Monolith, beech and sycamore take down

[gibbon]

3 trees to take down. Got the standing dead wood done by 10 then started on the big beech. Starting on the Sycy tomorrow. We were slowed down a little as there are 2 bt lines right in the drop zone. Still good going for 3 of us as its a 125 mile round trip to this job.

[John Hancock]

Love the ‘stormy sky’ in the last pic. I’d have been falling asleep on that drive home – well done!

[David Humphries]

Fair bit of work there Matt, any targets within falling distance of the Mono?

 

Any shots of it standing alone?

 

 

 

Look forward to the next installment.

 

 

 

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[gibbon]

We reduced it to around 4m a few shy of the wall incase it fails. It had a cavity up to 2m and we managed to bore into the cavity a few times. That tree is the one in the corner of the 1st shot and would be too decayed and exposed once the other 2 had gone. I did try to upload more but I gave up cos it wasn't working.

 

The big beech has a lot of ustulina on the tension side and the Sycy is "on the move" apparantly. The main target is that garage which was built to house an Aston Matin. The last tree felled in this garden was milled and sent to Aston Martin to be made into a car which the client is now building.

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[tommer9]

Nice work Matt, and what a lovely target!!

[David Humphries]

The big beech has a lot of ustulina on the tension side and the Sycy is "on the move" apparantly. The main target is that garage which was built to house an Aston Matin. The last tree felled in this garden was milled and sent to Aston Martin to be made into a car which the client is now building.

 

 

What a cool little story

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I once met a guy who worked, i think he raced for them, when he retired they built him a special lagonda, I think it was a lagonda, the older squarer shaped thing?, cool beans!

[gibbon]

Just the sticks to fell now. Was a long but fun few days.

[Paul Barton]

Good stuff Matt! Looks like a smooth operation in some nice weather.

[gibbon]

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