Rip, twang, kipper-bang

Matthew Arnold · January 21, 2012

A very large twin stemmed ash which decided to shed a stem this afternoon. And a really nice unmanaged Hazel coppice. I've been told it hasn't been touched with a saw for 60+ years. :thumbup:

MikeTM150 · January 21, 2012

we;ve got a wood within a stones throw with about 15acres of hazel coppice exactly like that, but they won't let me touch it............. :sad: :thumbdown:

David Humphries · January 21, 2012

A very large twin stemmed ash which decided to shed a stem this afternoon.:

Been waiting to go for a long time by the looks of the included union & the aerial roots.

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Matthew Arnold · January 21, 2012

Been waiting to go for a long time by the looks of the included union & the aerial roots.

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Yup. You could see it opening and closing in the strong winds a few weeks ago. It let go when we had a sudden squally shower come through. I was only about 20 metres away from it when it just cracked and went over.

David Goss · January 22, 2012

Check this bad boy out! been doing windblow and storm damage every day this year so far and have not had one that confused my tension and compression eyes like this saw jammer... any ideas what to do with this except for some tnt?

David Goss · January 22, 2012

i should mention that its pushing against another tree with the crown so there will be compression on both sides of the split. Its close to a public path but not hanging over it, thats why we left it for now till someone comes up with a non saw jamming, wood exploding idea. I am guessing tractor and winch and just pull it out the ground...

David Humphries · January 22, 2012

That's a spectacular failure David. :thumbup:

Tractor/winch would be my prefered option, if it needs to come out completely.

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David Goss · January 22, 2012

That's a spectacular failure David.

Tractor/winch would be my prefered option, if it needs to come out completely.

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its a cracker aint it:001_rolleyes:

i am hoping we can just leave it as it is, mainly because i dont fancy going anywhere near it. I would say its far enough off the path to be left but will need to see what the powers at be say about it. We had some real beauties in that woodland and an interesting day among the multiple windblows. All good fun:thumbup: