Heavy reduction

[spuddog0507]

32 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Good craic/explanations fellas, but above it all well done Dog.

That’s a bloody big tree!

Sitka?

Thanks Mark and yes sitka but not that old really for size of tree, theres 2 more you can see in photo behind this one all simulare size and site was planted in 1957 by Bryant & May ? does that name ring any bells ?

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Cheers.

You can see by the rings she’s not very old. Incredible growth rate!

There’s some brutes at Kielder of a similar age, I’d guesstimate 120’+.

@MattyF would know better than me.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, spuddog0507 said:

Thanks Mark and yes sitka but not that old really for size of tree, theres 2 more you can see in photo behind this one all simulare size and site was planted in 1957 by Bryant & May ? does that name ring any bells ?

 

MATCHES

Was there some hybrid poplar on the site? First piecework job I had was pruning B&M poplar plantations to 8ft.

 

I have also felled large wolf sitka at the bottom of a wet valley adjacent the A3 at Hindhead, at 57 year old they were over 3m3.

 

6 years ago I posted a graphic of boring the hinge  and why you can get away with it,

 

 

 

In your case I see you also nicked out a bit of buttress at the side of the hinge to prevent tearing.

Edited October 31, 2018 by openspaceman
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[spuddog0507]

37 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Was there some hybrid poplar on the site? First piecework job I had was pruning B&M poplar plantations to 8ft.

 

I have also felled large wolf sitka at the bottom of a wet valley adjacent the A3 at Hindhead, at 57 year old they were over 3m3.

 

6 years ago I posted a graphic of boring the hinge  and why you can get away with it,

 

 

 

In your case I see you also nicked out a bit of buttress at the side of the hinge to prevent tearing.

no pop on this site all sitka DF and a few scotts pine all larch has gone but there is some fantastic big and i mean big mature oaks and beech big straight 3.5-4.5 diameter and approx 40-60ft poles been there for a couple of hundred years or more i would say,