Finally got a clean removal on a big pin oak in a tight backyard

Three years ago, I would have had to rig it in three sections, but after practicing with a 20-ton port-a-wrap, I dropped the whole 80-foot trunk between two sheds last week with only a foot of clearance on each side. Anyone else have a go-to piece of gear that changed your game for big trees in small spaces?

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wendy_garcia162mo ago

Yeah, that port-a-wrap is a total game changer... lets you really finesse the drop line. I started using a bollard on my truck bumper for the same kind of control. It just takes all the guesswork out of those tight squeezes.

rivera.christopher2mo ago

My buddy had a job like that last fall, a huge maple hanging over a garage. He was sweating it until he borrowed a port-a-wrap, same as you and wendy_garcia16 mentioned. Said it was the only reason he could lay the spar down in the driveway without touching the gutters. That control changes everything from a scary guess to a planned drop. He won't do a tight one without it now.