Kretzch and Gano Beeches

[scotspine1]

Vid 1 - 1 min

 

Storm damaged Beech most likely failed due to being severely weakened by the presence of Kretzschmaria deusta at about 8 metres. Included pic of Kretzch (next to secateurs) for those who havent seen it before. The top landed down a steep embankment which made dismantling a lot of fun

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naZ9tjHiNv0]YouTube - Kretzch Beech[/ame]

 

Vid 2 - 30 seconds

 

This Beech had recently been shedding large scaffold limbs near a public path, infected with Ganoderma - its time had come, no rigging needed, tree left as monolith for habitat, who knows it might even regrow -

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25w4OHuZ8Fc]YouTube - ‪Gano Beech‬‏[/ame]

Edited February 11, 2011 by scotspine1

[tractorboy1]

Great vids

[Johny Walker]

love it when you can free fall big limbs ,

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Nice vids!

[David Humphries]

Fine vids.

 

Do I take it that the owners wanted to keep the second Beech?

 

If so, did you at all consider bringing it down in phased reductions over time?

 

possibly could earn more on return visits than a one off big reduction .

 

(obviously I have no idea as to hazard status)

 

 

 

Will be interesting to see if............

 

1/ it does through out epicormic, &

 

2/ whether that can sustain itself.

 

 

 

 

Do you go past this area often?

 

 

I'll give the thread a bump if you do, because it (I) would be very interesting(ed) to see it again in a year or two?

 

 

 

Thanks for posting Mr pine

 

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[David Humphries]

Oh yeah,

 

 

did you lift the trunk in the first, to get the wraps of rope around ?

 

 

 

 

 

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[Rich Rule]

Oh yeah,

 

 

did you lift the trunk in the first, to get the wraps of rope around ?

 

 

 

 

 

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I think Tim may have used a log mat to keep the trunk off the deck. The mat choice of experts, far better choice than a brash mat.

[defenderjack]

Oh yeah,

 

 

did you lift the trunk in the first, to get the wraps of rope around ?

 

 

 

 

 

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i was wondering that too !

[David Humphries]

I think Tim may have used a log mat to keep the trunk off the deck. The mat choice of experts, far better choice than a brash mat.

 

 

 

Doh !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I do find the Kretz high in the canopy interesting, think the failure due more to T/r ratios on that open cavity though, rather than the fungi themselves modifying residual strengths.

 

got any of the failure surface?