Tree felling

One of the trees at the front of the house was completely rotten so we decided to remove it. I cut all the way round the trunk with a small chainsaw but the tree would not topple over as the trunk was rotten and I was unable to cut a notch in one side to force it over. Also the saw got stuck in the tree and was impossible to remove with the weight of the tree on it!

One of the neighbours who saw what was happening came over and helped us get the saw out and fell the tree. We tied a ratchet strap round it and to the towbar on my car. The farmer stood under the tree and wrenched on the chain saw, and told me to drive away from the tree. He managed to free the saw as the tree came down and just ran out in time from underneath! He wasn't bothered by this but no-one else would go near the tree for obvious reasons! THen we spent a day chopping the remains for next winter.