beech fell (kretzch/armillaria)

[scotspine1]

felling job from last week, tree came down due to Kretzch and Armillaria base rot, saw was a 660 with 36" bar, Yale double esterlon 3/4" rope attached halfway up tree, attached to 5 ton cable handwinch which had a little pre-tension on it prior to making the felling cuts. Spec was to fell, de-limb, stack branches, cut timber into logs, no tidy up, great winter job.

 

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

no tidy up, great winter job.

 

Nice one! I miss those types of job......

 

Dreaming of a simpler life.....

[David Humphries]

Big tree Tim, smart fell.

 

I think the tree came down due to your big saw more so than the kretzsch and Armillaria at that particular point in time

 

Plenty of strong adaptive growth at the base with the buttresses.

Was the kretzsch into those or still in the heart at this point?

 

 

No appetite (or funds) to consider reducing?

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[Darrin Turnbull]

Nice camera work . How old would it be. Looked a bonny tree.

[scotspine1]

Nice one! I miss those types of job......

 

Dreaming of a simpler life.....

 

Simpler the better this time of year, big straight fells like that are a rarity for me so was good not to have to climb and dismantle especially with the bad weather we've been having lately.

 

I think the tree came down due to your big saw more so than the kretzsch and Armillaria at that particular point in time

 

 

The Beech Taleban eh?

 

 

Plenty of strong adaptive growth at the base with the buttresses.

Was the kretzsch into those or still in the heart at this point?

 

 

No appetite (or funds) to consider reducing?

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The kids play under that tree every day, house is within falling distance of the tree, dropped a big branch out recently the way old Beeches are prone to do. Client not overly interested in crown reduction when I suggested it. Decay wasn't bad, but the pics below were taken at the final stump height (3ft) decay was worse nearer the ground. Client was sorry to see it go.

 

 

Nice camera work . How old would it be. Looked a bonny tree.

 

Tree was planted in 1870 as part of a circle of Beeches round the house. Most of them are still left standing and in good health. Yes, I agree, bonnie tree.

 

Cheers

 

 

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Edited December 13, 2015 by scotspine1

[mendiplogs]

felling job from last week, tree came down due to Kretzch and Armillaria base rot, saw was a 660 with 36" bar, Yale double esterlon 3/4" rope attached halfway up tree, attached to 5 ton cable handwinch which had a little pre-tension on it prior to making the felling cuts. Spec was to fell, de-limb, stack branches, cut timber into logs, no tidy up, great winter job.

 

 

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Hi scot pics there mate 👍👍thanks Jon

[Darrin Turnbull]

Nice dogs on that 281/288. How do you like it.

[scotspine1]

Darren,

 

288, brilliant saw, had it a long time now, just keeps going on and on no matter what you chuck at it, much like the 660. Like the 288 best with a 24" bar. That's a 30" in the pic but the vibes are brutal if you're standing there cutting beech like that all day so it's normally just a back up for the 660 on jobs like that. I'd buy another 288 if they still sold them in the UK.

 

cheers Jon (Mendip)

 

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