Tree misalignment? - Page 2 - United Bimmer Community

**doughboyea** · 04-13-2006, 09:30 PM

Best I can do for now:

Now, people, please don't wait in anticipation. I mean, he may just chicken out. I just don't want you folks waiting for some Ford tearing off it's rear end or anything...

Dough

**94bmw325i** · 04-13-2006, 09:32 PM

and your front yard will have huge holes in it

witeshark · 04-13-2006, 09:49 PM

That tree looks so small in the sat pic

Could be a bit old

Nice to see though

**doughboyea** · 04-13-2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by witeshark

That tree looks so small in the sat pic

Could be a bit old

Nice to see though

You know, for this case, it's not so much the girth as it is the length.

Dough

**Spieluhr** · 04-13-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by c1apton

Does the word "firewood" ring a bell?

cut the bitch down, when they start leaning that bad they're usually diseased or infested.

GREAT IDEA c1apton. Light the bitch up where it stands! Banfire baby, with hot dogs. And you damn well better be sure to buy some marshmallows, graham crackers, and some chocolate, make those smores baby.

**Numark318i** · 04-13-2006, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cellardoor

another though for u dough, get a heavy duty winch or comealong and hook it up to something big and solid like the base of a bigass oak, and then the other end of it to the upper end of the leaning tree, then just slowly winch it in.

-Hutch-

this is a good idea.

heh...my dad was stubborn about a big tree we had. It had a 2.5' base diameter...when it fell unexpectedly it almost took out the neighbors house...heh.

I say cut it out. Just make sure if ur not doing it professionally that u know what ur doing. A 20foot christmas tree in your front room prolly doesnt sound appealing.

**komodo** · 04-13-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by doughboyea

You know, for this case, it's not so much the girth as it is the length.

Dough

That's what she said.

witeshark · 04-13-2006, 11:12 PM

Umm, should I even say it?

Okay. I will, it's just a That's what she said joke - right?

**doughboyea** · 04-14-2006, 05:25 PM

Ah... now for the pics.

Before anything was done, this is the ol pine tree.

After traveling to Home Depot, tow chain and some sort of tensioner assembly bought, attached the assembly to the Escape and the tow chain ~1/2 to 2/3 up the pine.

And pull....

The tensioner had about six feet of slack, when tightened, ^^that was the result.

View from inside the "truck":

And here we have Arbor Erectus:

Yea, I know it's still crooked, but, the trunk has always leaned out, so this is pretty much how it's looked for 40 years. Sorry the pic is dark, it rained a few minutes after this pic was taken.

The makeshift support, made from two 2x4's with a 3.5in bolt making a cradle while the pine resituates itself.

Soooo....
Tow Chain...$36
Tensioner...$35
Bolt, washer, nut and drill bit...$4.55

Making the old man's day... Priceless

Dough

witeshark · 04-14-2006, 05:32 PM

I'm totally impressed!

A complete success!

**c1apton** · 04-14-2006, 06:57 PM

Dough, that middle pic(tilted tree vs Ford) should have the caption:

"Monster Mirror Air Freshner goes on rampage - film at 11:00pm"
OR
"Air Freshner overwelming?"

**doughboyea** · 04-14-2006, 07:02 PM

Yea you know, I didn't even notice that it does actually look like a tug-o-war between the escape and pine... guess Ford would like these pics as proof of Ford Prowless?

haha...
Dough

**Numark318i** · 04-14-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by doughboyea

Yea you know, I didn't even notice that it does actually look like a tug-o-war between the escape and pine... guess Ford would like these pics as proof of Ford Prowless?

haha...
Dough

put some mudd tires on ur E46...it prolly woulda done the same thing. Maybe not IDK.

Impressive. Thats all i can say. haha. Did ur dad give u the "I told u so" bit?

**doughboyea** · 04-14-2006, 07:16 PM

well, no cause it wasn't like we did it as planned... that tensioner thingy was all that we used to prop the pine tree up. The escape was just used as a massive paper weight. As you rocked the lever on the tensioner, the slack in the chain was taken away and the tree was pulled towards the Escape.

No, my dad didn't rub it in, but he smiled the rest of the day as his favorite tree didn't have to be cut down... well, not today...

**Numark318i** · 04-14-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by doughboyea

No, my dad didn't rub it in, but he smiled the rest of the day as his favorite tree didn't have to be cut down... well, not today...

heh bad practical joke....cut the tree off with some friends in the middle of the night.