4 ton winch assistance
I got this cedar tree notched
and ready to come down when a feeling came over me that it might
still fall the other way, which would take down one of the power lines
and leave us in the dark.
Nothing our little 4
ton hand winch can't
handle. We just used the ladder to secure a cable high up on the tree
in question, secured the other end to another tree and cranked it in a
way that left it no choice but to fall away from the electricity.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I'll take a look tomorrow, but it can't be older than 50 years. This whole area was pasture on an aerial photo taken about that long ago.
Mark guesses 12 to 15 years, I guess 20 to 30. We'll see who wins tomorrow during daylight.
good job there, just a reminder cedar makes for great insect control, like moths. have mark cut some small slices to put in areas where your clothes & bedding are. perfect room fresher. like small pieces could be drilled with a hole lg enough for a clothes hanger to fit ( wha la ) instant moth control. every room should have a sm piece placed. makes great gifts as well, really home grown. mom roseanell
So, the answer to the age contest is in --- 34 years. I guess that means that the area was last pastured in about 1976, give or take a year or two.
I like the idea of cutting limbs into coasters for gifts too! We'll probably end up using most of it for trellis posts or foundations for other pier buildings.
We cut down all of the ones we could --- the girdled ones are just going to have to stand unless we come across a lumberjack friend who's very confident about missing the electric line...