Inonotus hispidus on ash

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

and I would do none of the above, a simple third off all round will suffice.

[sloth]

and I would do none of the above, a simple third off all round will suffice.

 

In a drop crotch stylee? I think ash form lends itself well to it...

 

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[treeseer]

Might not a support cable to prevent fork failure be an option? Then instead of 33% off maybe 10% would suffice.

[pendleton8471]

The decay in the fork is advance my worry is that even with a reduction it might not take enough weight out but would like to hear your views, drop crotch does stand out as something that might work.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Might not a support cable to prevent fork failure be an option? Then instead of 33% off maybe 10% would suffice.

 

NO.....

 

NO.......

 

stop it:lol:

[10 Bears]

I think you should also consider the extent of liability for the client that will remain. I would be more happy investigating the extent of strength loss/cavity and making a more informed decision on that basis. I've never been keen on just looking at the cavity and *guessing* how bad it may or may not be, at least with some level of measurement and calculation, you have a defensible and transparent decision process.

 

Also, much like with financial investments, different clients have different acceptance levels of risk and if this client is particularly risk adverse combined with the findings of a strength assessment (lets assume its worse case scenario), then reduction to the union and retention as a monolith may be the answer, but a key part is conducting a further assessment in my opinion.

 

Anything else is just a guess surely?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

In a drop crotch stylee? I think ash form lends itself well to it...

 

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The decay in the fork is advance my worry is that even with a reduction it might not take enough weight out but would like to hear your views, drop crotch does stand out as something that might work.

 

 

defo the way to go, remember folks, weve had a windy winter, it stood that!

 

men have such short memories!

 

Storms are the ultimate tester, 12 this winter:001_tongue:

[treeseer]

Why so cable-averse? Much less wounding than the pruning proposed.

 

Yes always better to inspect, assess, put the client on a couch for a brief psychoanalysis etc. but there's a limit to what one wants to do in a free estimate. It would be a guess even after all that.

Not a lot of residual risk imo after either a hard chop/drop crotch job or a simple strand of steel. Tony's got a point about its current verticality in spite of nature's fury.