PC tree

Its the shear plane, that allows the tree to flex in the wind. Sycamores particulary are prone to this, as others have said it is the tension being released. Always good to stop you from becomming complacient when it goes pop.

Interesting!!! Complacent and tree climbing... Big no no

Self splitting logs, how cool is that?

Great minds!! My Mrs said the same thing. :-)

They'll just be for logs, not nice trees really, self set ones.

Cheers all, nowt to worry about.

It's a bit of shake, usually happens when the tree has had a lean or been at outsider!

Can certainly make you stop and think when you hear it crack !!

Made me think enough to take a photo!!!! :-)

I've had this on Ash a few times, after cutting a section off and getting ready to do teh enxt one then suddenly there's a bang and a crack appears. Or it could be the start of a downward barbers chair because the hinge is close to the middle of the stem. Was the piece you just remoived pretty big and did it have a gnarly bit in it?

No it was a straight pole....

Section felled this sycamore pole today and this happened? Any clues?

My thoughts are that it had something to do with the tree having weight stress on one side creating torsion ?

I daren't post any vids now for fear of abuse of my music taste....

Not!!

Opinions vary! (Roadhouse) ;-)

Very nice indeed!!!

I keep flicking back and forth between " before " and " after " and I recon its pretty even and a very sensitive reduction . Did you get the long wispy bits from the ground / tripod ladder with the long arm croppers ?

Climbed out to most of it and tickled the lower wispy bits pole pruners yes..

Good discussion this as it's all valuable knowledge, also you can't really get a feel from a photograph weather the height is done more than the sides because of the angles and distance taken from?

I see your points though.

Hit it hard and leave in reasonable time, when I was employed years ago now(20)agri fencing my ridiculous boss had me work from 8 till 10 at night on regular intervals a week. Knew no different from leaving school, never again though!!

Yes there will be a part two. At some point hehe.

Will look forward to that, good work!

Very nicely done.

Thats a pukka job ! Nice one .

Cheers stubby, I'm gettin me head round it now :-?

The app obviously works again tree looks nice mate

Thanks a lot Steve, all sorted!!

Pmsl !!!

Medium sized purple Beech reduction.

Was this the new app please or were you still using the old one?

Just updated so will try again, so was using old one! Thanks again

as Mull said, you may need to delete and reinstall...or rebooting your phone might do the truck. Have you downloaded the updated app version?

Ok I'll check it now, thanks chaps !!

Mine done that a while ago on the app, deleted and downloaded app again, seemed fine after that.

Will this not cost me the app again?

more info please...I can offer no help with no information

Sorry Steve, won't allow me to upload pic from iPhone. It's let me before but won't anymore?

Cheers

Not a valid image file??

Had the same today, had booked the lad who helps me out to come this evening after work to ring up the ash, that I put a pic of in the storm pictures thread, only to get a call off the customer at dinner time to say the local log firm had offered to do it for the timber so she didnt need me, but can I go and repair the fence when they have moved it! I'm more peeved that she told me she wanted to keep all the wood for thier own fire else I would have made the same offer as it is literally round the corner from the yard

It'll be a dear fence then Ed mate! Bloody annoying