Disease or Man-made Damage?

[mpv]

Any thoughts on what might have caused the damage on this Japanese Pagoda tree? Looks like cuts but could it be a disease I am not aware of?

[MATTMOSS]

Looks like direct damage to me?

[treeseer]

Does all the damage face where a machine is most likely to hit it?

 

hard to see w low res but looks minor. helping roots is the best treatment to speed compartmentalisation.

[Ian C]

Looks like direct damage to me?

 

 

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[Chris at eden]

It kinda looks like damage you would get on a smaller tree if you left the stake on too long which caused abrasion as it moved in the wind. Is this possible. Judging by the size of tree it really would have been left on for a while. Just a thought.