Storm damaged Monterey cypress

[Mark Bolam]

The Tree had laid a stem across the roof of the famous Mermaid Inn in Rye.

 

Real brain teaser (and pant-browner).

 

Still windy today, but dry and much more settled. Climbed the main stem, decent anchor, and two ropes installed as tether lines. Out onto stem, nibbled away till it was about to go (about 2" left holding at the base, then tensioned tether lines off truck hitch. Final cut, ropes then held (whew!), and, clear of building, chog, retension line lower down, chog, repeat etc. till finish.

 

Owner is in Africa, wants to get back before agreeing to takedown, but there is no other safe option. Last shot is 5-tonne ratchet strap left there to appease hotel management (RHS stem looks favourite to fail very soon, over their car park). Shame, but there we are.

 

'Stone Cold' Polish Irish Muslim Steve Woodnuts running the rigging and multiple waggoners hitches.

 

Roast beef sandwiches and all the trimmings courtesey of The Mermaid. You couldn't work for nicer folks (and it's not even their tree!). Good day. Missed shooting, mind.....

Edited November 13, 2010 by Monkey-D

[Mark Bolam]

Failed stem was 20" diameter at 'pruning' cut.

[chris cnc]

nicely done

 

i bet freeing the stem from the roof was an exciting moment haha

[combined tree services]

nice work , looked like a ritel little thinker of a job . well done

[Giles Hill]

Looks like a Monterey cypress - they're more prone to failure than yews.

[testcricket01]

nice job, nice lunch, did you fell the remaining half of the tree aswell?

[Mesterh]

Nice interesting job.

 

Does get the adrenalin going when you have to think about nearly every move!

 

So what type of tree was it?

 

[Mark Bolam]

Looks like a Monterey cypress - they're more prone to failure than yews.

 

Sorry, was indeed a MC. Yew was yesterdays, pics didn't load from that, too many Stellas and not enough sleep. Yew was a small limb on a barn (which I think had neen nudged with a Telehandler....Hope I didn't tip the Yew chips in the horse paddock....

 

James, takedown week on Monday most likely.

[nepia]

That was the opportunity for your very own 'Chinook removal'! Would have taken the whole tree in one.

[David Humphries]

Can't believe they served the sarnies with the crusts still on !!!!

 

 

How very uncouth

 

 

 

 

 

Looked like an interesting job for sure, fine piece of work fellas

 

 

 

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