100foot plus reduction

[gibbon]

This is my current challenge.

 

The spec is a 2 phased reduction. The finished reduction reduction in winter 2011/2012 will be 3m from height and reduction of lateral limbs by 3-4m. Each limb is to be pruned only once. The 1st phase was to reduce half of the tree in segments but retain the overall shape and form/

 

I havent measured it yet, but despite how it looks in the photos it is at the very least 100ft.My 45m rope only took me 2/3 of the way down,

 

I think we took out 2-2.5 tons of material today.

 

Before and after day 1. Its just the side branches on the far side left to prune this year prune

[Mr Ed]

Nice work. Any particular reason?

[combined tree services]

verry nice job , i would have loved to have been involved it that job mate , great work tho mate !!!!

[gibbon]

Significant decay on that large pruning wound on the main stem. There is a new office complex just to the right of the photos.

 

The tree is laying down new wood, but the phased reduction is in the hope that we can get some weight out reduce stress. Its a very important tree in the local landscape

[Stephen Blair]

thump off that big left hand lower limb, that should take some weight off the old girl

[David Humphries]

Nice job & spec, any ideas on type of & culprit for the decay.

 

Gano/Fomes?

 

 

 

Do you have detail shot of the decay pocket?

 

Cheers

 

D

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

thump off that big left hand lower limb, that should take some weight off the old girl

 

 

 

Heathen

 

 

 

 

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[gibbon]

Nice job & spec, any ideas on type of & culprit for the decay.

 

Gano/Fomes?

 

 

 

Do you have detail shot of the decay pocket?

 

Cheers

 

D

 

 

 

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Phellinus robustus within the wound and a bit of tree chicken thats just come out. I suspect there are other agents at play too. I will get a shot if I remeber next week

[Stephen Blair]

Heathen

 

 

 

 

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maybe, but if you took that limb off, lifted the other wee ones so basically crown lifting it by approx 35 feet, wouldnt that help the tree. what if i gave it a new name ' crowlopping '

[gibbon]

maybe, but if you took that limb off, lifted the other wee ones so basically crown lifting it by approx 35 feet, wouldnt that help the tree. what if i gave it a new name ' crowlopping '

 

Crowlopping is what caused the problem in the first place