Big beech fell in the cotswolds

[ben lightfoot]

Just a few pics of an interesting beech fell from the other week. I was just called in to climb and take the tree down to a manageable height basically near the fork. Took about two and a half days to get it down to that point, customer wanted all brash rigged so not to dent the grass as the small property was is a holiday cottage. Due to time restrictions ended up having a timber crash mat to knock of some larger timber off. hope you enjoy.

 

 

 

 

[RobArb]

can i ask as to why it took 2.5 days? (just out of interest of course, tis not a criticism)

[ben lightfoot]

some more

 

 

 

 

[MattyF]

Good to see you started a thread pics always good!! Looked an interesting tree I take it you left the stump? What was the reason for the works?

[dave fox]

some nice fire wood there mate did you manage to keep it

[ben lightfoot]

and finally

 

 

 

 

[Stephen Blair]

nice hinge! that was a big lump, nice pics:thumbup1:

[ben lightfoot]

Hi rob we had to rig all the brash down and although the guys did really well they had not done any rigging before and we had to rig down the back stem fairly low and it was quite weighty, i was also driving hour and 45min every morning. Ok im out of excuses. They were taking away timber for firewood hence why you could have chipped most of that pile haha and they ended grinding the stump.......with a walk behind. Oh and reason for removal was after survey and drilling were advised removal also advised removal from the council, the back side had torn out in the past landing across a road which then lead to further decay. hope that answers a few questions

[Mark Bolam]

Big tree, tidy hinge. good use of cord mat, nice work.

[RobArb]

hi ben, no need to make excuses haha, as i said wasn't a criticism just interested on the timescale. i know how long it takes to cut timber up compared to just throwing it through a chipper...!

 

good work and nice pics:thumbup: