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Ty Korrigan
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Make for a difficult situation both for finding a decent anchor and rigging point.

 We recently had serious storm (Alex) rip across France. 

Brittany took a hit and many oaks in full leaf and laden with acorns suffered terrible damage.

I've visited many trees, some are easy enough as we can get a truck mounted MEWP to them. Others will require a more expensive tracked MEWP but some are simply devoid of access on all sides and with no suitable anchor point and fragile targets like a newly built sheds, fences and prissy gardens I am at a bit of a loss just how to safely work in these trees.

Any-one any tips here? 

Aside from helicopters, airships or just walking away from such work...

  Stuart

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I was taught in a rigging workshop that if there is no suitable anchor point to rig and for climber. Then fell and make good the damage. But I can imagine that would open a can of worms for you.

Would a scaffold be possible not one of the mobile light weight aluminium. But the stuff you would have on a building site as they could get you high enough to use a pole saw.

I would talk to all the neighbours and see if they could be convinced to move the items and then put back after. It could be undertaken by you or other contractors.

Otherwise price up replacing everything and lots of time to get it right. *ensuring there is not a rare expensive vase in the shed. And then add xx% and see what they say.

Anyway good luck.

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As Pete and Ian said.  Aim for the cheapest direction.

 

I did 3 weeks in woodlands once after a freak storm came through and the snow snapped lotsof tops and limbs.  It was in the run up to Chrimbo and Bexley Council wanted it all cleared before the Xmas break as dog walkers galore would be in the woods over the Xmas period.

 

Slightly different scenario to the one you find yourself in, but the lack of anchors and some creative use of spikes we got it done.

 

It certainly made you scratch the head a bit and definitely they were challenging climbs. 

 

 

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On 22/10/2020 at 23:54, Stephen Blair said:

Any pics? 

 

On 22/10/2020 at 21:39, Rich Rule said:

 

 

Slightly different scenario to the one you find yourself in, but the lack of anchors and some creative use of spikes we got it done.

 

 

 

Roger that one.

 I've already consented to the judicious of spikes on one large oak.

I know the theory of using strops around stems but having persisted with that for years, I now only use these on high value highly visible trees. It is a total arse of a method when a cheeky but carefull spike will get the job done so much more effectively and with greater stability.

I cannot see the damage caused to the bark to be any worse than the damage already caused by the wind.

I've warned one client that the shed will get hit and to just lap it up as a tracked MEWP and building an access will be far more than the value of the shed

That didn't wash and they are getting other quotes (from a farmer who 'does trees' which is fine, it can be anothers merde.

As an aside, I'm promoting the leaving of the ripped and torn stubs as habitat.

I've sold the idea once so far.

The clients find the idea of an unfinished cut to be too bizzare.

  Stuart

 

 

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We spoke to the tree officer who gave the work to the company I was helping.

 

It was agreed all round that the safety of the public over the festive period was of paramount importance.  Tops snapped out of mature oaks, limbs broken and hung up due to snow damage etc etc.  
 

A few spike marks in the tree was the trade off, as opposed to a potential death in their hands...  public or the climbers.  
 

Plus plus was that if the climber survived the climb he was still alive to do the next tree. ;)

 

 

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