willow pollard??

[Arb123]

been asked to pollard a fair size willow, never done one before evan thou ive been climbing for 3-4 years. shall i give it ago? or play it safe:blushing: and sub to another climber? any tips or advise would be helpfull! thanks

[sloth]

Do it! Easy trees

[Dan Earp]

Easy tree to do bud itll grow back in no time. Big thing is the brash theres gunna be a mass amount lol

[woody paul]

Your need's to be sharp and keep cutting right up to gob cut or under cut or it will Run up or down. Best of luck. Try small bits first and see how it go's.

[Arb123]

Cheers guys! "Going to risk it for a chocalate biscuit" on friday, will let you know with some pics how I get on!

[Steve Bullman]

Theres fair sized Willows and theres fair sized Willows. I've done plenty of 80ft crack Willows in the past that I certainly wouldn't have described as 'easy trees'. They can be gits to knock out big pieces without splitting and tearing if you aren't experienced. If in doubt please climb a little higher and knock out smaller lumps

[Andy Collins]

I've seen people come a little unstuck on "easy" trees, never get complacent.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

the bark tears easily and can pull you down the stem if you don't put your ears in it when felling out tops.

 

Light wood for holding pieces, If it a re-pollard inspect the attachment points fro the new to old growth before tying in.

[sloth]

Theres fair sized Willows and theres fair sized Willows. I've done plenty of 80ft crack Willows in the past that I certainly wouldn't have described as 'easy trees'. They can be gits to knock out big pieces without splitting and tearing if you aren't experienced. If in doubt please climb a little higher and knock out smaller lumps

 

I shouldn't have said easy I thought a fair size pollard 'should' be easy. If its been done before, great. If not and its proper big

then its lop and top = bigger stem wood and a bit trickier.

Also by 3 or 4 years climbing in my experience it should be fairly straight forward provided there's no awkward rigging.

The OP will have a second climber/arial rescue present? How experienced are they, second opinion and moral support always good

 

 

 

 

I've seen people come a little unstuck on "easy" trees, never get complacent.

 

Very true, a workmate nearly lost his arm up a 20 foot pine a couple years ago. An easy tree turned red and sticky very quickly. Scary. Expect the unexpected and have a first did kit suited to chainsaw injuries even on small domestic or private jobs. It really would save your life...

 

Good luck btw! Im sure you'll breeze it really:thumbup:

[sloth]

the bark tears easily and can pull you down the stem if you don't put your ears in it when felling out tops.

 

Light wood for holding pieces, If it a re-pollard inspect the attachment points fro the new to old growth before tying in.

 

Good advice. The wood is snappy and the bark peels. It is predictably unpredictable when the hinge will go! So don't rely on the hinge alone to swing a long branch where you want it, pull/lowering ropes or cut and Chuck smaller bits