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Greg1959

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Decided since it was a cloudy, muddy, windy day with temps around 40F that I would cut some trees down around one of my pole barns.

This pole barn (28X60) started out as a farrowing barn for some pigs. Built it in 1997. The bottom fell out of the hog market in a few months, so converted it to square hay bale storage.

Anyway, first tree I decided to cut was a cherry about 30 inches in diameter. Cut the wedge out in the rough idea I thought I could get it to fell. Made a cut on the back side and installed wedge blocks to help aim it the way I wanted it to fall.

As cutting towards the center of the tree to fell it, I heard some of the trunk cracking and and noticed it started to lean in the direction I had intended.

In slow motion, the tree started to twist and lean towards the electric drop heading for the mast. Luckily, I had the power killed to this barn. Continuing in slow motion, it twisted further to miss the electric drop and fell smack dab onto the crest of my pole barn. Crushed about a third of it.

Got most of it cleaned up except for the tree tops down in the barn with the twisted metal roof.

Shyt happens. All I could do was stand there and watch this scenario unfold. Oh well, it'll give me something to work on next spring.
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I had a row of fir trees along the lawn, and had pretty good luck with them, once I had destroyed the lilac bush by nailing it with the first 2. Had hopes of nursing it back to health after #1, but that was soon dashed by #2. Oh, well, it had always been kind of sickly, anyhow.
 
Look on the bright side, you have your fire wood for next year, something to do for a couple days.I know the feeling you had watching the tree fall in the wrong direction, and you could do nothing but watch. I had the same feeling when my tractor started rolling down a hill a few months back. Just stand and watch, is all I could do. Stan
 
Been there, 30 years ago the first tree I ever
dropped fell on the house. Surprisingly the wife is
still married to me. Have cut 200-300 trees since
using tied off ropes without a problem.
 
Ouch... Here's mine. The guy who helped me carried off most of the firewood, until he ran out of room.

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Good luck with yours. I was able to salvage most of my roofing (copper). Also was successful in not damaging the intact roof under the tree. My oak rafters and purlins did a pretty good job with a tree that large, didn't come very far into the building.
 
Sweetfeet- I have seen a lot of your pics of farm stuff, you and others post some great pics.

Many members here post a lot of pics of 'crap' happens type of stuff. I remember J Howell posting pics of him running the tractor off the bridge in the dark, someone else getting their truck (GMC/Chevy)stuck and waiting for it to dry out to remove it. The list goes on.

Maybe you could create a calendar containing pics of members postings of 'Things gone A'miss", or any other thing posted from members. i.e. 'rusted things', yard art, landscape (BTW, nice snow pic fron Bryce f.' And sell the calenders on here.

Sure would beat buying a 'Store bought' calender and listing on here about "Turning The Page".

Just my Humble opinion.

Greg
 
Dad and I cut down plenty of trees using "insurance" of a long cable hooked to a tractor. Never had one go the wrong way when hooked up that way.
 
I cut down a dead tree about that size yesterday. And to think -
I was worried mine would change direction on me and drop the
pasture fence between two posts. I might have just stopped for
a minute and cried if I had hit one of the sheds.
 
You want to always leave a good inch wide hinge of uncut wood
when felling a tree, it will help control the direction of the fall. If
you cut entirely through the tree it will fall in any direction
depending on the wind and the weight of the tree. Sorry about your
barn, hope it is not too hard to put back together, or make it
shorter and make a new end wall or something.
Zach
 
Greg1959,

Thanks for the compliment on photos.

YT pics would indeed make a cool calendar - so many folks post awesome photos... always enjoy seeing them.

I may try to sell calendars someday... probably on ebay - but right now, work keeps me pretty busy most of the year.

I do have a fun little project I'm working on now... you'll read about here if/when I get 'er done.
 
I'm sorry about your barn Greg. I used to think I could control the fall of a tree pretty good, but as I get older, I seem to prove myself wrong often. I've never dropped one on a building, but I ain't dead yet either, so there's a possibility.
 
Thanks for the suggestions and responses.

I cut the tree wrong...now I know.

But it was my fault for butting the barn up
against the hill. I was trying to keep shade on
the hogs to keep them cooler.

Like some of you have said...I gained a great
learning experience...

But like others have said...well, at least I got
some firewood...albeit expensive firewood.

Never too old to learn!
 
(quoted from post at 20:52:54 12/29/14) Thanks for the suggestions and responses.

I cut the tree wrong...now I know.

But it was my fault for butting the barn up
against the hill. I was trying to keep shade on
the hogs to keep them cooler.

Like some of you have said...I gained a great
learning experience...

But like others have said...well, at least I got
some firewood...albeit expensive firewood.

Never too old to learn!
Click to expand...

!Experience is expensive! :eek: :? :eek: :wink:
 
don't know about now but at one time that Cherry butt log would've paid for the damage if it was 8'3" long or more.
 
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