[AT] Charlie Hill

Tue Oct 6 12:29:14 PDT 2015

Cecil and Charlie, you are right about that, Sunday a man was killed 
while watching his neighbor cut down a tree. The tree spun and went in a 
direction it wasn't supposed to go; for some reason he was only 32' from 
the tree with his back turned. I won't speak ill of the dead, but that 
choice cost him his life. The guy cutting the tree always has an easier 
time adjusting his position if the thing changes direction. Mike M

  On 10/6/2015 9:29 AM, charlie hill wrote: > Cecil, I understand that 
completely. I'm in the same boat. > >From what you say I think I'm a 
little more mobile than you are > but not much. My knees won't let me 
run anymore. Don't worry, > I'm very careful these days and climbing 
ladders is a thing of the > past until and if I can ever get my knees 
working right again. > > Charlie > > -----Original Message----- > From: 
Cecil R Bearden > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 8:52 AM > To: Antique 
tractor email discussion group > Subject: Re: [AT] Charlie Hill, > > 
Charlie: > Something you might consider in the tree removal, all the 
guys that do > the climbing are YOUNG! I am having a terrible time 
coming to grips > with the fact that I cannot do what I could only 3 
years ago.... I > can't get out of the way fast enough when things go 
south!! I grew up > doing many tasks that were considered dangerous 
without getting hurt for > 2 reasons. 1. I was careful and thought ahead 
about what could go > wrong. ( That was drilled into me by my Dad ) 2. I 
could jump out of > the way quickly for 250 lbs and 6'1". > Now, I have 
to have something to hold onto when I get close to moving > equip or 
handling livestock.... > > Cecil in OKla > > > > On 10/5/2015 3:34 PM, 
charlie hill wrote: >> Nice tree Richard. I know you hated to loose it 
but at least >> you have some wood to remember it by. >> >> This tree is 
solid. The problem is that it's about half way between >> the house and 
the bank of the river. There is a "cliff" for lack of >> a better term 
about 20 feet high that drops off almost straight into >> the river. I 
believe that the trees proximity to that "cliff" is causing >> the tap 
root and feeder roots to give way on the side toward the river >> and 
lean toward the house. The tree was straight up as an arrow >> when we 
moved here 30 some years ago. Now it is leaning significantly >> and the 
top of the tree is curved as it attempts to look straight up to >> the 
 >> sky. >> >> Charlie >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard 
Fink Sr >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 10:19 AM >> To: Antique 
tractor email discussion group >> Subject: Re: [AT] Charlie Hill, >> >> 
Charlie i know what you are saying about the big tree. I had a white oak 
 >> about 90-100 feet high and at one time had a big limb or something 
cut >> off one side and it was rotting there, we were afraid it was 
going to >> come down and take out the main power and phone lines.Had a 
logger come >> in with a fair size skidder to take it down put the cable 
up as high as >> we could notch it and done the other cut would not come 
over. Had to >> get a large excavator to come QUICK and it was a big 
push for the two to >> get it over. There were limbs on side as big as a 
lot of trees and out >> 20 feet or so. But got it down and it was solid 
all the way down. We got >> 2- 8 ft saw logs off bottom and had them 1/4 
sawed some great looking >> wood from it.The rings i could count came to 
150. >> R Fink >> PA >> >> On 10/4/2015 11:56 PM, Dennis Johnson wrote: 
 >>> Charlie, >>> >>> I have taken down some reasonably large oak trees, 
basically with a 3 ton >>> come along. Get a ladder and hook on the tree 
up reasonably high - 12 >>> foot >>> or higher. You need some other tree 
or fixed object to tie too. After >>> you >>> have a little tension on 
the tree, dig down and cut the roots around the >>> base of the tree. 
Then pull, pull, pull. It is work, but can take down a >>> tree. >>> >>> 
Good luck >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Oct 
4, 2015, at 8:06 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> >>>> 
wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a huge pine tree in front of my house. It's very 
healthy but for >>>> some >>>> reason it has been progressively leaning 
toward the house for several >>>> years >>>> now. The way it is situated 
it can not be safely cut and thrown. It >>>> will >>>> have >>>> to come 
down in blocks from the top down. I figure it will cost a >>>> couple 
 >>>> of >>>> grand minimum to get it down. It's starting to worry me. 
If it gives >>>> loose >>>> and falls all at once it will cut the house 
in half. I think there is >>>> just a >>>> slim chance that it can be 
felled in one piece but I'll need something >>>> like >>>> a >>>> winch 
truck or a large excavator to makes sure if falls the right way. >>>> 
Time will tell. If it fell right now, given where I am sitting in the 
 >>>> house, >>>> you wouldn't likely hear from me any time soon if at 
all. LOL. >>>> I don't think it will go all at once unless we get a very 
bad hurricane. >>>> >>>> Charlie >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- 
 >>>> From: David Bruce >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 3:56 PM >>>> 
To: Antique tractor email discussion group >>>> Subject: Re: [AT] 
Charlie Hill, >>>> >>>> Maybe just a bit less on the other side of the 
river Spencer but much >>>> the same. One thing happening here is with 
the steady wind and the >>>> saturated ground from the last couple weeks 
events some trees are >>>> falling. Nothing on me or mine other than a 
few medium to small limbs. >>>> However my neighbor down on the creek 
says he has quite a few on the >>>> ground. >>>> >>>> David >>>> NW NC 
 >>>> >>>>> On 10/4/2015 8:54 AM, ATIS wrote: >>>>> We only got 2.4" in 
this most recent event, but we have had rain a >>>>> bunch >>>>> of 
consecutive days, and that has totaled nearly 6" and contributed to 
 >>>>> the flooding. I overheard the local weather guy say that 
yesterday >>>>> broke >>>>> a >>>>> record of 10 consecutive days of 
rain in Greensboro nc - about 30 >>>>> miles >>>>> east of here. We had 
about 6/100 this morning so that makes 11 days. >>>>> >>>>> 48 degrees 
yesterday morning and high winds so it was cold rain as >>>>> well. 
 >>>>> >>>>> www.rdfarms.com/weather >>>>> >>>>> Spencer Yost >>>> 
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