dead elm removal

[BTS]

has anyone any experience of felling section felling dead elm, got to price for job but never worked with dead elm before, is it as hard as i have heard etc any tips or experiences would be welcomed cheers

[skyhuck]

I love dead Elms, my favorite work.

 

Getting few and far between these days.

 

Hard as iron and strong as steel, IME.

[Heads up]

Make sure your spikes, chains and chipper blades are sharp. then off you go:thumbup1:

[Steve Bullman]

the only slip ive had was on a dead elm....the bark comes off in big plates so be positive with your spiking.

[testcricket01]

depends how dead we are talking about

[josharb87]

Make sure your spikes, chains and chipper blades are sharp. then off you go:thumbup1:

 

ditto, super duper sharp:thumbup1:

 

and ditto to huck

[Mozza]

ditto, super duper sharp:thumbup1:

 

and ditto to huck

 

Ill ditto to your ditto's

[defenderjack]

ive always found they are really hollow at the top of the trunks , ive lost count the amount of times ive nearly taken a squirels head off ! can also be really stringy to cut ! and oh yeah ELM STINKS !

[Stephen Blair]

the deader and more exposed the better, if the bark is off and the trunk is white then they are like iron as Huck says, if they have died with in a wood and are covered in moss and slime then thats more fun, i did a dead one in a rookery last years, slippier than a slippy thing. I served my time on dead elms, cross your lanyard if you want for better positioning and if you do slip then it will hold you. Thump in your spikes and hold on tight, i actually looked at a big dead elm today, no one else wants it, he he i will be like a rat up a drain pipe:biggrin:. crash crash crashitty crash:laugh1:

Edited July 26, 2010 by Stephen Blair

[Big J]

I've felled a lot of dead elms from the ground, though never climbed them. They always seem to rot from the bottom up in my experience, quite often being hollow.

 

Jonathan