Hollow Silver

KevinS

KevinS

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I went to look at a treee the other day sorry no pics yet but it is a silver maple about 4 1/2' across at the bottom it had been topped maybe up 20 years ago now the main section are 2-3' across and hollow the thickest holding wood on the whole tree is about 2" the only solid branches are the suckers that sprouted out and I use the word solid very loosely the bottom 20' out of 30' is also filled with brick. At 1st I thought not so bad I can get the crane in but the only access for the crane is over hydro on a VERY steep curve on the road so I don't think he can do it. The property has a big old house with this big oold tree half of which is leaning over the house and a little yard so I can't even drop whole sections. Any advise?

Thanks Kevin
 
Either consult with the genius who managed to get 30 feet up to drop bricks into the bottom twenty feet of the hollow spar, or tell the client that, unfortunately, they have to move.
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I've found that Sunbelt Rentals and Hertz Rentals have the larger lifts available if you don't have one, nor are able to rent one at a local rental store.

Keep in mind that with that much rot, you might have to unload the limbs evenly around the tree, rather than do all you can reach quickly on one side, the switch to the other side. The equilibrium will change greatly, and potentially to the point of failure, if its as bad as it sounds.

How do you know about the bricks? Any visible? HO?

Doesn't sound like they left up a hollow spar to fill with bricks. Sounds like there was a cavity at some point
 
Thanks guys. yes you can see the bricks throuugh an open seam from 6-10 feet up. The bucket does sound like the best route so far. Thanks for the reminder about the balance and failure points that was something to remember.
 
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