Potential ANCIENT tree removal

[Andy Collins]

I have maybe a whacky idea, but I'll not post it on this thread. So far (barring the obvious blip) a fantastic job, nicely documented. Nice one Ross quality work.

[Le Sanglier]

Bad luck about the wall! if a job is tight on money something like that will rip the fun out of it. Ringing it down will be a PITA, maybe that crane might of been a good idea after all!

[Ross Smith]

I had plenty of money on the Job ie 24 but yeah this Job was def not about the money

A tough quote all round but a massive learning curve

 

 

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[JonnyVine]

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Putting the potential basal issue aside' date=' I believe there would of been scope to manage this tree in this situation by reducing the sail volume and size.

 

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Interesting comment, how much of the sail volume and size do you estimate having to remove to achieve this David?

[David Humphries]

Interesting comment, how much of the sail volume and size do you estimate having to remove to achieve this David?

 

To be honest Jonny, I wouldn't know that without assessing the trees structural condition & exposure within in its environment.

 

 

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[JonnyVine]

Thats quite understandable, however, during the assessment, if it was found that the residual wall is less than the established amount, a vast portion of the live crown would have to be removed.

It is true that any tree, regardless of the thickness to wall ratio can be retained, unfortunately, if the residual wall gets too thin then what we would be left with after our reduction is nothing more than a pole smothered with epicormic growth, looking more like an over-sized toilet brush as opposed to a tree.

 

The professional tree inspection workbook tells us that if a defect apears to be a cause for concern " it must be measured and the SRENGTH of the remaining part evaluated"

 

I just wondered that before all this information is collected and understood, how could a decision to retain and manage the tree be made?

[HCR]

Was a bat survey carried out before work commenced?

[David Humphries]

The professional tree inspection workbook tells us that if a defect apears to be a cause for concern " it must be measured and the SRENGTH of the remaining part evaluated"

 

I just wondered that before all this information is collected and understood, how could a decision to retain and manage the tree be made?

 

 

Climbing inspection with access to resistograph and/or hammer/probes, would be my way of evaluating the possibility of retention of a canopy with dysfunction.

 

 

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[JonnyVine]

Climbing inspection with access to resistograph and/or hammer/probes, would be my way of evaluating the possibility of retention of a canopy with dysfunction.

 

 

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A perfectly acceptable and well recognised approach and the key word "possibility" of retention

 

Please excuse me for being a pedantic b*****d David but these are all relevant

Points when dealing with something of this size in this particular location

 

Kindest Regards

J

[Mark Bolam]

C'mon Ross, get out of Maggies and get the pics up.