Knocking the Top Out of a Poplar

[18 stoner]

Not really bothered about the "spiking politics" really, much of its been covered before, and still no one has been able to give a positive answer to my question "How many of you have ever experienced a tree that has either been killed by spiking, or even been put into decline as a result of it and caused major defects or its premature removal?" Room for thought?

 

So, on a positive note Liam, great to see your pics as usual mate.

 

On the part of the winch, I note you pulled straight from the landy into the tree. I guess there wasnt much pull needed in this case and was just a safeguard, but a tip for you would be to run the cable through a block secured to ground source(like a tree) in front of the landy. This will give the truck much better purchase when pulling, and not "lift" to the front of the truck.

 

Keep the pics coming young 'un!

[liamjordan]

Not really bothered about the "spiking politics" really, much of its been covered before, and still no one has been able to give a positive answer to my question "How many of you have ever experienced a tree that has either been killed by spiking, or even been put into decline as a result of it and caused major defects or its premature removal?" Room for thought?

 

So, on a positive note Liam, great to see your pics as usual mate.

 

On the part of the winch, I note you pulled straight from the landy into the tree. I guess there wasnt much pull needed in this case and was just a safeguard, but a tip for you would be to run the cable through a block secured to ground source(like a tree) in front of the landy. This will give the truck much better purchase when pulling, and not "lift" to the front of the truck.

 

Keep the pics coming young 'un!

only just noticed this reply mate! thanks

 

on the spiking note, i have seen a tree that has been killed off from spiking that was back at college where there was a spruce that had been used for climbing courses for a long time, there was a hell of a lot of spike marks and it did kill it off. Personally i dont see a problem with spiking a healthy tree that is to keep if it requires only a little spiking, like this poplar did

 

Thanks for the advice on the winching, this tree didnt require much winching if any, yeah i did use it as a safeguard as the road was on the other side of the hedge. Got a few steel blocks kicking so i'll get them out soon and give it a bash!

[18 stoner]

Good to hear from you mate, things must be going well up north! Enjoy.

[liamjordan]

Good to hear from you mate, things must be going well up north! Enjoy.

yeah man all is good, loving scotland! Im in sweden at the moment though, through college for 3 weeks to a partner college to get more experience on the big machine