We get those wrong way pines all the time at our ranch in the sierra. We have lots of “digger” pines that grow in crazy directions, and some are even curved. Rather than using a tractor to tug them over, I just wait until the wind is blowing my way, and notch them deep, and let the wind do the work.
Haven’t lost any buildings yet, but have had the road blocked a few times.
My wife doesn’t sweat the trees so much, but goes crazy when I’m burning brush, so I usually do it when its raining.
Peavy used to make all kinds of useful tools, but I don’t know if they’re even still in business, now that everybody is using Feller-bunchers to handle the small timber.
Yeah, not us poor folk. They still have the old timey stuff available for us. Actually what I am trying to do here is set up a hobby farm that produces all of our food and do it in a way that anyone can. I don’t know if you have seen any of my posts about having had polio and can’t walk but a few steps at a time. I have to do most everything sitting down including cutting trees and stacking branches. It takes the excuse of I can’t do that from most everyone.
My wind has dropped my limbs on the power line along our road at times. (Although our power comes in 280 feet underground.)
Once I was ready to fire up my generator when the kids stopped by the house.
"Dad; did you know a big limb has taken out the power line?"
(We are out on the end of the line; only three houses past me.)