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Alright guys... I'm a building surveyor when I'm not playing with my Magnum MS880, and today I came across a nice big straight Oak that the customer wants rid of from his garden. It's in Godalming in Surrey, GU7, with good access to the adjacent field and an amenable farmer by all accounts. It's over 3' diameter and about 40' tall, having originally been much bigger, but lost a bough or two in the '87 storm. If I lived locally I'd have it myself but I'm 600 miles from home. Any use to anyone? Seems a shame to burn it! Photos available by email. Ivan. 07790007979.

Does anyone out there where I can source some descent sized slabs of oak, ash, yew for my furniture projects ? I live near Manchester airport. Cheers all. Gary

Hello! I've been asked to mill up this beech and he is in-tree-gued about what might come out of it. I suspect it might contain a couple of pockets here and there, but I've never millled beech so cant really help. Any ideas! and He's got an Oak which is still standing with some crown die-back and wants to know about how long it should be felled before sawing. I am new to sawing and have an idea but thought I'd check before telling him the wrong things! Isn't it best to mill stuff straight after its been felled? Does anyone know of a book detailing various tree types and their milling qualities, hidden quirks, which are prettyest? bascially everything to do with milling. If not I thought I might try and get loads of info from everyone on here and write one. All help and ideas greatly appreciated!

Got to get the 088 out the other day. It started up straight away even though it hadn't been started for 5 months. Had a pulling rope on it to guide it away from the wall it was resting on. Watch in HD! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNOC7I4Yudc]Stihl 088 falling a big oak with Treeworks London - YouTube[/ame]

Hi All, I have a couple of large logs available for milling in west Strilingshire. One beech: c. 1m at the butt, relatively little taper, c. 10m length. One oak: c. <1m at the butt, some taper to >60cm, c. 10m length. One beech: c. 60cm at the butt, c. 50cm at the tip, c. 5m length. These are from a clearance / firewood job, but seem far too good to put the saw through (with the exception of the 2nd beech). They are basically free to anyone who wants them (I've had what I need from the job), would probably suit a woodmizer or similar. If anyone's interested, or you think you know someone who might be, pm me through here. I can get some photo's or arrange for you to come and see them.

Hi all we have decided to close our saw mill and move on to other things but now have to get rid of the rest of our stock by February. aprox 1.56 m3 in 80mm/3", 1.03 in 54/2", 5.28m3 in 41mm/1.5" and 1.95m3 in 34mm1.25". all Qba/1 air dried Oak. and some other bits and bobs also in AD Oak. If anyone wants some/all please get in touch or if you know any one or have any advice? Thanks Dan

Hi guys. Hope i'm in the right section for this. Forgive me if not, this is my first post. This oak tree is in the grounds of a property where a gardener friend of mine works. Anyway, on a particularly rainy morning, I packed in my work for the day and popped over to have a cuppa and a look round the grounds. I noticed the cavity at the base and looking closer it appears to be pretty much hollow. Bit concerning as house is only the other side of gravel driveway (see pic1). What sort of prognosis does a tree like this have? How long will it last living only on its buttress roots? Would it be safe enough with a crown reduction/thin? Cheers. Luke.

Sent to me by the TO's at Wandsworth Council oak pro moth leaflet.pdf

This is the tallest oak tree in the UK, filmed on my local estate at Stourhead in Wilts, same estate as the redwood in my profile picture. BBC News - Wiltshire oak tree declared UK's tallest

Hello, I took this picture this morning, the Oak is on the side of a village green, the canopy spreads well over both lanes of the road which runs beside the green. it is in reach of a kids play ground and the main trunk is about 8 foot in diamiter. Also i should mention that the Oak is dieing back about 4-6 feet all over the canopy. What i was woundering is, has anyone got any pictures or tales of the damage this fungus can cause. I would like to be fully armed with all the knowlege before i talk to the owners. cheers.

Hey guys, really need to find some good solid oak, 5 foot multiples and around 2'6 - 3' diameter! I need it by the end of this month (June) and have a good budget for it. Pleeease let me know asap by email if you have any leads... [email protected]

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Hi Guys Pretty sure I know the species but want confirmation from the forum. I'll not put my obvious answer as not to sway the vote. Found at the base of Quercus robur, english / pedunculate oak with tree trunk approx. 22 inch diameter at base height (dbh). Fruited 6-weeks ago and then decomposed to a cheesy mass 1-week ago. Cheers Rich

i gather from reading the google search results that there are a few reasons for this oak tree's response. some sort of pest or toxin. i know that this tree has the (minor?) problem with the wasp grub in the acorns. but its never made the ground mushy with sap. i thought it was a leaking drain when i first saw it, but have since seen butterflies etc feeding off it. what can we do? or do i have to find out the exact cause ? or is this something that happens and resolves itself? thanks travis

Hello. I would appreciate any advice here as i dont know who to ask other than my local authority, who i suspect will not give me unbiased advice in this instance. Three weeks ago, i set about building a zip line in the garden for the kids. They had pestered me to do it since i suggested it two years ago so this year i bit the bullet I sourced all the stuff within a week and got it erected over a weekend. The launch platform is the balcony of a tree house i built for them 5 years ago. This tree house is on 8" stilts and is not connected to the tree it sits beneath in any way. The tree is a large oak and is outside of my garden on the boundary of a new development which used to be a field. It is situated on a swathe of rough ground which also serves as a public footpath. This ground still belongs to the developers at the moment, and last year i had to call them out after a very large limb fell off outside my back gate. After some tooing and froing they sent a team of arbourists to tidy up and pruned the tree at the same time. I love this tree My wife hates is because she cant sunbath after 4pm but that's life lol I even put a large double glazed window in the roof of the treehouse so the kids can watch the squirrels. Anyway - back to the zipline... I used an 8mm steel cable secured at the bottom end of the ride to an 8" pole i sunk in the ground. At the top end (the treehouse balcony) i secured it to an identical pole, the bottom of which is secured to the treehouse balcony and the top of which is screwed to a large limb of the tree. I did not remove any bark to do this. The cable is fixed maybe two thirds the way up this pole. I naturally did not want to fix the line directly to the tree, although all the websites i researched for the project said to do exactly that. I did not want to harm the tree, or indeed place 100% of the stress on the limb, so the pole was the best option. I finished building this about a week ago, and the kids love it. I know there is a preservation order on this tree because i checked when the development was approved on the field behind, as i did not want them turning up one day with their chainsaws. Like i say, i do love the tree. This swathe of land is now in the process of being handed back to the local authority, who will then be responsible for it. After speaking to a friend, i am now worried that they could get funny about me securing this post to the limb, i don't know how strict the law is/can be. The cable is not taut, there is a fair bit of slack, and the tension is shared between the tree and the treehouse. It would be very difficult for me to secure this high enough by any other means. I could, i suppose, take the screws out and use webbing straps somehow, but i dont know how anal these council bods can be. I have uploaded some pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35186356@N02/ Any advice would be much appreciated regarding just how strict a preservation order is concerning oaks, and if you think i have a viable standpoint/argument should the need arise. If i have to take all this down the kids are gonna brain me Thanks in advance.