Ring barking to aid drying before felling.

[Mark Bolam]

Good point Le Sanglier.

Quickest way of drying cord is to turn it into logs.

[shavey]

Interesting food for thought.

Is it too early to start the hedges? The sycamores have already shed most of there leaves here.

 

hello the sycamores have started losing there leaves here to i have ring barked maybe 60 sycamore hedge trees that are up too 5'' across already and several spindley ash and they have all wilted quite well so go for it with those species

cheers:thumbup:

[Woodworks]

Thanks chaps.

 

Sounds like most of you don't think it will make much difference if I ring bark now and fell later this winter V just felling later this winter. I thought I had read a thread somewhere on here suggesting that if you ring barked gravity would help the wood to dry but this may have been if leaving for much longer than 2-5 months.

[Stubby]

Thanks chaps.

 

Sounds like most of you don't think it will make much difference if I ring bark now and fell later this winter V just felling later this winter. I thought I had read a thread somewhere on here suggesting that if you ring barked gravity would help the wood to dry but this may have been if leaving for much longer than 2-5 months.

 

If you cant fell them now , for what ever reason , space , time etc you may as well ring bark them to gain any advantage you can .

[APC]

Why bother buggering around with it twice? Just get it on the ground at least?

[Woodworks]

If you cant fell them now , for what ever reason , space , time etc you may as well ring bark them to gain any advantage you can .

 

Good point.

 

It wont take long and at worse no advantage. I think I will give it a go and if I can manage to be organised (in my dreams ) I will take some moisture readings from trees that I ring bark and those I don't.

[Stubby]

Why bother buggering around with it twice? Just get it on the ground at least?

 

They stay dryer stood up dead

[shavey]

They stay dryer stood up dead

 

very true i always ring bark some tees every year that have to be removed in the winter cooler wetter months which i nearly forgot are on the way:thumbdown:

[Woodworks]

Why bother buggering around with it twice? Just get it on the ground at least?

 

If they sit on the floor in a Dartmoor winter without being processed the wood starts to rot where it sinks into the ground. I like the idea of leaving the field clear and tidy and processing the trees as they are felled but would like to gain a few months extra drying time without taking up storage space.

[Python]

Felled some standing dead holly a few weeks back that the deer and bunnies had savaged and despite them being dead for 2+ years they were still as wet as a live one inside