Lets get this party started...

[NeTree]

reverse tapered hinge with dutchie used to swing stuff away from building

 

[MasterBlaster]

Dang Erik, I smell something...

 

[NeTree]

and a close-up up the entanglement between oak and elms

 

[NeTree]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Dang Erik, I smell something...

Me too... about 3K.

 

[NeTree]

I was killing a squirrel.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Poor squirrel...

 

[BlackSmith]

check ya pm box MasterBee...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yesterday, I joined treebuss, and I noticed this thread has attempted to be replicated over there.

I guess I can't blame em, eh?

 

[Nickrosis]

Wasn't much of a root plate....looked like it snapped pretty well at the base. Did you see damage or decay on the outside? What could you tell?

 

[MasterBlaster]

How about this for a sweet topping job, eh?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Actually, the tree was stone dead. The guy didn't have the money for a complete removal, so this was all I did. He's supposed to call back when he has the bucks to finish.

After that, another 'lil pecan TD.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I love an easy Sunday TD, especially with a 17 ton.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Time to head to the hizzhouse!!!

 

[NeTree]

Originally posted by Nickrosis
Wasn't much of a root plate....looked like it snapped pretty well at the base. Did you see damage or decay on the outside? What could you tell?

Nick,

Now that I have the tree cut up, I can say that it was fairly solid all the way to the root flair. I did find evidence of what may have been a lighning strike 30 years +/- ago. This wouldn't surprise me given the elevation this tree stood relative to surrounding trees/structures.

The roots are completely rotted away starting just under the soil level (or where it would have been). I've noticed a good deal of fungus on the underside of the root plate.

I don't know if you can make it out in the pictures, but starting a few years ago, someone had been stacking brush right next to the tree. My guess would be this accelerated the root rot quite a bit. The area is bordered by a rocky stream, hence it stays wet longer than other properties in the neighborhood.

I would also hazard a guess to say that the tree has been kept in place for quite some time merely by its attachment to the large rocks that compose the surrounding soil; bearing a large crop of acorns this year probably loaded the stem beyond the failure point of that attachment causing it to fall. We had no high winds during the time it fell.

Hope this makes some sense!

 

[Nickrosis]

Yesh it does. I was fertilizing a tree this past week and a branch just dropped out of the tree.

Now I know why it says in the Z133 standard to wear a hard hat "while performing tree care operations." So, I was like, violating up in here! I hope John Stewart doesn't see this post!

 

[kowens]

storm work

this is one of charlies victims , the top was 8000#

 

[kowens]

migrant park

this is a migrant tralor park thay had four trees fall the workers
would not return untill the trees were gone

 

[xander9727]

Originally posted by Nickrosis
Yesh it does. I was fertilizing a tree this past week and a branch just dropped out of the tree.

Now I know why it says in the Z133 standard to wear a hard hat "while performing tree care operations." So, I was like, violating up in here! I hope John Stewart doesn't see this post!

What species of tree were you fertilizing Nick?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I actually got to trim some this week. These live oaks were all over the service road and the parking lot. I fixed that!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've trimmed this beauty three times in the last ten years. She loves me, and I love her.