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yep...I don't want to take the chance there is structural weakness there...a lot of tree above those points.

Good advice....thanks.

hahaha...good point, Stig. It crossed my mind it would make some folks go cross-eyed seeing that tree. It would be fun to rile some folks up but I got better things to do. I mainly posted it to get folks to chime in about the girdling aspect of it. It's been incredible to me how well the...

Not finished, MB...a bit at a time when I can work on it. Solo for now until I snag someone to run ropes. Using a high TIP in nearby gum and spurring up the side of the sweeping angles limbs to get to where I can cut small into manageable pieces. Makes for interesting dynamics of...

You are right, Kyle...it's been a good tree. When Alex was about 15 he was training in a martial art. I heard a noise about 5AM one day and looked out the window into the backyard...it was dark but enough light I could see a figure clad in black running through the yard; it leapt and grabbed...

Some picts of the removal process:

A "circus style climbing" rope...used for strength training. This tree supported several ropes over the years in my backyard. When the kids were maybe 8 or 10 I put up a climbing wall and two ropes...a vertical climb and a horizontal rope. I didn't realize I was condemning the tree at the...