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sotc
Dormant hero!!
Corrosion of the bole
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NeTree
Guest
Gravity.
It's also the number one cause of falls, too.
It's also the number one cause of falls, too.
SkwerI
Treehouser
The tree was topped when it was younger, all the top leads are resprouts. Laurel oaks topped like that 30 years ago usually have lots of included bark in the main crotches. They can eventually fail. I see lots of decay on the old pruning cuts as well.
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Wagnaw
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White rot
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Mr. Sir
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We have a winner! You got it, Brian. Sadly, it's a pretty common failure on 30 to 50 year old oaks around here.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
I agree with Brian too. As common occurrence on the stump as well as higher up the trunk.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
That is exactly what happens to the big silver maples in this neck of the woods .
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Mr. Sir
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Yes, rot, but the cause of the rot was the topping 30 years ago.
No_Bivy
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to me it looked like the average spreader willow/water/whatever oak in the flat lands. Trunk goes to a mid point, and then divides from there. Our topping damage looks different.....but it dont matter. Decay/Rot
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NeTree
Guest
I still say I had the right answer. 
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
yes, but the cause of the pruning was the planting of the tree years before. do I win? If the tree had never been planted, it would never have failed! 
sotc
Dormant hero!!
I still say I had the right answer.
Me too
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NeTree
Guest
treesandsurf
Treehouser
So which is it, included bark or "rot" 
?
jp
?jp
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Included rot.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
Rotten bark too,no doubt .Oh just rotten to the core and the core was rotten. Bad hair day .
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
I'm gonna start by blaming the power line install that lead to the topping... that led to the failure..
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
seriously, then we should perhaps blame Alessandro Volta, without continuous elctric current we wouldnt have needed the powerlines which begat the topping which caused the included bark rot failure!
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NeTree
Guest
Well, if his parent's hadn't had him...
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Newfie
Guest
He was probably fat......
Paul B
I dig hammocks.
Erik, if I follow your lack of logic, you say the root of the problem was the initial creator then? without that incident, NONE of this would have happened. Sorry Brett, I have been minding my own business on the religious posts and threads but this is posted in a humourous fashion, not spiteful so hopefully its not too offensive.
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Mr. Sir
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Erik, if I follow your lack of logic, you say the root of the problem was the initial creator then? without that incident, NONE of this would have happened. Sorry Brett, I have been minding my own business on the religious posts and threads but this is posted in a humourous fashion, not spiteful so hopefully its not too offensive.
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That nasty old Big Bang started this whole mess!
