the use of the pulley. This would of course mean having a person on tractor and me cutting, but I wouldn't plan on cutting anything over a twig without someone at least on the premise to call 911 if need be. Given my inexperience with tractors, is this how you understood my earlier comment, and/or is this just as dangerous and stupid? My understanding of a "come along" is a hand held type of item that as you tighten it would help to pull fence posts tight. If that is correct, it would seem to me, that the tractor idea would give you immesurably more pulling power. Thanks again for your thoughts. Richard
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