Sounds very windy here, southern MD, so I checked:

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11. Had to clear yet another tree today

A big old red oak fell across the road sometime today. Just like all the others, its giant rootball pulled out of the soggy ground.

My son found it on his way back from fishing. It was suspended on the two high embankments over the 1-lane road, high enough for him to drive under it.

Didn't measure this one, but it was about 20 - 25 ft from base to the first fork. It was a puzzle to cut because of all the pressure at each end. The trunk was about 18 inches in diameter (I was using a battery chainsaw with a 16 inch bar) where I could get to it to cut. It cracked like crazy halfway through with the cut. I 'bout jumped out of my skin. It didn't do a complete barber-chair, but it was close enough.

The rootball was heavy enough that it lifted about 20 ft of the trunk off of the embankment. Had to cut it there in spite of all the pressure, just to get the bulk of the tree close enough to the road to finish clearing.

Had to use my tractor to drag the parts out of the road. Punctured a tire in the process.

I don't need any more tree clearing adventures.

Hope the winds were more favorable for you.