Late heavy snow disaster

[gregpark]

now the clean up.. 50 or 60 trees lost their tops. As if I didn't have enough to do on the mountain property this spring. I have pics but this site makes it so hard to post

[gregpark]

[masraum]

yikes!

Hopefully, nothing too bad.

[juanbenae]

I do a bunch of tree maintenance here on my Bull Pines & about 15 big Black Oaks and being on the top of an open mountain where I get a ton of wind that has kept them "in shape" if you will. There are a ton of trees around here, especially Cedars that did not handle the snow well at all. Both big and small ones some snapping off mid way up and others that came over at ground level. Only been up here 7 winters, this being the second with hug snow fall in a short amount of time but never witnessed downed trees like in this storm. Was not super windy, just heavy snow and a lot of it.

Best wishes in getting it cleaned up and please be safe, trees like that can present a huge danger when cutting them away with weight loading one might not realize.

[gregpark]

Yeah, the cedars are brittle.i lost quite a few. To take that big ass tree off the roof I figure small chunks off the ends back and forth to keep the thing balanced. And to keep me I'll from falling off too ��

[MAS956]

Originally Posted by juanbenae

I do a bunch of tree maintenance here on my Bull Pines & about 15 big Black Oaks and being on the top of an open mountain where I get a ton of wind that has kept them "in shape" if you will. There are a ton of trees around here, especially Cedars that did not handle the snow well at all. Both big and small ones some snapping off mid way up and others that came over at ground level. Only been up here 7 winters, this being the second with hug snow fall in a short amount of time but never witnessed downed trees like in this storm. Was not super windy, just heavy snow and a lot of it.

Best wishes in getting it cleaned up and please be safe, trees like that can present a huge danger when cutting them away with weight loading one might not realize.

Just visited my BIL at his place near Tamarack Dr. in Twain Harte and I was stunned at the quantity of downed trees. Chimneys and roofs taken out. Seems like most owners were at their other properties as little had been done to remediate. Sad to see such beauty so decimated.

[gregpark]

It's happened before and it'll happen again. Mother nature, the forest recovers surprisingly fast

[Bugsinrugs]

The trees snapping half way up tells me these trees are not healthy. When snowmaggedon hit us a few years ago it was nothing but pine trees snapping half way up. It was like a bomb went off in this country. Power out for 11 days.

[juanbenae]

Originally Posted by gregpark

Yeah, the cedars are brittle.i lost quite a few. To take that big ass tree off the roof I figure small chunks off the ends back and forth to keep the thing balanced. And to keep me I'll from falling off too ��

Might be worth getting a quality pole saw if you don't already have one. Realize one would not cut through the big example there, but by limbing them you might notice the weight transfer and file it in mind. You also won't have to run as far if something goes sideways...

[juanbenae]

Originally Posted by Bugsinrugs

The trees snapping half way up tells me these trees are not healthy. When snowmaggedon hit us a few years ago it was nothing but pine trees snapping half way up. It was like a bomb went off in this country. Power out for 11 days.

You are referencing the February of 23 storm I presume?

The cedars do well up here at this altitude and are not as susceptible to the Bark Bettles like the pines during drought years so there's that. Hold a slice of a green pine and one of live cedar... The pine will out weight the cedar by a ton which indicates a brittle, soft wood that even when healthy are not as stout as pine or a healthy oak.

I'm not an arborist, but the fact that so many cedars were toppled looking dam green and healthy as they lay on the ground.

[gregpark]

Got that tree off the shop roof. 2 days risking life and limb. Limbed with the pole saw then took bites off each end with a real chain saw to take some weight off keeping the balance. Didn't want to destroy my barn doors too, I have enough repairing to do