What do do with this cedar

[Thesnarlingbadger]

Hi all.

 

Had a call out yesterday for this Medium sized Atlas cedar that had shed a limb.

 

Going to go out and do the clear up and remove the limb on the shed later on today.

 

I’ve been asked by my client to make the tree ‘safe’ and although I have said there is no 100% grantee I can make it completely safe I would like to know what you guys think may be the best course of action.

 

My client would like to retain the tree and felling is a last resort.

 

I have looked at a few options and spoke to him about them which are...

 

A full reduction 20%

 

Cutting the split limb back to the next growth point

 

Felling (ideally not)

 

Cable bracing with a 2 ton brace

 

The issue I have is that if we remove the damaged limb that all the weight is going to be on the left hand side of the tree as it has already lost a good 300kg from the limb that dropped Saturday night and if we loose the rest of the limb we at looking at almost half a ton off one side of the tree. I can counter balance this with a full reduction but not sure if this will have a decent enough impact.

 

I’ll get up the tree later and get some images of the tear in the tree.

 

Pictures below.

 

Thanks in advance people

[Mark Bolam]

I hope his neighbours like it as much as he does, seeing as how he's forcing them to have about half of it.

[jfc]

Cedars love to shed limbs. What's over the fence.

[Thesnarlingbadger]

The neighbours are not a fan of the tree but then what neighbours are. Think they like it even les now.

I’ve reduced the limb with the split on it right back to the fist few growth points and have proposed a 20% reduction for the rest of the crown. Should keep the tree relatively safe.

[Rushes]

Lovely tree, but in the wrong place - it needs to be in parkland not a garden. ?

[Dan Maynard]

Must be a day for cedars. Branch shed off this one in our churchyard, the limb in the centre of this picture is now cracked at the base so I roped it this morning and will remove it tomorrow.

[Dan Maynard]

Now I'm trying to decide what to recommend for what's left. The way I see it there is now a huge wound in the stem so the medium to long term it will decay and fall apart. There are gravestones and a footpath so targets aplenty.

In this picture you can see the crack on the left and I suspect the branch to the right could go as well.

Seems like it might need to come down altogether - one problem is it was planted in memory of the local tree surgeon who fell out of a tree and died about 40 years ago, his daughter still lives in the village.

[woody paul]

The answer is pretty obvious but not easy do to the circumstances, it's up to church wardens to tell person how planted tree that it's got to come down and why.

May be easy as she was s tree surgeons daughter should or maybe understand why. 

[Rough Hewn]

Simple answer:
Fell it and mill it.
100% safe tree, and you get to KEEP IT in your garage until you turn it into furniture.
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1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

Simple answer:
Fell it and mill it.
100% safe tree, and you get to KEEP IT in your garage until you turn it into furniture.

Use the milled wood to make a memorial bench for the old boy.