horrible oak

[John Shutler]

i hate to think the extra weight added by ivy sometimes,last ivy removeal job was nearly a full truck load of chippings.not good

[skyhuck]

If that Oak was sound enough to stand up and suffer a few gales then it was sound enough to climb , gently. The problem with that sort of take down is the climber bricks it and tries to speed the job by lowering big sections causing stresses on the tree. I have yet to see or hear of a standing mature tree collapse under the weight of a climber. I know because I have taken down some really dead and manky trees, I go steady and work slow and deliberately.

 

Totally agree!100%!spot on!:wave:

[John Shutler]

yeah i was bricking it,first to admit it.the reason the tree was coming down was that it was sheding limbs.parts of it were unclimbable and unfortunately all of these sections needed to be rigged down to avoid demolishing the shed ,fence, pristine hedge and garage underneath it

[bob]

If that Oak was sound enough to stand up and suffer a few gales then it was sound enough to climb , gently. The problem with that sort of take down is the climber bricks it and tries to speed the job by lowering big sections causing stresses on the tree. I have yet to see or hear of a standing mature tree collapse under the weight of a climber. I know because I have taken down some really dead and manky trees, I go steady and work slow and deliberately.

 

an elm fell down the evening before i was going to dismantle it a few years ago made me think a bit

[skyhuck]

an elm fell down the evening before i was going to dismantle it a few years ago made me think a bit

 

Few years can make a lot of difference,why did you not do it?

[bob]

sorry did not make it clear about 2 years ago i was going to dismantle an elm on the friday and it fell down on the thursday evening

[skyhuck]

Ah! got yer.

[Log-ologist]

Elm?

 

oh yeah we have them too, 20' high and dead.

[Log-ologist]

Hey bob I was due to reduce a Liquidamber with an acute fork and that split in half during a windy night before I got to it, the half fell on the house.

 

I could have been the filling of a roof and sweet gum sandwich.

[skyhuck]

Elm?

 

oh yeah we have them too, 20' high and dead.

 

No,I've done plenty 100fts,normaly very strong.