Having fun with hazard trees.

[beastmaster]

I've been working at the botanical gardens in Clairmont. Normally one of my favorite places to work. This drought is taking its toll on its trees. Because their on a tight budget they only have us come in when some funds available,and then most pressing projects go first. So the 30 or so dead trees have been left to rot. Now they want them out.
Lots of the trees died from the a shotgun borer. This bug turn trees into fragile brittle pieces of wood that'll crumble and shatter if climbed. I've been doing a lot of them hanging from a crane. It's never a dull minute. Yesterday was doing an iron wood tree. It went up for 15 or twenty ft. then shot out 90 degrees for 25 ft. There was a valuable tree under it they didn't want hurt. The ironwood was dead and split up the middle. Not wanting to climb it I put a ladder up on it and was going to zip line the tip pass the tree beneath it. It was so dicey after I got up there I said screw this, I'll fall it and hope for the best. I had the guys pulling it after the face cut was in. I barely started the back cut when in a split second i realiize something wierd was happening. I was tossed sideways with my saw running full throttle. My mind couldn't grasp what was happening, but I knew I didn't want to !and on that saw. The ground had fractured. Im glad I wasn't up there.

 

[Wayne Wilkinson]

Holy crap! That looks like it was a bad day. You alright? I take it you didnt land on the spinning whirly gig of death (chainsaw)?

 

[beastmaster]

Holy crap! That looks like it was a bad day. You alright? I take it you didnt land on the spinning whirly gig of death (chainsaw)?

No I roll with the punches, luckily missed saw, got up and started bucking, and moved on to the next death trap.

 

[Westboastfaller]

Must have been that big 'hard on" the tree sprung...ha ha.

*Seriously poor assessments on your part. You treat it like it has to be that way but ultimately we control our environment through knowledge and awareness. Start with your sight overveiw in 'that area'. What are the trends you see?? Trees of same species that died around the same time and a high percentage are on the ground? Possibly a root rot disease? Maybe live trees species with shallow rooting system in a wetland area with root pull and much blow down? Is it a resent lean or has it corrected itself some years ago? Trees have been dead for some years and many tops are on the ground then that should be a great indication not to climb any tree of that species that shows much of the same behavior.

The tools are are there... It goes on and on.
I haven't even done a tree assessment and have many answers just on the walking in.
If your life means something you can't afford not to have an education.
'Come to my seminar"

BTW I put slices as big as that 'undercut' Falling backwards. Danger bay!

Glad you're fine so I would seriously reevaluate your outlook
Peace

 

[beastmaster]

I'm assessing and doing 10 or more dead,dieing and disease trees a day out there. Many are speices I'm not familiar with. I aborted my first idea of trying to zipline, I thought I was taking the safer route. I never thought about the ground fracturing like that.
Thankfully we have a knockle boom crane.