This tree failed in the Dec 2006 storm. It was a double codominate...We had installed a Cobra cable system in the canopy about 6 years ago.I hadn't pruned it, or if I did, not nearly enough. It failed below the cabled area, leaving about one branch. We left it at 40 feet, as a wildlife snag and suggested having it carved into something. Ann decided to remove it, which we did today. We lowered a 12 foot section with the GRCS, which probably weighed 1500 pounds. It had broken 16 feet above the fork, so we used the smaller trunk to lift the larger one off. Thern we felled the bottom 26 feet, and cut 4 slabs from the butt. Two will make nice tables. I might be able to dig down and cut one more. Anyone want to buy a table? Given time, We should be able to come up with some suitable legs from large curved cedar branches....I'm going to buy some special Anchor Seal wood sealant and paint the slabs tomorrow after work., to keep them from checking and cracking. Then, in a few months Eric of GoGreen Design can help me get them planed and sanded. The holes will create some character for the table...something could be placed in them, like a glass candleholder...etc...
On either side of the tree, bigger and better cedars thrive. Ian Scott pruned one 6 years ago, and Dave Sturm and I just pruned the other, which is nearly 24 feet in circumference at ground level. 8 pics are here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157605931833891/
After the lift off and lowering
the stump, the butt log, slabs, and the trunk of the standing big cedar:
the largest slab-that's a 43" bar on the 3120
On either side of the tree, bigger and better cedars thrive. Ian Scott pruned one 6 years ago, and Dave Sturm and I just pruned the other, which is nearly 24 feet in circumference at ground level. 8 pics are here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/sets/72157605931833891/
After the lift off and lowering
the stump, the butt log, slabs, and the trunk of the standing big cedar:
the largest slab-that's a 43" bar on the 3120
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