Should it stay or should it go?

[Gary Prentice]

As long as it isn't Mark with a Ms 660

[percy verance]

21 hours ago, beechwood said:

On 09/09/2017 at 16:17, percy verance said:

I've been asked to look at this Ash with regards to it's safety. It's on a public footpath and the bank that it is on has been eroded away leaving the roots exposed. It has obviously been happening over a long period of time and the tree has put out roots to compensate. In the second picture there is a large root that reaches from the Ash tree to the tree in the foreground. I think it might be worth airing on the side of caution and have it down but what are other peoples thoughts as to whether it should be felled or not? 

I found the THREATS system to be quite useful in these sort of circumstances, gets your mind thinking.



Just work your way through and see what the score says.
I often find it difficult to decide between which score to give it, so sometimes end up doing 2 or more calculations.

Hope this helps

Let us know what you come up with.

Regards Neil
 

Thanks Neil. I'm back there at the end of the month so I'll use the sheet and give it a score then. Although the path isn't used very much for most of the year, it does get a lot of foot fall in the spring as the whole estate is opened up for a bluebell walk so it might be a case of re-evaluating after winter