Do trees fall over??

[john87]

Yes, i loved the Ford too!! It is not my photo, the person that took it sent it to me. Was about 1982 i think!!

 

john..

[Mick Dempsey]

Mk 1 escort I think.

Edited July 2, 2021 by Mick Dempsey

[Sycamorework]

If there’s no immediate danger, I’d say leave the tree alone. It certainly looks like it’s ready to fall though and if work is necessary, maybe consider a monolith? Leaving some habitat behind.

[Dan Maynard]

Looks to me like the last 8 feet or so have started to grow upwards again, so it has shifted and then stopped for a year or two. Whether you want to wait and see if it stabilises is a good question, as Mick says it will break stuff if it falls over but dead easy to remove like it is.

[john87]

1 hour ago, Dan Maynard said:

Looks to me like the last 8 feet or so have started to grow upwards again, so it has shifted and then stopped for a year or two. Whether you want to wait and see if it stabilises is a good question, as Mick says it will break stuff if it falls over but dead easy to remove like it is.

Very very good point, it does look like that...

[AHPP]

"Pointlessly measured"? How utterly tragic to read all that we know about the benefits of trees, about the proportionality of risk reduction measures, the importance of habitats and the avoidance of needless tree damage and customer expense swept aside by his phrase. The point is that it is measured.
 
From a few photos you, I an everybody else don't know enough to say whether the tree will last another 1 year, 10 years, 100 years. So what's 'sensible' about taking it down, based on very little information? Does the slight imbalance offend the eye? I'll be even more to the point. Why take it down?
 
And those are not rhetorical questions. Please explain.

I only do takedowns.

[daltontrees]

1 hour ago, AHPP said:

I only do takedowns.

 

And free advice, obviously.

[AHPP]

What would you charge to drive ten miles to look at it and give advice about what to do with it?

[Paddy1000111]

On 02/07/2021 at 09:42, daltontrees said:

"Pointlessly measured"? How utterly tragic to read all that we know about the benefits of trees, about the proportionality of risk reduction measures, the importance of habitats and the avoidance of needless tree damage and customer expense swept aside by his phrase. 

 

And those are not rhetorical questions. Please explain.

Whilst it's a "nice" tree. I question its overall habitat and ecological benefit. All trees have a benefit in one way or another I admit but you could plant something in its place instead. 

 

If you were super environmentally concerned, you could make a habitat pile from the brash and cut the logs in 1-1.5m lengths and stack them to create more habitat. God knows you will have more wildlife, bugs, worms, Hedgehog homes, you name it. Beats having a leaning tree, possibly dangerous with a pidgeon nest in. 

[john87]

38 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

Whilst it's a "nice" tree. I question its overall habitat and ecological benefit. All trees have a benefit in one way or another I admit but you could plant something in its place instead. 

 

If you were super environmentally concerned, you could make a habitat pile from the brash and cut the logs in 1-1.5m lengths and stack them to create more habitat. God knows you will have more wildlife, bugs, worms, Hedgehog homes, you name it. Beats having a leaning tree, possibly dangerous with a pidgeon nest in. 

I "might" cut the main bits off so that at least it will not fall over just yet..

 

On 02/07/2021 at 11:49, Sycamorework said:

If there’s no immediate danger, I’d say leave the tree alone. It certainly looks like it’s ready to fall though and if work is necessary, maybe consider a monolith? Leaving some habitat behind.

I like that idea so i might do that..

 

One problem is that next to it is a disused driveway that is overgrown. If i clear that, the tree will have to come down in its entirety, as people are liable to park on the newly cleared drive and if the tree then falls and crushes their car they will either be not pleased or dead..

 

john..