2015 Best Photos Thread

We did this to the Ohio State Champ Bur Oak after it crushed the house next to it about 12 years ago. That is a whole new addition. It was hit with a downshear and 3 of the co doms had gaping splits towards the house. Not pretty, but still there and thriving, all cut back to laterals. Obviously not the state champ anymore based on size. 515 years old based on core taken by Oh. State in 1980 at 480 yrs old then. Tree is much bigger than picture appears and was well over 100' tall.

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I realize I don't know the story behind the champion white oak , but to say : " wish we could have done something to keep it" rings bells for me. My kids always tell me when they can't find something: poppy, we looked everywhere!!! My answer is : no you haven't because you Haven't found it.

So mark, my answer to you is: no you don't wish you could have done something because you cut it down. Please enlighten me. It begs the question. What did you do before choosing to cut it down ? You do realize that was a choice, don't you?
 
treevet said:
We did this to the Ohio State Champ Bur Oak after it crushed the house next to it about 12 years ago. That is a whole new addition. It was hit with a downshear and 3 of the co doms had gaping splits towards the house. Not pretty, but still there and thriving, all cut back to laterals. Obviously not the state champ anymore based on size. 515 years old based on core taken by Oh. State in 1980 at 480 yrs old then. Tree is much bigger than picture appears and was well over 100' tall.

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I dunno Vet still looks pretty freakin big.
 
Looks like NO other choice to me. That you Guy, posting under another name? lol


baumeister said:
I realize I don't know the story behind the champion white oak , but to say : " wish we could have done something to keep it" rings bells for me. My kids always tell me when they can't find something: poppy, we looked everywhere!!! My answer is : no you haven't because you Haven't found it.

So mark, my answer to you is: no you don't wish you could have done something because you cut it down. Please enlighten me. It begs the question. What did you do before choosing to cut it down ? You do realize that was a choice, don't you?
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baumeister said:
I realize I don't know the story behind the champion white oak , but to say : " wish we could have done something to keep it" rings bells for me. My kids always tell me when they can't find something: poppy, we looked everywhere!!! My answer is : no you haven't because you Haven't found it.

So mark, my answer to you is: no you don't wish you could have done something because you cut it down. Please enlighten me. It begs the question. What did you do before choosing to cut it down ? You do realize that was a choice, don't you?
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Well, when the owner of the tree won't protect and wants it out, the power company wants it out, and the state didn't feel the liability was worth any effort to save it....that's when I fulfilled our contractual obligation to the power company to remove it.

You saw the hollow, but what you also don't see is the lightning scars, one dead top and the splits. To reduce it to try to prevent a possible target strick would kill that tree I'm sure. So any real effort would result in time and money not well spent. That's why I said what I said.

Here's what it looked like when I went to roll the base over to finish the cut. rps20160101_165408.webp
 
Seems like a cut that the bar would be more apt to get stuck Mark, as you HAVE to finish them mating to get detachment as wood is so strong in the linear aspect. Other cuts can work against each other to snap off where this one is pinned in there. And the no back cut type of cut can just peel off or just cut all the way thru. Looks good in theory for safety tho.

Now if the piece is pretty well perfectly balanced no pinching should occur but then why make any back cut?
 
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