A cool old giant

[rbtree]

Well< not as old as many venerable trees in ya'll"s stompin" grounds, but still a biggie. The huge maple, about 7 feet dbh, was topped off at the height the guys are standing, about 10 feet, back in 1915. It has verticillium wilt. I'm removing the dead lead that I'm in, plus some other branches. There's still 5 main leads left. As you can see, there's room for a bunch more folks to stand.

 

I was in a hurry, and neglected to get more photos.....

 

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

not sure why your images dont show the way you put them up roger

[Mr Ed]

Nice pics Dodger. Good to read you again.

[rbtree]

You be fast, Steve....good thing you're not furious!

 

I copied it over from TreeBuzz....the tag code there is "image" I had to change them all to "IMG" I posted it first, in case it worked, then corrected it in edit mode.....

 

sneaky fella, huh?

 

Looks like you and Reg enjoyed the Expo.....

[Steve Bullman]

had a great time thanks.....nice pics

[raafbeard]

Nice pics RB thanks for sharing!

[rbtree]

A bit of video...ignore the part where I said the tree has phytophthera-twice....

 

It's verticillium, of course.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzqk9sC-2w]YouTube - Huge old 7 foot maple, deadwood removal[/ame]

[David Humphries]

Cracking Tree, looks fun, thanks for sharing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[alex_m]

love the tree but look into the backround! you live in bloody paradise! where abouts are you?

[Mr Ed]

love the tree but look into the backround! you live in bloody paradise! where abouts are you?

 

Seattle