SIA- the tree pulling test/theory

[Paul Barton]

 

its all about the shear.:001_smile:

 

...which is all about the cohesive strength of soil.....which is all about the moisture content....

 

VTA and SIA will tell you some of the story but perhaps we would all learn more if we knew more about the soil.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

...which is all about the cohesive strength of soil.....which is all about the moisture content....

 

VTA and SIA will tell you some of the story but perhaps we would all learn more if we knew more about the soil.

 

The info is out there, just has to be read, dry clay strong shear, gravel low shear. VTA tells me more about a tree because I have gone to great lengths to perfect its art, dedicate to anything and youll master it.

[Paul Barton]

Ok, thanks for your advice.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Ok, thanks for your advice.

 

lol thats a sarcy comeback!

 

i didnt mean to prevoke one, but you know what I meant:001_tt2:

[Paul Barton]

Sure dude.

[David Humphries]

So Oliver Cromwell was obviously an early practitioner of the pulling test as can be witnessed here when he was 'etched' whilst evaluating the Boscobel Oak.

 

Though his early attempts may have been slightly floored, the lack of access to elastometer and inclinometers (which wouldn't have been invented for another 300 years or so) meant that the chaps he got to cut in to the trunk to assess the wood fibres under load may have actually done more harm than good.

 

I guess these ground breaking tree assessments had to start somewhere

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Where's that from David? And are you sure that they're not just training for the inter-village annual tug of war:biggrin:

[daltontrees]

Now here's a thing...

[Gary Prentice]

I thought they were pigs in the picture, maybe they're Staffies?

[Steve Bullman]

Ok, thanks for your advice.

 

This made me laugh, for the second time round