DIY 50 Foot Tree Removal - AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE (DIY Concrete Patio EP 2)

In the second video in our DIY Concrete Patio series (which still has quite a bit of work to go) I attempt to take down a 50-60 foot oak tree in our backyard. While we had no real desire to remove this mature oak tree, the tree roots threaten the foundation of the house long term (as well as are in the current area the new DIY concrete patio will be). To begin I cut what I could with an ECHO PPT-2620 telescoping pole saw with it's approximate 12 foot length. Then I climbed on a 12 foot Hasegawa orchard ladder (arborist ladder, tripod ladder) and then used the ECHO PPT-2620 telescoping pole saw again to get the next level of everything I could reach up to around the 24 foot mark. I ordered a $100 4 foot optional extension (99946400023) for the ECHO PPT-2620, which, when installed, plus my reach, plus the ladder, meant I could clean up everything to very close to the 30 foot mark. Obviously I am not a tree care professional and this is not a how to, just what I did. Use your own common sense and judgement in what makes you feel comfortable, but always wear proper safety equipment. Unfortunately, when bringing down the final limb I worked on, the angles were all wrong for me to get a clean bottom or through cut at once (I could only get a partial bottom cut at a weird angle) and when I recut and the limb began falling there was a significant portion on the underside remaining). This meant instead of the entire limb dropping down together, the part furthest away pitched down while the part closest to the tree was still attached and simply pivoted without breaking away. Once the branch fell nearly fully, the weight broke the remaining connecting fibers, the entire limb (now almost vertical) finally fell free, hit the ground, and bent/sprung back up, pitching the base of the limb forward and nearly hitting my house/gutters/kids' pool in the process. At that point I decided it was time to call it quits on my end and get some professionals to finish the rest before I damaged something or hurt myself. It took me several months to get on my friend's tree card company schedule, but near the beginning of October he showed up and dropped the tree for me. He used a Leguan 190 spider lift as it was one of the only tools he had that could fit through the narrow confines of the job with poor access and traversing a neighbor's space required. He also brought a articulating loader to move the brush to the front but the ground was too wet and I didn't want him damaging my neighbor's turf, so I opted not to let him use that machine. Using the lift and trying off branches, he and three of his workers were able to drop the tree in something like 4 or 5 hours with a lunch break. I mistakenly thought the city would haul away the branches (apparently tree guys have to take their own stuff away and the city's truck driver simply refuses to pick up any debris at my house; he has been skipping our house for the better part of a month), but they only picked up half of the load I made one day (then the truck was full) and never picked up any more. I don't know if I got a new driver (or a driver who just didn't care) the one day, and then a real stickler the following days. I have consolidated the pile a great deal by mulching up branches under 3" with the Ventrac and Tough Cut Mower, but the driver is still skipping me. Oh well, I will figure something out for that. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxO0fSEEOeJE6Wo1HVgecgA/join The products I use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/coppercreekcutslawncare Copper Creek Cuts is a lawn care and landscaping business in Florida with a goal to entertain and educate. Contact me: [email protected] 0:00 The project so far 0:15 Why did I cut down this beautiful tree? 0:38 Phase 1 - ECHO PPT 2620 from the ground 2:00 Phase 2 - 12' Hasegawa Tripod ladder + ECHO PPT2620 3:11 Phase 3 - 4' ECHO PPT2620 Extension + Hasegawa Ladder + ECHO PPT2620 5:16 The branch that made me quit cutting down this tree 6:59 @precisiontreecareremoval957 Shows up 7:16 Charlie (SP?) climbing the tree for us today 7:35 Cutting down a tree with a spider lift 9:22 Felling the stump and clean up