Failed Horse Chestnut Limb

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I agree with Fungus (Gerrit) a very poorly union, forced apart by bark to bark contact ABOVE the union not included within the union, as growth (secondary thickening) continued the union was year on year forced open, allowing ingress of water (possibly anaerobic conditions hence the dark wood) and this could have/should have been picked up by a decent surveyor (in my opinion)

[button1803]

i could not agree more mate. thanks for having a look.

[Mesterh]

Would of easily been picked up with an aerial inspection and tbh I would be surprised if you couldnt have seen the problem from the floor.

 

Good to see no one injured which is the main thing. Second only to you getting some work out of it.

[button1803]

well we did an aerial inspection of all the other chestnuts on the park and did some minor work but nothing major. shame it took this to prompt that but at the end of the day nobody was hurt. i think after this aerial inspections will now be funded! after all, like i said to them, what price do you put on safety!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

well we did an aerial inspection of all the other chestnuts on the park and did some minor work but nothing major. shame it took this to prompt that but at the end of the day nobody was hurt. i think after this aerial inspections will now be funded! after all, like i said to them, what price do you put on safety!

 

binoculars FIRST, expensive lifts after, its about what is REASONABLE, not what is unreasonable (yearly platform inspections.

 

if that became the norm trees would become considered an overly expensive burden, with dire consequences.

 

Not suggesting it wasnt the right thing to do in THIS case, but lets just ensure we remain realistic and do only what IS REASONABLE:thumbup1:

 

a good surveyor would have picked up the need for a closer look doing a basic VTA of the site, if a basic VTA is done annualy it will cost less than the rental of a platform to inspect all the trees, REASONABLE.

 

we can all find defects if we go beyond the call of duty:001_rolleyes:

[button1803]

great advice mate. thanks.

[Stephen Blair]

Not unusual for a horsechesnut that grows on the edge of woods, is that a huge old pruning wound below the fail?

I have 2 simiar trees over excercise stations that I looked at yesterday, this evidence will back up my concern