Abit out of the blue

[colwoodlandcare]

Got a call this morning about an Oak falling onto a house despite the no wind.

Story was some one i do there climbing for spoke to the owner of the tree last year advising her to have it taken down due to rot and she said it was all well and good. 6am this morning it falls onto the neighbours house above were they are sleeping.

 

i finished up my mornings work and arrived on site for 2 ready for the crane at 2;15.

We had tractor and forestry trailer ready also. The crane took the weight while we removed as much as poss between two of us before then lifting and pulling it round with the tractor and lowing it into the garden.

 

Ill try get some pictures off the the neighbour when i can.

[Matthew Arnold]

That is some very lucky residents and just shows how strong the houses of that era were built to withstand the weight of that lump landing on what is usually a weak point. Much timber out of it or all for logs?

[Gray git]

Nasty, but could have been a lot worse had it come in a storm with a bit of wind speeding up the fall into the house, handy looking crane by the way.

[mistahbenn]

Good to have big gear like that ready! Wish I'd had a crane during the hurricane~!

[colwoodlandcare]

Maybe a few cube of wood but most was really quite rot, a lot of dust coming off when cutting.

I say crane in it, it was a friends friend, but its a lorry recovery truck. Doesn't reach to far but had 4 20 tonne winches on it and when lifting 1m away with snatch block supposed to be able to do 140 tonne, but looses a hell of a lot of that at it limited 8m reach.

Did the job very well though at short notice.

[colwoodlandcare]

What made me laugh was the owner of the tree saying the wood is good, i then showed her with a hammer that the middle just crumbled. A moment later when the grab went to pic up part of the butt it just cracked in half

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hope you didn't drop a chog on that roof with the broken tiles

[Le Sanglier]

Good job, I hope it was worth it financially.