Rotten syccie

RobRainford · May 30, 2011

Had this today to kill, original plan was to leave habitat stick but plan changed to a fell.

Was down by 12.30 took a lot of thinking and planning. I was hanging on a pull line while Ed (armchairarborist) did the very sketchy fell. Would have videod it but there was only us 2 on site. Was a very messy tree! Let's hope Ed puts his share of the pics on here too!

Pics are in no real order.

Frank · May 30, 2011

Why did it need to come down? Doesnt seem to be many targets below it. How come the plan for habitat changed?? Lol.

RobRainford · May 30, 2011

The fields are use by horses and a paddock in regular use which already had a part of another tree fall into last week. There is a path used by the landowner and other people right under it. Well it was going to be a few metre stick as we would have climbed it but decided just to fell it. Left a nice little habitat pile at the base instead. They were happy!

yewhunter18 · May 30, 2011

Looks like you both had a good day not alot holding that tree up was there ? Trucks looking good rob

armchairarborist · May 30, 2011

we spent most of the morning eating cake, drinking tea and trying to work out who's truck is the tallest, then removed the fences and waited for the ladies to put all the horses in a different field. every time i looked at the tree the weight seemed to be in a different part of the crown, not an easy one to weigh up for a fell, when test-pulling the tug line, the tree wanted to spin round due to the extensive cavity.