Felling of a ~160yr old 25m tall Copper Beech Tree - Chiswick, West London

[mikeypw4]

 

Humorous video of ~160yr old Copper Beach Tree being felled in Chiswick, West London.    Terminal root root as result of Meripilis Giganteous / Giant Polypore infestation.  Tree considered dangerous.  Neighbour's tree - initially refused to do anything about it, so had the get the Council to lean on neighbour.      No machinery access, so all felled timber had to be hand carried from rear garden to road at front.  I man up tree with chainsaw, another on the ropes and two men permanently clearing up - ~40 man days to get to stump level !

 

 

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Edited February 10 by mikeypw4
fix link to video

[Steven P]

The link isn't working

[tree-fancier123]

40 man days what?

Edited February 10 by tree-fancier123

[mikeypw4]

36 minutes ago, Steven P said:

The link isn't working

fixed, thx for pointing out

[Rich Rule]

I don’t understand the 40 man days bit?

 

Are you saying it was 4 man team there for 10days?

 

Other than that I can relate to taking out large mature specimens in South London.  In fact far too many of them. Proper ballache.

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

That's what it says, 2 week elapsed time. 

[Rich Rule]

1 hour ago, Dan Maynard said:

That's what it says, 2 week elapsed time. 

That is a very long time for one tree.  We did some monsters but never took that long.

[monkeybusiness]

How far from the garden to the road in miles?!

[AHPP]

Next time you get one like that, get me in to climb it. I’ll only charge you for five days.
 

NB I’ll be at home for four of the days. 

[treevolution]

That's got to be one of the most expensive tree fells.

 

I'm guessing £18000.

Edited February 10 by treevolution