Redtree
Participating member
- Location
- Mt. Albert
We pulled it back vertical first, then reduced and again reduced in 2022, 4 years later.
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Wind resistant trimming
- Thread starter Treeaddict
- Start date
ATH
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
Often poor planting (too deep) or heavily compacted soil are big contributors to trees like that tipping. Yes, reducing the wind load can help...but ultimately if it isn't anchored, it won't stand.
Hopefully that isn't the case here and your solution will continue to hold!
Hopefully that isn't the case here and your solution will continue to hold!
- Location
- Englewood
Properly hydrated trees will not experience as much storm damage as dry ones. Here in Denver we had a severe drought in 02-03 and in March of that year we had a big wet snowstorm, and many conifers broke. Dry noodle, moist noodle theory. Keep the trees well hydrated if in an arid climate to reduce limb breakage. Someone mentioned more failures after heavy rain events, that is whole tree failure not limb failures, critical point.
Rinn is spot on. Reduction is the way to go, but in conifers reduction of height is rarely a good option so reduction of lateral limbs to form a more Christmas tree shape is the preferred method to reducing wind loading. Long extended limbs will experience more oscillation and transfer more dynamic load to the branch and trunk, reduce those extended limbs and reduce the dynamic loading yet you keep the damping effect of the limbs.
Thinning of branches in conifers often results in limb failures, even dead limbs in some circumstances as live branches may have grown with support from dead ones, and when you remove those you remove the support.
You don't open the windows of your house before a hurricane hits to let the wind blow thru (unless you want insurance money). Creating "holes" for the wind to blow thru trees results in significantly more damage.
Rinn is spot on. Reduction is the way to go, but in conifers reduction of height is rarely a good option so reduction of lateral limbs to form a more Christmas tree shape is the preferred method to reducing wind loading. Long extended limbs will experience more oscillation and transfer more dynamic load to the branch and trunk, reduce those extended limbs and reduce the dynamic loading yet you keep the damping effect of the limbs.
Thinning of branches in conifers often results in limb failures, even dead limbs in some circumstances as live branches may have grown with support from dead ones, and when you remove those you remove the support.
You don't open the windows of your house before a hurricane hits to let the wind blow thru (unless you want insurance money). Creating "holes" for the wind to blow thru trees results in significantly more damage.
