sick monkey puzzle

[Dan Maynard]

Our friends down the road had one that died gradually, I was a bit reticent volunteering to get involved - luckily it fell over in a storm and he cut it up and burnt it.

[Mark Bolam]

10 hours ago, daltontrees said:

In my experience when they go downhill it's almost free-fall. Never known one to bounce back. It's like an almost complete shutdown of their vascular system. 

I’d second that Jules.

 

The only one I’ve ever done turned its toes up within a year.

Luckily (?) we got to it before it was too crispy.

I had a better day than my groundy.

 

Two points of note.

 

The brushwood produced a ridiculous amount of chip compared to the size of the tree.

 

Everything was really heavy, brush and cord.

 

Made a couple of nice stools from it.

 

I’d charge at least double for another one.

 

[daltontrees]

9 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I’d second that Jules.

 

The only one I’ve ever done turned its toes up within a year.

Luckily (?) we got to it before it was too crispy.

I had a better day than my groundy.

 

Two points of note.

 

The brushwood produced a ridiculous amount of chip compared to the size of the tree.

 

Everything was really heavy, brush and cord.

 

Made a couple of nice stools from it.

 

I’d charge at least double for another one.

 

I have a 130 year old disc of it somewhere, rock solid, no splits even after 5 years of drying. Almost unsandable too.

[shillo]

We did a biggy a while back.

It was hard to see just how dead it was from looking from below.

The sticky resin was horrible on ropes etc, made devices almost inoperable! 

Spikes were not bad for the climber as not many spikes close into the stem. just an arse for the guys on the ground feeding the chipper.

Millions of spiky dead hard leaves to try to clear up.

Old wax jacket worked a treat.

[Stephen Blair]

Monkey Puzzle takedowns are like War stories, never a good 1!  Evil trees!