tree moving

How'd they get the pipes under the ball? I love how they are just going to drive over the wall and no worries about the bike racks... I'd love to watch it though, hope it survives...

With the 20-30% thing I wonder how long the will be watching it? Will it be forgotten in 20 years?
 
Aaron Cipolletti said:
Maybe I missed the why part like why can't they change the plans and leave the tree alone .
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Because they have $400,000 burning a hole in their pockets. Thing that gripe me is that the new site is a crappy site and that will add to the possible demise. But hey, after all it is Michigan, I strongly dislike the yellow M.
 
Its crazy ..that drive to conquer ..at least they're making an attempt to move and not just kill. Which would definitely be the less expensive route of course . money ohh money let me count your evil ways.
 
Agreed Kevin, but that would make too much sense. Cox is THE man to move big trees like that though. The thing is, preparations for this move should have begun happening 3 to 4 years ago. In 1977 we moved an American Beech about 1/2 mile on the Penn State main campus that is still going strong today, although it wasn't 250 years old nor near the size of this one.
 
I wish the thought could only be ingrained in people to move the building not the tree .. Not the other way around .. I would bet as well the tree will not like its new placement , but hope that it will have the reserves and treatment to carry on .
 
evo said:
How'd they get the pipes under the ball? I love how they are just going to drive over the wall and no worries about the bike racks... I'd love to watch it though, hope it survives...

With the 20-30% thing I wonder how long the will be watching it? Will it be forgotten in 20 years?
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The pipes are driven under the root plate using a track hoe ram then welded together. These guys know what they are doing and given proper after care, the tree should do well.
 
I hope so. The video showed them takin a pretty small root plate relative to the size of the tree and putting it too close to a building. It's hard to get a 250 year old tree to survive so many environmental changes without moving it. A 250 year old oak tree in the middle of a city is a hard thing to accomplish. I would be hesitant to cut a branch off if it for fear of giving it the death. It might hold on for another 5 to 10 years by the time it goes. I would love to watch the transplant process.
I really hope the tree survives.
 
I'm sure the crew knows what it's doing. Would it not be them who put the 20-30% number on it, which is likely playing it safe? I like that they are making an effort to save the tree, and are willing to spend the money. I was not making any offhand comments at the crew, but thought that in the cgi video it was funny they ran the tree over those objects. I wish the tree good luck and hope it goes smooth and well. However, in my personal view I think $400K would have been better spent on preserving that tree in it's current location with revisions to the building plans.

I'd really like to sit back and watch, even if the tree moved only 6" an hour.

Ok, so the pipes are driven in and welded together, then the tree is lifted with inflatable bags to get the wheels under? It's fun watching the diver teams bring up sunken boats with air bags.
 
treehumper said:
That's a 20-30% chance it'll die.
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Yes, Sir Rob. My point being and not that I don't put numbers on such things, is how did they, the experts come up with a number. I am just curious to see if there is a formula for life. If there was we could criticize that. Is it 20-30% or 30-20% when it comes to death. Orrr could you say 70-80% chance it will live. It's a very tall number when put up against the price tag of a half million.

It's been raining here for two days and I have had enough of sitting around. Doesn't look too pleasant out there today either.

"It's gonna die" was a ballsy statement (lol) by our friend Bing but kinda makes more sense to me then 20-30%.

In principle they have to try to save the tree. It's the only honorable choice in front of the student body. Half mil to say, at least we tried or of course a huge uproar moral flying high when in the spring it leafs out teeming with life.
 
Bob, they came up with that number because they are, experts. That's why they get paid $400K to move a tree. Maybe we can get Paul Cox to come on here and explain how they came up with that figure? Is it based on science or statistics?

Hmmm....
 
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