Cutting down Conifer

Mr.Generous

Chopped one like that down with my brother. Still day, no breeze. Rope to top and me tugging in the right direction as he finished the cut. Conifer starts to wobble. Rope tightened. Unbelievablle how much strain it took to tug it my way and I'm a big strong bloke. Gust of wind from nowhere. Tree moves away from me. I tug and haul. Wind (from nowhere) reaches almost gale force. My brothers horrified face as I stagger forward and tree leans towards neighbors pickup truck he kindly allowed us to use to transport cut down tree. My feet almost leave the ground as the wind (from absolutely nowhere) reaches hurricane strength. I stagger about. Wind ceases and I manage to get tree to fall at least an inch clear of the pickup truck and also miss my brother.

Be carefull!!

ashe

Mr.Generous said:

Chopped one like that down with my brother. Still day, no breeze. Rope to top and me tugging in the right direction as he finished the cut. Conifer starts to wobble. Rope tightened. Unbelievablle how much strain it took to tug it my way and I'm a big strong bloke. Gust of wind from nowhere. Tree moves away from me. I tug and haul. Wind (from nowhere) reaches almost gale force. My brothers horrified face as I stagger forward and tree leans towards neighbors pickup truck he kindly allowed us to use to transport cut down tree. My feet almost leave the ground as the wind (from absolutely nowhere) reaches hurricane strength. I stagger about. Wind ceases and I manage to get tree to fall at least an inch clear of the pickup truck and also miss my brother.

Be carefull!!

or just don't try cut the whole tree down at once lol. its so easy to cut down in sections and it removes that risk. you can even get long blades and loppers to cut down branches around the edges to get at the trunk and reduce size of what is coming down

Dustyevsky

 I'm a farmer, of sorts, often cutting down trees in awkward places. There doesn't seem to be much substance to that Leylandii. It's hard to tell exactly how difficult access would be, but assuming a ladder could be got in and secured, I'd take it down from the top. I'm small, and unlike most people on this forum, I find a bow saw a complete pain in the arris for jobs like this. A cheap hand saw works well in confined spaces, and I never get this 'sticking' problem even with conifers, though I do use WD40.

Watching the pros tackling a large Leylandii recently, they brought it down from the top. Naturally, they used a top-handled chain saw, but the principle's the same.