MasterBlaster
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All that side weight can be a problem.
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Skiddaddle outta there!!!
What caused the top to fail?
What caused the top to fail?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Rotten nasty hollow spot. Back cut all in, tree started to commit then snap..... So we took in the slack and pulled the lower part and she went right over. Now mind you, I was on my way out from cutting when I asked for the pull... 
MasterBlaster
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Not a problem! 
ruel
TreeHouser
Oh it was a fun ride
Man, f that s. If someone can't be bothered to have the tree taken out before it is that dead, they can't be too worried about smashing a few things too!
MasterBlaster
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Agreed!!!
Kenny, dead trees are always a crapshoot and rigging off of them while also using them as your main tie-in point has killed more than one experienced climber. Don't make a habit of walking that line. Especialy not for a fence and a few leylands.
Good way to put it, Ruel.
Although a dead oak with that many twigs and some dead leaves on it still is likely nearly as strong as it was when alive. Ime, oaks stay strong for a long time. The roots rotting away causing failure is the main risk imo.
Although a dead oak with that many twigs and some dead leaves on it still is likely nearly as strong as it was when alive. Ime, oaks stay strong for a long time. The roots rotting away causing failure is the main risk imo.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Dig the roots. Check the undersides. Drill-testing is easy.
Depends what killed it, Cory.
Ganoderma can cause the whole tree to break at root level.
I had a close call with that once, felling red oaks in the forest. The one I felled brushed against another which simply broke at ground level, bounced of another tree and came after me.
That was one of those " Get the hell out of Dodge" moments.
BTW clean out your inbox, please.
Tried to PM you and couldn't.
Ganoderma can cause the whole tree to break at root level.
I had a close call with that once, felling red oaks in the forest. The one I felled brushed against another which simply broke at ground level, bounced of another tree and came after me.
That was one of those " Get the hell out of Dodge" moments.
BTW clean out your inbox, please.
Tried to PM you and couldn't.
pantheraba
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Two houses down from me about 3 weeks ago...dead calm, "healthy" oak (lots of leaves, good bark) fell across the primaries. Shut down the neighborhood. Roots and base had rotted, broke at ground level.
MasterBlaster
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Arizona root rot!!!
pantheraba
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I took some pictures...I'll try to track them down.
Supper first!
Supper first!
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Down the street from the job we're on now, a maple with large ganoderma conks had one stem fail, so I stopped by, and the homeowner was home.
I'd stopped by there before, a couple years ago, leaving a note to the effect of dangerous tree over the kids' play structure due to ganoderma applanatum. Figured that a quick google search and large conks would get a response.
The family's kid is a former classmate of D's. He said they figured on leaving the other stem up, hanging over the drainfield mound system/ back yard. I suggested that they might rethink that. I sent the bid today. Another make-a-mess job! Hope to get it, before the leaves develop. Its that time of year.
I'd stopped by there before, a couple years ago, leaving a note to the effect of dangerous tree over the kids' play structure due to ganoderma applanatum. Figured that a quick google search and large conks would get a response.
The family's kid is a former classmate of D's. He said they figured on leaving the other stem up, hanging over the drainfield mound system/ back yard. I suggested that they might rethink that. I sent the bid today. Another make-a-mess job! Hope to get it, before the leaves develop. Its that time of year.
Jed
TreeHouser
Kenny: 
Forest Keeper: That tree was freakin huge. Nice one.
Stephen! Whaaa!!!! Sir!! What the??... Craziness. Good job getting out... that thing could have readjusted yer hardhat a bit.
Rich: Howja like that 85 degree day you Pennsylvanians had? Jake and Brian got a nice "welcome home" day.
https://youtu.be/gDKZB97i4qs
Forest Keeper: That tree was freakin huge. Nice one.
Stephen! Whaaa!!!! Sir!! What the??... Craziness. Good job getting out... that thing could have readjusted yer hardhat a bit.
Rich: Howja like that 85 degree day you Pennsylvanians had? Jake and Brian got a nice "welcome home" day.
https://youtu.be/gDKZB97i4qs
pantheraba
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Here are the pictures:
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Kenny Sanchez
Treehouser
I agree. But he did pay a full day of work for less than 45 min it looks us to put this tree on the ground.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Looks like about the same here Jed. Only colder. We had snow mixed in with that liquid sunshine. I didn?t get any pics or video because I was just ever so happy to be back at work
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Kenny Sanchez
Treehouser
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Good work picts. It looks like you HIRED Jed.
forestkeepers
Forest Keeper
Finally got a chance to snap a photo of it with the finished load. Here she sits, with about 50,000 lbs. of logs & one massive stump! But she barely broke a sweat; we didn't even have to set down the pushers. You can't find a truck like this around these parts; we had to fly out to Oregon to pick it up & drive it back to Kansas.
