Back to removing ash die back trees.
The first two pictures are of relatively healthy specimens but the customer wanted them removed as he's building a shed beside them.
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When in doubt leave a big hinge.
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The tree on the right is alive and healthy, the two on the left not so much.
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This was 3/4 of the way up.
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One of these trees was loose at the roots. After we felled it we could rock the stump back and forth an inch or two. I thought it felt wobblier than usual when I was climbing it to set a pull rope.
We finished this job on Tuesday.
There was one leaning ash 9 feet away from medium voltage power lines with a transformer.
It was also extremely dead. Dry, crispy, crumbly outer branches. Smelly, off colour timber in the top half of the tree.
What's more, right underneath it was the septic tank.
Every piece had to be rigged down except the lightest branches.
I free falled one branch and it clipped the lines. Luckily it was so dead it broke on impact.
I didn't take any photos, 1 because what we were doing would have breached our insurance and 2, im a bit superstitious and thought if I took a before photo then surely something would go wrong.
Anyways, heres some photos of another job.
More ivy.
This ash was very healthy, it was a shame to remove it. Like I said before, either I do the job and get paid or someone else does.
Look at all the different colours in the timber, that doesn't happen in ash die back.
I bought one of these stihl high lift felling wedges. Fcuking broke it on the first tree. The timber insert broke. Oh well, guess I can make one.
a few lamp posts, communication box,and a hydrant. Not critical but aim has to be good.
#2, nice to have a young guy buck everything up.
