reading a trees movement in crown breakdown

[nuggsy]

could have done with big bob then there would have been a good 30 + inches between me and the timber lol it really was a awkward beasty, all the limbs were on the under side and the sides if you imagine it as a square, no top limbs really.

the way it landed it seemed to have compression both sides (on the flat and the slope) i had removed as much as i was brave enough to do n then thaught yeah il take that wieght off n then it wasnt such a big piece to drop, hmmm that didnt goto plan lol was fine after it had sortof end for ended and sent the limbs up the way lol

[Johny Walker]

If your are talking about crown break-down on a felled or wind-blown tree then I really do believe it’s the most dangerous thing we Arbs do!

 

I have some pics somewhere - of how not to do it..lol

 

are you going to post them

[nuggsy]

pictures would be brilliant john, anything to help is much appriciated.

 

sorry if it sounds like im making what happened into a laugh in a sence, it is not meant that way its just how i deal with things that have scared me or disheartened me. there is always a brighter side is my moto

[atree]

i found when doing medium/small tree felling at college hairy sitkas best to practice cos there easier than hardwoods so u get more of an understanding of tension and compression (treaders not taught u that yet lol)

[Stephen Blair]

if you think it could roll, get a winch onto it, or jam some stuff at the underside to stop it rolling, being scared is what keeps you alive nugsy. you dont realise it but you will have learnt loads today from that tree and your scare. when you go to bed tonight your brain will sort it all out for you, next tree will be so much easier. we all need little brushes with danger here or there from time to time mate.

[Mesterh]

Just stand back for a minute and look at what you are doing.

 

If you ain't sure don't whizz along sneding away, take your time look at what's happening and cut slow getting ready to move if necessary.

[John Hancock]

pictures would be brilliant john, anything to help is much appriciated.

 

 

Hang-on brothers....!

[Andy R]

I wouldn;t like to suggest how it should be done as there is no formula, every tree is different. I spent years doing exactly this on railway embankments and culverts...sometimes removing the supporting limb early on is the way to go, sometimes leaving it till near last is safer...all depends on what is holding what.

[nuggsy]

ive done my small n medium fells adam, just need to sit my assesments when i get the cash together. didnt really get taught as such its more a case of this is how you fell a tree now go sned it lol.

im happy with trees that are below chest hieght but when they are above my head hieght with the limbs like it was today i get really nervous.

only got 2 injurys in a sence from today and thats a sore hip and knee from climbing a tulip tree to do my first ever big limb drop but the pain (old ice hockey injurys agrovated) was well worth it

[John Hancock]

Hang-on brothers....!

 

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