A picture that tells a story

[daltontrees]

Saw this recently on the edge of a 60mph public road, as the caption says it tells a story. I have the benefit of seeing it in 3 dimensions and a good close-up look and poke, but anyone want to speculate just for interest?

[Marc Lewis]

Fly tip?

[SamWhiting12]

Cow tipping, but the tree version?

[Logit]

Too much Cizzer ?

[Bald Ed]

Was the back cut a bit low?

[TTP]

Saw this recently on the edge of a 60mph public road, as the caption says it tells a story. I have the benefit of seeing it in 3 dimensions and a good close-up look and poke, but anyone want to speculate just for interest?

 

Safety first I suppose that cone will stop people crashing into it haha

[sloth]

Trenching for the pipe up against root flare, severed roots = timmmmbeeerrrrrr!!!

Perhaps...

 

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[daltontrees]

Trenching for the pipe up against root flare, severed roots = timmmmbeeerrrrrr!!!

Perhaps...

 

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Pretty much bang-on. Ducting that severed the roots has been pulled out of the ground. You can see the groove in the rootplate where the duct had been. The forlorn cone is quite comical.

 

Here's another picture.

[sandspider]

Surprised how small that root ball is for the size of tree. What sort of tree is it, anyone?

[daltontrees]

Beech, about 4 tonnes, must have been about 24m tall before being dismantled on the ground. I think the root spread under the road must have been pretty limited by the tarmac, but by the time the ducting operations severed the only roots, there was zero tensile support on that side, which was the windward side. Fortunately it landed in a field.