Great position.

[mistahbenn]

Get er daaan

Edited June 21, 2009 by mistahbenn

[SJH]

I'd sleep quite soundly, who says big tree can't exist in an urban area? At least it would be an easy fell when the time comes.

 

What down the street?

[Marc]

What down the street?

 

Its only a young un, unless there is something serious amiss that the picture doesn't show, other than what looks like a lean towards the building.

 

Not all Lombardies are ticking timebombs, that ones probably got a few more years safe usefull life in it, admittedly though its not an ideal position for such a species.

 

I've certainly dismantled a few twice as big as that one that hadn't fallen apart. I actually quite like take them down if there is a semi decent drop zone.

 

 

Here is the most recent, Qtip cimbed it as part of our AA assesment using rigging, it was topped out LOW with probably over 50ft of regen, and the picus results showed a large amount of internal decay, still it had grown for many more years than the one in your pic with no problems even though it was topped.

[raafbeard]

I love it when I see people who have planted wellingtonias about 6ft from their house, or in their small terraced house back garden...It amuses me to try and imagine what their actual thought process would have been?? Or how they view the trees future development...

 

They are definately nice trees and so much better than most conifers - If I thought I could squeeze one in somewhere I would

[Marc]

I love it when I see people who have planted wellingtonias about 6ft from their house, or in their small terraced house back garden...It amuses me to try and imagine what their actual thought process would have been?? Or how they view the trees future development...

 

They are definately nice trees and so much better than most conifers - If I thought I could squeeze one in somewhere I would

 

You have to be sensible about planting large trees in the urban enviroment, there is no doubt though that our industry has had a big impact on the urban landscape. I'm all for guerilla planting to bring back big trees in the urban landscape not just to maintain it but to produce work for our future:001_tongue: we should all be planting wellies, dougies, leylands and lombardies as close as possible to buildings

[Stephen Blair]

i love doing pops, they cut like butter, but they do get some sway, i did one in glasgow that was behind tenements. they were 7 high and it towered above them. on the ground it was fine, but when it stuck its head above the buildings it was really blowy. it resulted in me knocking 57feet of pop into a back garden and sending a clothes pole to oz, knocking another 30 feet ontop of it then felling the stem into the garden, we had a giant rope bounced off a big cherry through a gate and onto a mog. it was just over 120feet high, biggest i have done. but i have seen ones that make it look like a baby, i love the big limbs that are about 7 feet high and about 18 inches wide.

[raafbeard]

I'm all for guerilla planting to bring back big trees in the urban landscape not just to maintain it but to produce work for our future:001_tongue: we should all be planting wellies, dougies, leylands and lombardies as close as possible to buildings

 

 

I always carry a pocket full of sycamore helicopters!!