Ring barking to aid drying before felling.

[shavey]

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.

 

if you got the time go for it:thumbup: let the leave suck a bit of sap out before you need the timber:thumbup:

[Woodworks]

if you got the time go for it:thumbup: let the leave suck a bit of sap out before you need the timber:thumbup:

 

Good tip

[Eddy_t]

It would seem to me that if you're running a saw around the base of a tree you might as well fell it while you're there.

If you've ringed up a oak which has lain for years you'll see it's still as wet inside as the day it fell over.

 

I've done ring barking with a farriers paring knife, the u-shaped blade is ideal for the job

 

 

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[Stubby]

It would seem to me that if you're running a saw around the base of a tree you might as well fell it while you're there.

If you've ringed up a oak which has lain for years you'll see it's still as wet inside as the day it fell over.

 

Thats coz it fell over and lain on the ground , not dead standing .

[Chris Sheppard]

I've done ring barking with a farriers paring knife, the u-shaped blade is ideal for the job

 

 

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We've done similar and, like you said, it's nowt of a job

 

Not tried it on hardwood but have seen it ork well on standing Spruce, though we left them for a good few months.

[jakey boy]

how do you ring bark a tree then .cheers

[Eddy_t]

how do you ring bark a tree then .cheers

 

Cut the bark off all the way around the tree, just to the sapwood, can be done with a pruning saw, chainsaw, knife, I've even done it by beating the bark off with a block of wood

 

 

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[shavey]

I've done ring barking with a farriers paring knife, the u-shaped blade is ideal for the job

 

 

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hello eddy i never thought of using farriers knife i have a couple down the stables i will sharpen them up and have a go:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

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.

 

its the foliage taking all the water that dries em out, they die then the barke falls off and they dry quicker, airflow is higher in standing wood than piles too.