Top cut heavy limbs?

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

Hi,

 

This was my job for today desmantling this chestnut in poor condition with quite extensive bark die back and with a 10% lean towards a road.

Nothing out of the unusual, leave as a monolithe and coronet the top and the side branch... These where the requirements...

 

The side branch was big long heavy peace of timber going out towards the road, went out on it and took all the brash out, left only the long peace of timber. Got back to the trunk asked for the 044 and with only a top cut at an angle started cutting, halfway through this massive crack and down it went leaving this massive tear as I thought it would. Tomorrow i'll go back and finish the coroneting if the weather allows... I know that its not the way to remove a heavy limb but because I was above it I didn't feel in danger at any time...

 

Any thoughts? Is it too uncontrolled?

 

I shall post the finished cuts. As soon as they're ready.

 

 

ps- you'll probably see this first that the real thing - yeh you - bike rider!!!?

[Steve Bullman]

doesnt look too huge a limb, and with all the brash off i cant see it being too big a problem.

[Jack-Arb aka Tiago Sinclair-Julio.]

doesnt look too huge a limb, and with all the brash off i cant see it being too big a problem.

 

It wasn't enormous, about 1foot diameter and six meter long I cant think in weight. But big to take in that way I think.

 

It wasn't unsafe in my book but not the proper NPTC way. So what Im getting at does it become unsafe if you dont use a hinge or a undercut?

 

I think, if you are above it then theres no way it will hit you, so yes its safe! Whatever the size.

 

Jack

[Steve Bullman]

i'd be more worried about it taking my saw as it fell....i would bring my saw out in this situation and feather the last bit of the cut with the tip.

[Ian Leach]

I think it's safer to do a hinge or undercut IMO. If there's to much weight the limb could split anytime, i've known it to take a big portion of the tree away before. I suppose every tree reacts differently, It doesn't take long to do an extra cut IMO. Better safe than sorry.

[MasterBlaster]

That IS a takedown, right?

[Ian Leach]

Call me stupid 'what do you mean by leave as a monolithe and cornet the top and side branch'. Never heard of it before, everyone has there own way of saying things i suppose. Like masterblaster said 'it is a talkdown' isn't it'. If Not it's what i would call a pikey cut lol..Anyway i'm here to observe and learn. Great site by the way Steve.

[David Humphries]

Call me stupid 'what do you mean by leave as a monolithe and cornet the top and side branch'. Never heard of it before, everyone has there own way of saying things i suppose. Like masterblaster said 'it is a talkdown' isn't it'. If Not it's what i would call a pikey cut lol..Anyway i'm here to observe and learn. alberteinstein:

 

This is a monitored Monolith with Coronets.

 

And No MB this one was not a TD !

[MasterBlaster]

Ya'll sure do things different on the island.

 

So how is it "monitored?"

[David Humphries]

Ya'll sure do things different on the island.

 

So how is it "monitored?"

 

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