Spent a few days on site last week to do some site prep while waiting for the next version of plans to be completed (yawn - another story!). We do know however that there is one diseased tree (a horse chestnut) and another tree that sits where the front door/porch will ultimately exist that needed to come out. The other tree (supposedly a walnut) had a branch that had started to encroach on the power line to next door.

 

Being an intrepid climber, and armed with a long lopper and a hand rasp saw, and a couple of long lengths of rope I was able to give them both a short back and sides, although the chestnut remains with a small mohican to be dealt with. In a couple of weekends time I shall be back on site with a chainsaw (and the rope) to finish things off.

 

We do have plans to replant once the major construction phase has been completed.

 

 

Edited October 28, 20196 yr by BotusBuild
Clarificaiton

talking of which ,has anybody seen wide ladders with some sort of device to fix to a tree when doing this 

 other than tying a ratchet load strap around the top of ladder to tree 

Rope loops or small ratchets but ideally you don’t want a ladder in the tree while you’re doing this sort of stuff, it’s better to do it from a rope or a MEWP. 

11 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Rope loops or small ratchets but ideally you don’t want a ladder in the tree while you’re doing this sort of stuff, it’s better to do it from a rope or a MEWP. 

 no argument -- but not possible on sloping terrain  and i,m too old to doing a "tarzan " impersonation 

Edited October 28, 20196 yr by scottishjohn

1 hour ago, BotusBuild said:

In a couple of weekends time I shall be back on site with a chainsaw (and the rope) to finish things off.

 

Good work, probably very tiring work - if a little unnecessary. 

 

I don't think I would have spent all that time getting it to that stage, you would have saved a lot of time just having them all in one go with the chainsaw. 

 

 

Your right, I could have done that. However ....

For the first tree there was the small matter of a power line to considered ? Despite the neighbours on that side having sold their property recently, I didn't really want to upset them ? 

For both trees there were other trees and plants in their vicinities that I wanted to avoid damaging, particularly those belonging to the other neighbours who we do want keep happy ? 

 

Also, I had some leave needed using up, and some stress that needed relieving. Seemed like a good idea to combine both ?

1 hour ago, scottishjohn said:

talking of which ,has anybody seen wide ladders with some sort of device to fix to a tree when doing this 

 other than tying a ratchet load strap around the top of ladder to tree 

Although you can't see in the photo's, I did tie the top of the ladder around the tree before performing any removal of branches, however I was never on the ladder when removing significantly sized pieces. It was a PITA untying, moving ladder, retying etc. but necessary for safety.

 

1 hour ago, PeterW said:

Rope loops or small ratchets but ideally you don’t want a ladder in the tree while you’re doing this sort of stuff, it’s better to do it from a rope or a MEWP. 

The ladder never left the ground apart from when I was moving it, and never ended up "in the tree" ?

Just to clarify if a bloke called @Patrick pops by and offers to lend a hand, decline politely and walk away. 

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