ok; to me such old and big trees are priceless; I would let them grow in my living room if there is where they are;
but every once in awhile you find peoples that have a such tree on their land and want to cut it down; Myself, for ex. I have my parents in law; they have a gorgeous ash in the far end of their garden and they want it down; I have tried to save it but they need firewood and they say it is blocking their view and shades the vegetables garden; in situations like this, if I won`t do it, someone else will; so I`ll do it. I feel bad for the tree though;
anyways, I find it way easier to fell the tree than limb it;
i`ve fallen so far around 25 trees, mostly dried out plum trees, from 15 cm to 40 cm diameter; that part is easy
limbing however, destroyed my bar. the limb was resting to the ground, and while I was cutting, it was opening as it was supposed to but suddenly it snapped and smashed the bar; it was putrid and couldn`t hold the weight (the limb was 15-17 cm). but I guess that`s an exception that I have, removing diseased trees.
that pic is from a book, "The splintered history of wood"
I`ve posted pics in off topic area, food for thought; might wanna have a look. there are many more interesting pics.
the book is under 5 Mb so if anyone wants it, is possible via email.
