To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question

[scotspine1]

Tim, the Majority of the Trees that my team coronet are in fact dead.

 

I'd hate for a climber to get severely injured or die for the apparent positive benefits of making a dead tree look more naturally dead.

[D Mc]

Tim, the Majority of the Trees that my team coronet are in fact dead.

Not all granted, but take a closer look at the photos.

 

We are mainly talking about dead standing monoliths here, with mans interpretation of how nature dismantles dead branch ends, as opposed to flush cutting them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And yet you constantly recommend coronets and fracture pruning on live trees.

 

Dave

[skyhuck]

I'd hate for a climber to get severely injured or die for the apparent positive benefits of making a dead tree look more naturally dead.

 

Oh come on! For pity's sake!, so we should only be doing "essential work"?

 

Are you trying to put us all out of business?

[David Humphries]

And yet you constantly recommend coronets and fracture pruning on live trees.

 

Dave

 

Aesthetics of the particular locality is the raison d'etre.

 

I have said many times, this technique is not for the urban environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[scotspine1]

Oh come on! For pity's sake!, so we should only be doing "essential work"?

 

Yes, coronet cutting is a step too far. Winching branches out of a tree to create fractures is fine so long as there's no climber in the tree but to actually send a climber into the tree with a chainsaw to mimic the effects of storm damage/limb breakage borders on insanity.

 

The risks of kickback and accidental injury are greatly increased when coronet cutting due to awkward work positioning and multiple angled cuts down through the grain.

[MasterBlaster]

I have said many times, this technique is not for the professional arborist.

 

 

Fixed!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Fixed!

 

LOL, your a card Butch

[David Humphries]

Ok, here's some fresh meat from today, to really cheese off those purists and doubters.

 

Ftr, this monolith has been re-reduced to take in to account the distance from target ( path )

 

Fracturing is definately the way to go, pre coronetting.

Leaves you with upto 50% fewer cuts to make = Safer.

 

Got into a debate with a guy today who was "very upset" that the flush cuts I was in the process of removing, were in fact where Kestrels fed. Whilst reasoning my case for the technique, he suggested I leave one flush cut

 

Guess the poor birdies will have to start re-using their atrophied talon muscles and start feeding on something more akin to a natural perch than on the B&Q bird tables we've been creating for them for all these years.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I hate that expression, "Target"

 

"High risk areas"

 

Target is where you intend the tree to fall

[Peter]

A thing of beauty!