Can't blame her I don't like it when the wind blows at all either.
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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CaPowell
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- Stillwater, OK
I was just planning on grinding stumps today and broke the cardinal rule of tree work: always carry a saw with you. It was super windy today and a guy called with an uprooted Chinese pistache. He got it as far as he could. He was right around the corner, so instead of driving home for a saw, I just used his. A little embarrassing... Anyway, nothing huge or anything, but I thought the lack of roots was impressive.
southsoundtree
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Girdling roots???
CaPowell
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Maybe before they rotted away? It was in a shade garden right next to two banana trees. It was well mulched and well watered. Too wet constantly is my guess, but I find it odd there weren't any conks or visible signs above ground.
CaPowell
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I never remember to take pictures, but I did today (after I had already cut half of the tree). Once again, nothing crazy, but very poor access. That gate by the stump was the only possible access because a shed blocked the other side of the yard.
To me, this is one of the ultimate use case situations for an extendable battery pole saw.
Tall, skinny, dead and rotten pine, unclimbable, bigger doug fir right next to it. Shoot a line in the fir, then simply reach over with the pole saw, and chunk the dead pine down from a safe working position until it is short enough to fell. I probably limbed and chunked out 40' of tree by just reaching over and squeezing the throttle. Try doing that with a manual pole saw!
Tall, skinny, dead and rotten pine, unclimbable, bigger doug fir right next to it. Shoot a line in the fir, then simply reach over with the pole saw, and chunk the dead pine down from a safe working position until it is short enough to fell. I probably limbed and chunked out 40' of tree by just reaching over and squeezing the throttle. Try doing that with a manual pole saw!
Nice work I do that kind of thing pretty often with a gas pole saw, I wouldn't mind an electric one for it though, I looked at the stihl saws the big cordless weighs more than my ht131 and that's a heavy saw.
That'd be a fun surprise to find with your saw.
Or rope!
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Some kid a long time ago playing ninja.
Basswood
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- Long island
Came across this Tilia today on a PHC visit that we’ll be removing ASAP. 
dmonn
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- Port Washington Wisconsin
That looks scary. Any targets in the direction of lean?
My dad sent me this photo, an atlas cedar that was struck by lightning in their neighborhood.
Lightning is pretty rare in Seattle, but they are brittle, heavy trees that tend to cause chain-reaction/avalanche failures when something breaks so the damage isn't a huge surprise. Bummer though, it was a really nice tree.
Lightning is pretty rare in Seattle, but they are brittle, heavy trees that tend to cause chain-reaction/avalanche failures when something breaks so the damage isn't a huge surprise. Bummer though, it was a really nice tree.
Basswood
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- Long island
Likely target would probably be some spruce trees but a deck area and house are definitely highly possible.
RopeShield
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- Ontario, Canada
Tree tickler/Gypsy moth egg mass
I had the privilege of climbing some monster Atlas Cedars at Longwood Gardens in PA. Very similar to the one in the photo. Tough break. Sorry to see that.
It’s interesting how the breaks compounded, likely due to the incredible spread of these trees, where laterals can only handle so much additional weight. The tops are definitely flattish as well, making it quite a challenge to climb well out to the tips until you’re a bit lower with some scope of rope to work with.
I do hope you can keep it going for a while longer. Though that top tear out does look pretty bad…
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