IchWarriorMkII
ArboristSite Guru
Here is my predicament, I have a very large and very sick cotton wood tree in my yard. The worst part about this tree is that its to the west of my house, come spring winds some year, its going to blow hard towards me... and I think its well tall enough to cause me some heart ache.
My first trouble is a massive rotton hole in the trunk. The cavity extends well into the center of the tree, all surrounded by rotton wood.
You can also see the dead wood extending from the cavity to about 5 feet up the trunk.
Also, you can see dead sections of the trunk through the bark, in these cracks about 10 feet up.
Looking higher up the tree, you can see more dead tree through the bark as its peeling away.
I guess lightning hit this tree a while back, as it broke a branch completely off. It also killed the tree back down the ground, about a 15 or 20 foot span of bare tree I would guess.
Here is a shot of the tree as best I could get in the waning light. To the left starting at the bottom there is the cavity in the trunk, the start of the dead materiel in the 4th picture ( to give an idea of scale I guess) and the top arrow is where the limb was broke from the lightning. On the right of the tree, the arrow shows a section of dead bark opposite of the cavity, it extends a little higher, around 6-8 feet.
I think its about time this tree came down, what do you think?
My first trouble is a massive rotton hole in the trunk. The cavity extends well into the center of the tree, all surrounded by rotton wood.
You can also see the dead wood extending from the cavity to about 5 feet up the trunk.
Also, you can see dead sections of the trunk through the bark, in these cracks about 10 feet up.
Looking higher up the tree, you can see more dead tree through the bark as its peeling away.
I guess lightning hit this tree a while back, as it broke a branch completely off. It also killed the tree back down the ground, about a 15 or 20 foot span of bare tree I would guess.
Here is a shot of the tree as best I could get in the waning light. To the left starting at the bottom there is the cavity in the trunk, the start of the dead materiel in the 4th picture ( to give an idea of scale I guess) and the top arrow is where the limb was broke from the lightning. On the right of the tree, the arrow shows a section of dead bark opposite of the cavity, it extends a little higher, around 6-8 feet.
I think its about time this tree came down, what do you think?