Rope Saw
- Thread starter GAM
- Start date
- Location
- Near Colchester
Embryotomy wire or de horning cattle is my only experience, I imagine that it would be fine as long as the branch doesn't drop anywhere bad.
If you're concerned about the trees' appearance and health afterwards,you would need the branches to be undercut first. Don't think you could undercut with a rope saw.If you don't undercut.you may end up with great big rips down part of the trunk. Maybe not be of concern of course but a tad unsightly and will allow rot and disease to form...
- Location
- East Sussex
If it splits far then you’re right but start at the tip and work your way back it’ll be ok.
Both trees are on a boundary, and are absolutely dead, so no.. when approaching our neighbour about the trees, he said they have been there all my life, so Im not really bothered if they fall on your fence or not, thats nature!!
borderterribles
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- Location
- South Shropshire
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Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
we had a tree surgeon take some boughs off an ash with one . They seemed to work well but not sure how it would be with an old oak
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I've used a rope saw on small branches and it took AGES. If you can get close enough (safely) with a pole saw, that's much better. Even better is a pole chainsaw. If you have an inverter/generator you can use a cheap electric one in the field.
If it's a huge bough, then you might be able to make a sufficient undercut and topcut using a pole saw, then need to use a rope saw to finish off. Which will take ages.
If it's a huge bough, then you might be able to make a sufficient undercut and topcut using a pole saw, then need to use a rope saw to finish off. Which will take ages.
Dead trees can be really dangerous to cut limbs off, plus with how your neighbour spoke, I'd just smash the branches off with the telehandler bucket
- Location
- Ceredigion
Whats wrong with a chainsaw
- Location
- Ceredigion
But all my waste wood goes to the power station now ,no more burning here
I used an old saw chain that wasn't totally b**gerd, cut it through and made a strong wire loop on each end. Rope on one end throw over the branch and attach the other end then pull back and fore . If you can find an accomplice to go on the other end you can get as far away as you like for safety.
Need to make sure your not trying to cut with the back of the chain
Not easy but it worked
Need to make sure your not trying to cut with the back of the chain
Not easy but it worked
Interesting! How does that work?
- Location
- Ceredigion
Which part , all the overgrown timber i get i pile up then the collect it , saves a mess on the field burning it and just seems a good thing to do
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Instead of paying the tree surgeon buy yourself a Stihl Turbocut pole saw, marvelous things!
Won't be a low branch left on the place.
Won't be a low branch left on the place.
Thanks, so the only advantage is you don't have a fire to light and clear up after?
- Location
- Ceredigion
Im surrounded by common and forestry so have to be so carefull when i burn , im sure its also a better image for farming if, not having smoke bellowing up in the air for days , and last time i burn trimmings the loader cought fire