not me

[daveatdave]

the other Saturday the private road was shut down to allow several trees to be pruned , by Monday morning this had happened to one of them

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Not sure this makes sense, when you look at the still standing trunk you can see there's been some very recent impact, and the tyres tracks leading to it probably explains the failure, that and the rot of course.

 

(or do you mean you didn't drive into it?)

Edited August 31, 2017 by Mick Dempsey

[skyhuck]

19 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Not sure this makes sense, when you look at the still standing trunk you can see there's been some very recent impact, and the tyres tracks leading to it probably explains the failure, that and the rot of course.

 

(or do you mean you didn't drive into it?)

I reckon those marks are from the removal of large limbs. There is also older damage, probable from limb failures.

 

The tree is shot, but rather than remove it, weight was removed from the road side to ensure future failure would go the other way, it worked.                      Maybe???

[Mick Dempsey]

Yep, you could be right.

[Peasgood]

Lucky it didn't happen when the bod was up top chopping away at it.

I bet the guy who was up there is shaking a bit now.

[daveatdave]

16 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Not sure this makes sense, when you look at the still standing trunk you can see there's been some very recent impact, and the tyres tracks leading to it probably explains the failure, that and the rot of course.

 

(or do you mean you didn't drive into it?)

if I had driven into it my motor would be a right mess it had lost a few limbs over the years