I recently went to quote a few ash trees in a small woodland next to a busy main road.
A few of the trees had signs of root rot and were leaning over the road so the customer wanted them removed.
All looked safe enough to climb, especially since I can put an anchor in another tree near by and rig all the limbs to another tree next to it to swing away from the road and the tree, other than this one.
This one ash tree has a heavy lean towards the road along with all weighted limbs on the road side as well making it very uneven, and then to follow it also has a large split up 50% of the tree and visible from both sides.
I am unsure weather it would be safe enough to ratchet strap the split tight, anchor into another tree next to it and just spike and lanyard up this tree and lower all the limbs off the neighbouring tree or would it be better to just use a MEWP to dismantle from road side as has easy access.
I recently went to quote a few ash trees in a small woodland next to a busy main road. A few of the trees had signs of root rot and were leaning over the road so the customer wanted them removed. All looked safe enough to climb, especially since I can put an anchor in another tree near by and rig all the limbs to another tree next to it to swing away from the road and the tree, other than this one. This one ash tree has a heavy lean towards the road along with all weighted limbs on the road side as well making it very uneven, and then to follow it also has a large split up 50% of the tree and visible from both sides. I am unsure weather it would be safe enough to ratchet strap the split tight, anchor into another tree next to it and just spike and lanyard up this tree and lower all the limbs off the neighbouring tree or would it be better to just use a MEWP to dismantle from road side as has easy access.
