Large betula pendula

[Mick Dempsey]

9 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Dempsey is probably one of the few people on the planet who approves of hard reductions.

Au contraire.

I am just in favour of a holistic approach, involving important factors including.

Species.

Health and expected lifespan of tree

Context.

Targets.

Clients desire to retain the tree (important one)

Clients age and plans for the future.

Clients understanding of the ramifications of a reduction cycle and how it will look afterwards.

I’m not a fan of the ‘nice tree, wrong place mate” dogma

Edited 15 hours ago by Mick Dempsey

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

 

Clients understanding of the ramifications of a reduction cycle and how it will look afterwards.

 

 

 

Fair play.

 

This is the often overlooked one.

[kram]

13 hours ago, Ledburyjosh said:

Looks like it was a fine tree with the only defects being from poor work previously with to harsh a crown raising. The wound below the crown break isn't a concern currently, but seems freely used to sell a removal. The crown break all appears normal with unions that do not indicate any significant weakness. The reaction growth you mention at the crown break will likely have come as a response to excessive crown raising and the rasing of the central force of the wind as well as increasing the bending moment.

 

Little else for it though if they want it smaller there is no longer much to reduce it to... so another one bites the dust and another contribution towards urban deforestation  

 

Not a concern currently but in a year or two I imagine it could spread quite far in.

 

There were two small limbs that went straight across neighbours garden and they wanted them off. The owner and the neighbour on the other side wanted the big one off, it looks like it fills the hole but it came out a long way, I remember it being more horizontal than the photo suggests.

 

Found an old pic from March 23, so not fully green.

 

This is last week.

 

The right most limb I am thinking of bringing right down to the first major growth rather than the V union above.

If it is eventually removed, you can be certain something will be planted in its place. We are also right behind a birch woodland. There were planted around the same time, perhaps 1975-1980.

 

15 hours ago, AHPP said:

P.S. Would I cut and chuck everything below your orange line? Only if I wanted a lot of exercise, more risk of dropping something and the job to take longer. 

Unless its big heavy logs, cut and chuck is somewhat faster in my experience and also avoids more cutting on the ground.

 

I havent bought any more gear yet, rigging will be off steel biners, slings tied with the rigging rope ends.

Seems I lost my blue dmm sling last week. Might use a pulley on the first anchor to spread it better to the main stem. Also might use a Kong eight for the friction this time.

 

 

15 hours ago, AHPP said:

Pair of rings at the top, using both tops

Think I'd prefer my climbing lines up top and out of the way. Drop zone is better to the right.

 

16 hours ago, AHPP said:

A small piece butt tied and caught negatively might be jerkier than a large one tip/belly tied with butt weight keeping the butt down. 

Interesting stuff, cant quite visulise it but I like having the tops swinging into tension rather than dropping straight down.

[AHPP]

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Edited 10 hours ago by AHPP

[AHPP]

5 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I am just in favour of a holistic approach, involving important factors including.

Getting paid twice when it’s rotting to bits and needs to come down in five years. 

[Mick Dempsey]

13 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Getting paid twice when it’s rotting to bits and needs to come down in five years. 

I’ll be retired, so collecting on that might be problematic.

[AHPP]

7 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I’ll be retired, so collecting on that might be problematic.

Have you mysteriously found yourself recommending more fells than prunes in the last couple of years?

[Mick Dempsey]

Sorry Alex, bored now.

Another time maybe. 

[AHPP]

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Yes then. 
 

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[Mick Dempsey]

5 hours ago, AHPP said:

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Yes then. 
 

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