Help please to ID this..

[danmasterman]

im not trying to balg the job or anything like that, just more concerned that there might be a potential failure possible as these people have a small family.

 

there is some dieback in the crown, oozing at about 20ft.

The base has had some concrete or something on it so compaction is probably an issue? The base doesnt have shigos curves on it, more bottle shaped.

[rupert w]

Have you got more photos?may help.

[danmasterman]

more pics

 

thanks

[woodyguy]

Where's the 100ft tree?

[armybloke]

I reckon you need a professional to look at that.......on a serious note a little more information may be needed like have you climbed the tree yet to see how deep that old wound cavity is? It could be a water pocket overflowing - but how did the water get in? A little more investigation and you may find that you resolve this without us all guessing at what is happening?

[rupert w]

From photos it looks to be heavily weighted towards fields(low risk).I would imagine future monitoring assuming the client is happy,may be the way to go,there is a real risk involved but should the tree fail what might it hit,don't sit under it for picnic on a windy day etc.Only going from photos,might be misleading of course.

[danmasterman]

Thank you for the useful comments.

Sorry i cant guestimate height properly yet...

 

Will use the helpful info to see if i can assist the client make a better informed decision on what happens with their tree

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

bat potential there, so youll need to confirm or deny that before ANY work is done

Edited June 10, 2013 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad

[treeman]

anamorphic, not sexual not a matter of late nor early, the two forms often appear together:thumbup:

 

Ok nice 1

[rupert w]

bat potential there, so youll need to confirm or deny that before ANY work is done

 

Nice one Tony, DON'T FORGET THE BATS.All to often they do get forgotten.Not good.