Nice Elm

sweet job boys
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Wow! That's a beast! I just trimmed a Siberian elm and an American elm yesterday. We don't have much Am.E.'s out here comapired to the S.E.'s. You eastcoast guys get a privilage to climb some huge decidious trees.
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(Jealous)

Anyway, as I was cutting the branches (with my Zubat) I wondered if anyone has noticed which tree seems to be harder? I was thinking the Am.E. felt harder.--Anyone else feel the same way?
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The Buzz is flying BTW!
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The tree is still sound. Besides having some old "lopped off" leads down low, it seems very healthy. We have asked them to speak to our PHC division about treating it since it has to have any treatments.

Rory said that he has a couple of cool pics he took while we were climbing it. I'll post em when they arrive. I actually had a helmet cam on in the tree, but never recorded anything!
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Have to try to work that out.

Jamin,I agree with you.
 
That tree is exactly why we are all in the business. What a beautiful specimen. Very nicely done on the pruning.
 
What an oustanding specimen of Elm!

Mark,

When you say 'prune' what exactly were you doing?

Deadwooding, thinning or a general crown clean?

In the before photo there seems to be more foliage on the inner canopy than on the after photo.
 
Actually, we only cleaned the interior (deadwood only) down to 1.5" and then lightly raised it where it was touching the roofs and play area. Some sprouts might have been removed if they were growing towards an established limb.

Two neighbors came out while we were in the tree to ask if I was going to remove a lead or two over their yard. What a crazy request. The leads were 50' long and over 18" dia. I said "no, because the owner of the tree would like it to continue to live".
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I am not a fan of "thinning" any mature (or over-mature) tree- ever.
 
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I am not a fan of "thinning" any mature (or over-mature) tree- ever.

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What, not even using Reduction Via Thinning technique?

www.arbornauts.com/treereduction.htm
Follow the link to read an article on RVT

I find this an excellent technique and I've had great results on many large mature trees.

I always avoid thinning out the inner canopy. If the tree has one that is.

Removal of the inner canopy can lead to decreased stem taper by reduction of secondary thickening due to lack of immediate food source, this then in turn can lead to branch failure or branch death.
 
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