Todays Elm fell

[burrell_]

Big j I at u lol

I want to see the colour

How u keeping anyway mate

[Stephen Blair]

It's strange that snipes are only used in exceptional cases in the uk, whilst the Humboldt face cut generally isn't used, even in timber production, yet the cut is designed to reduce impact stress on the tree

 

 

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I've never heard or seen the snipe until now, looks like a lot of extra work to me, I've managed up to now without it, If Josh didn't have a camera he wouldn't of bothered either

 

 

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[Eddy_t]

I've never heard or seen the snipe until now, looks like a lot of extra work to me, I've managed up to now without it, If Josh didn't have a camera he wouldn't of bothered either

 

 

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Extra work? It's one cut! The idea is that the butt end of the tree hits the ground first and eliminates the shock and impact of the tree hitting the ground. The Humboldt itself is just an upside-down gob cut

 

 

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[josharb87]

Couple more today

 

 

 

 

[18 stoner]

Some big old trees there Josh, shame to see them go:sad:

[Fredward]

Interesting decay patterns, did the second one split when you felled it?

[josharb87]

It was a multi stem, where the split is marks the union of the lowest of the 4stems. Which was also the stem I left on after dismantling the other 3 then felled it from the ground

[josharb87]

Another decent sized elm bites the dust

 

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[atree]

Nice Josh,All on the same site?