Large Oak reduction.

[Ewan Murray]

This is a large Oak I reduced the other week at Alexandra palace in London, It had been pollard previously and there was signs of heavy decay and hollows near the old points because of this and the proximity to neighbouring properties, a reduction of the canopy was decided in order to take weight off of the old points in order to lower chance of limb failure and in order to ensure the tree can go on for a few more years. Also shortened a dead stub as the top half of it was pretty hollow and ready to collapse.

Its a very hard reduction but what was decided by the Arborist who conducted the tree survey and after seeing the state of decay on some of the large limbs and unions it was the best thing for the tree in order to preserve it for a longer period.

[atree]

Nice work.I thought pic 2 was finished reduction then the last pic was a lot thinner?How come?

 

Better than a fell anyway

[Mick Dempsey]

Nice work, I preferred it before the thin.

[john p]

Nice work, I preferred it before the thin.

 

 

Same here, that's a hell of a lot of foliage to lose so early coming to full leaf, but yes, better than a fell

[MattyF]

Would never thin a reduction especially a heavy one on a mature broadleaf that's just come out in leaf, with out trying to have a dig at your work I would be very surprised if it gets over that.

[Steve Bullman]

Im not sure its been thinned, I think you are just looking at the growth on the rear of the tree on the earlier pics that he hasn't got to yet.

 

Good job, we can only work to the specs given, usually by people far more intelligent than us

[Scott Walker]

Being Oak it will probably recover ok they cope quite well with heavy reductions.

[Ewan Murray]

Steves correct that's the remaining foliage at the back going out over the neighbours, hasn't fully leafed yet, so hopefully won't look as thin in the next few days etc, the size of some of the wounds and hollows on it where massive the parks just worried about lawsuits etc so a lot of action is taken pre-emptively

[Ewan Murray]

 

Here's another reduction from site we didn't go as hard as requested as the tree was in a lot better state than the other one.

[MattyF]

Nice work.. Will be interesting to see what the first tree does over the next few years.