Slashing up an old Oak

[MattyF]

I really like it .... top job !

[nepia]

I've not paid too much attention to timing of Ivy severing but I guess it could be important particulary for nesting birds as they would be less mobile than bats.

 

 

Can be important to bees that awaken in a warm spell in January/February as there's very little else in flower then. And the bee population needs the help at the mo.

[Tommy_B]

Very interesting thread. Cheers for posting.

[Stuart A-C]

Looks like a good job Mr Shute. Have you been back to visit the ones I did for the FC?(not sure of the place, but it was the house with all the rare rhododendron's and the BIG dead welly)

[gibbon]

Went back to fell the big dead tree but I couldn't be bothered to treck up that steep hill.

 

Chopper said they came in good though.

[wills-mill]

That looks really good- it's obvious that a bit of thought has gone into the job.

 

I really don't like the usual sad attempts at reducing Oaks with (fairly normal) dieback, where you end up with a stumpy hat rack with the big limbs cut back to a spot beside a hopeful little twig that screams 'I have done a reduction' and not 'I'm a tree topping wood butcher'. Same difference when you get to that point really.....

[Rowden the cowboy]

youre all wrong..... strip the ivy, crown raise and a 4m crown reduction and actually make the tree look nice. I think thats probably the best idea.

[Mozza]

This is an LA tree and our spec was to reduce it by 5m. I really didn't want to go for a traditional prune as I felt it would end up looking rather topped.

 

We went for a coronet/destructive prune. I've been doing alot of this type for the last 5 or 6 years on Estates but I've havent been brave enough to do it to high profile council owned trees.

 

We had some fairly positive feedback from the public who seemed to get the idea and said they liked the "natural look". What do you guys think?

 

That looks GREAT gibbon!! Very nice

[josharb87]

A high profile council tree on the edge of a park(?)? IMO because of the shape, it looks butchered. . . sorry!

 

A deadwood, balance remaining crown to shape and remove ivy would have been my spec

[Doug Blease]

I may have missed it but any idea why its dying back?

 

I like the job, and would love to do more work like this in the future. A score for your local biodiversity and a great educational/interpretative tree for the general public. Well done.