Cottoning On

[Stihlmadd]

two day cottonwood removal
popped that cherry
cheers Ben.

 

[John Uselding]

Populus deltoides? A little outside it's home range... but apparently thriving. What's the story? Showing how it's done!

 

[Steve Connally]

Showing the skills Aussie style!!

 

[rockettree]

Strangely familiar. Nice job, sorted that mess right out!

 

[Stihlmadd]

Populus deltoides? A little outside it's home range... but apparently thriving. What's the story? Showing how it's done!

thankyou John

I am hoping a treebuzzer is going to answer that for us (sorry forgot the photos)
it isn't my realm as with the recent oak so I instagramed the pics to several USA arb crew to get two replies - either deltoides or started with a N? small screen wasn't so good so on the big screen at home we should have a answer
sorry folks no prizes (but that sound is a waffle iron warming up)



story is that in the late 1800's in Adelaide it was fashionable to import overseas specimen trees to plant out in the well to do suburbs as a status of how well to do and in the know you were.
this has resulted in the old wealthy suburbs of todays Adelaide being a virtual botanic garden by de facto combined with our Mediterranean climate allowing for a wide range of trees to adapt.
similar to an area in the welsh coast of England according to a Uk arborist who was working over here.
so fast forward 140 odd years and this is why I am so attached to this city's work potential with a buffet of different trees on offer
this lady was on a creek line bank with plenty of water - it hissed water out on the felling cut like a shook up can of pop being cracked .
irony not being lost on me that the first Cottonwood removal that I climb is back here at home

 

[Stihlmadd]

Showing the skills Aussie style!!

thankyou Steve,
twas a beautiful tree and in some small way a shame to have to remove it as far as I could tell perfectly healthy with no rot or dieback,
but nothing lived in it, not a spider or ant or gecko - like nothing and coming from Eucs which are practically infested with all kinds of critters it was a little desert just barren of life.
so in another way no loss to the local environment .
but yeah I did have some fun

 

[Stihlmadd]

Right on Ben very nice. Looked like some thick undergrowth! Sweet mid point rigging.

Hey Levi - thank you

I may have been taking some notes from a few enterprising Brothers in the past wee while and putting them into practice
(checks in the mail )

Strangely familiar. Nice job, sorted that mess right out!

Errhmm , imitation is the most sincere form of flattery ?
and I have made mention of your mid point rigging in the past so....

thank you Ray
but the smell
omg

 

[rockettree]

I was trying to say that the tree was familiar but the setting was strange, that's all. It was late for me, poorly worded post.

 

[Stihlmadd]

I was trying to say that the tree was familiar but the setting was strange, that's all. It was late for me, poorly worded post.

Ahh gotcha - yeah it was just the way in which I took it in is all.

 

[Crash]

My knee is Trembling from the sight of that deltoides. Nice takedown , I mean smashdown.

 

[Stihlmadd]

My knee is Trembling from the sight of that deltoides. Nice takedown , I mean smashdown.

that knee is trembling from the desire to slay that beast I hope
thankyou Crash , it was a fun one