Tricky Poplar

[mic687]

I got called out on this poplar that had broken off and was hanging over a fence and stuck in another Poplar and a Maple. I could not really climb any of it so I got a portable lift. I secured the two poplars together with two ratchet straps then butt tied it with a rope run through a block connected to a white pine and used a rope puller to lift the butt. I used the lift to remove the top then cut the main trunk and lowered the butt over the fence and cut the rest with the lift. I also removed the second poplar also as it was right next to their pool and had carpenter ants that had eaten half way through the tree about 15 feet from the top.

 

[ozzy42]

Nicely done .

Shame that you couldn't have just climbed from the standing tree and rigged it out from there.

 

[056kid]

That's not poplar...

 

[treeslayer]

Very nice rigging, but that could have been climbed. nothing wrong with your decision either to not climb it, stay safe.

 

[mic687]

Very nice rigging, but that could have been climbed. nothing wrong with your decision either to not climb it, stay safe.

What i did not show and wish I had was how much top was hung up in between the maple and the poplar before I cut it out. The maple was not tall enough to be effective for climbing so I got the lift, and since I had it why not use it. Thanks for the comments.

 

[beowulf343]

That's not poplar...

Than what is it.

 

[056kid]

Quaking Aspen, or maybe even cottonwood, need some leaf shots!

 

[dingeryote]

Quaking Aspen, or maybe even cottonwood, need some leaf shots!

Nope.
Way wrong for Cottonwood.
Big tooth maybe.


Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[treeclimber101]

That's not poplar...

Ah yea it is .....Its actually a silver leaf poplar .

 

[056kid]

i still say its an aspen.

It makes me mad when guys call these NON poplars poplars. A true poplar is a yellow poplar. At least as far as the mill is concerned..

Damn poplars. .

 

[treeclimber101]

i still say its an aspen.

It makes me mad when guys call these NON poplars poplars. A true poplar is a yellow poplar. At least as far as the mill is concerned..

Damn poplars. .

Right but google a silver poplar ...And is closely related to a aspen tree

 

[forestryworks]

That's not poplar...

:agree2:

Ah yea it is .....Its actually a silver leaf poplar .

No, the bark is wrong for white poplar.

i still say its an aspen.

It makes me mad when guys call these NON poplars poplars. A true poplar is a yellow poplar. At least as far as the mill is concerned..

Damn poplars. .

Yes, as far as the mills are concerned. But Yellow-poplar is related to the Magnolias, not even a poplar at all; hence the hyphen.

 

[treeclimber101]

:agree2:



No, the bark is wrong for white poplar.



Yes, as far as the mills are concerned. But Yellow-poplar is related to the Magnolias, not even a poplar at all; hence the hyphen.

Depending on what area of the tree we are looking at , its not aspen so what do you think it is ??? Quaking aspen and bigtooth in michigan

 

[056kid]

I like this thread

 

[forestryworks]

Depending on what area of the tree we are looking at , its not aspen so what do you think it is ??? Quaking aspen and bigtooth in michigan

I agree, definitely not aspen, too dark. Leaning more towards maple based on the last picture.

 

[treeclimber101]

I like this thread

Me too ....

 

[056kid]

The bark looks really close to cotton & or aspen to me.

 

[tree MDS]

Sure the hell looks like what we call a poplar.

I was never able to figure out the proper latin name of this one though.. my guess would be Populus deloides (Eastern Cottonwood) near as I can figure.

 

[056kid]

http://www.mystockphoto.org/wp-content/nggallery/free-photo-of-the-week/yellow-poplar-trees-1500.jpg



those are poplars where I come from.

 

[treeclimber101]

http://www.mystockphoto.org/wp-content/nggallery/free-photo-of-the-week/yellow-poplar-trees-1500.jpg



those are poplars where I come from.

Really ....there poplars where all of us are from unless there tulips , then there not poplars at all I hate when guys say TULIP POPLARS cause there ain't no such thing ..