Anyone know why this happened??

[PC tree]

 

Section felled this sycamore pole today and this happened? Any clues?

My thoughts are that it had something to do with the tree having weight stress on one side creating torsion ?

[Steve Bullman]

Not unusual, particularly with Sycamores. Sorry I can't give you a scientific reason for it, sure someone else will though

[Stephen Blair]

It's a bit of shake, usually happens when the tree has had a lean or been at outsider!

Can certainly make you stop and think when you hear it crack !!

[daltontrees]

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Section felled this sycamore pole today and this happened? Any clues?

My thoughts are that it had something to do with the tree having weight stress on one side creating torsion ?

 

I've had this on Ash a few times, after cutting a section off and getting ready to do teh enxt one then suddenly there's a bang and a crack appears. Or it could be the start of a downward barbers chair because the hinge is close to the middle of the stem. Was the piece you just remoived pretty big and did it have a gnarly bit in it?

[PC tree]

I've had this on Ash a few times, after cutting a section off and getting ready to do teh enxt one then suddenly there's a bang and a crack appears. Or it could be the start of a downward barbers chair because the hinge is close to the middle of the stem. Was the piece you just remoived pretty big and did it have a gnarly bit in it?

 

 

No it was a straight pole....

[PC tree]

It's a bit of shake, usually happens when the tree has had a lean or been at outsider!

Can certainly make you stop and think when you hear it crack !!

 

 

Made me think enough to take a photo!!!! :-)

[treequip]

Sycamore often pops and bangs as it as you cut, its just internal stresses sorting themselves out.

[PC tree]

Cheers all, nowt to worry about.

[skyhuck]

If your felling Ash or Sycamore for the saw mill, its very important to leave it in as long a lengths as you can, cut it short and it could well "bang", which would seriously de value the timber.

[Steve Bullman]

scuse my ignorance, but if the particular piece of wood in question is going to be prone to splitting, will it be less prone on the mill rather than crosscutting?