Testing Decay in Trees with Resistance Drill!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- There are a few ways to test for decay in trees. A resistance drill, or Resistograph, can be used to drill into the wood and measure the strength in real time. The drill measures the resistive forces that the wood pushes back on the drill bit, and records those on a graph. You can decipher these graphs to get a better idea of where the decay in the tree is.
This large Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) had a large wound and cavity in it's base that likely originated from an accidental construction injury many decades ago. If a large wound occurs in the trunk of a tree, it can be difficult for the tree to compartmentalize the wound. This tree has been trying to close of the wound for many decades, but is ultimately losing the battle. We estimated the age of this tree to be about 130 years old, and the height is about 100ft.
Sad about the tree, but the tools you had to assess it were really neat.
Thank you! Yes, it's sad we had to recommend removal. Such a large tree
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I know, right? That big stick they shoved in there was so cool!
Agreed that it's unfortunate the tree is at the end of life. But on the positive side, removing this tree helps prevent disease or parasites from taking hold in the area and infecting younger trees of the same species.
Even with a dead center there's a lot of good slabs for sweet furniture, I made a rifle stock from a limb off a tree like this, it's definitely a conversation piece
Was it from tulip? I make rifle stocks and you have my interest
@@justinmochi7323 I have made a rifle stock for several 22 bolt action rifles , tulip, bowdark/iron wood, red oak heart persimmon, fig tree was my last creation. The ironwood took a whole year and special tools, it's a really tough wood
@@kennethwoolever5054damn right I've seen chainsaw blades get chewed up just cutting a branch of iron wood
@@MikeY-nh2we it's a beautiful yellowish wood when dried for a year, but need carbide tools to cut and shape it.
@@kennethwoolever5054 that sounds rough man
Aww. Sorry Mr tree for what happened to you 🙏💔. I hope you had a good life and got to make plenty of little baby trees. That you for all that you have done in your life! 💙💚
Please make clips on how to prevent and treat decay.
Don't pile dirt around the tree base or bark, don't touch the tree, don't cut the tree, and get rid of all the invasive insects that were brought here by idiots
@@infernaldaedracan’t really get rid of only invasive insects
@@Notiravgsarah no you can't do anything about them really just try to foster a healthy native ecosystem so that can flourish but you're right pesticides are generally terrible for everything else
proper pruning helps.
Many times, it starts to decay when someone leaves a long stub or an excessively large wound on a tree, and the rain and bugs enter more easily.
As long as you prune the tree correctly (less is more), I would look into proper watering and soil health. Decay is natural and expected, as most old trees are hollow. It becomes a question the trunk growing faster than the decay. Look into biochar.
I had a tulip tree almost that big where I lived on Long Island NY . When I moved away 2 years ago it was still solid as a rock.
Oh god the slabs you can pull out of this tree
You can get some nice size cookies too
Hope they take it to get milled instead of burning it
not much if the heartwood is gone
Assuming that it isn’t a big straw
To bad!!! Great looking tree!!!
Yeah it is.
He was dead.
FK me! I can't keep from breaking my smallest drill bit in ideal conditions.
Scientist man over here with a 2ft bit like-
"I got this one boys!"
Tell him to cut it but leave the stump so more trees can sprout
Lol the resistograph ? Of course. What better name. 👍👍
Please please tell me they planted another one in its place. Tulip trees are the tallest growing deciduous trees in Eastern North America
Great service!
We had a tulip tree when I was a kid. It had beautiful leaves and flowers.
can you fill it with resin/concrete?
Yes, but the rot will just continue.
plus the tree company taking it down will be pissed
Can it be grafted? Or saved with a patch and treatment?
Yeah “”it’s to close to the house for the owner to risk it
yeah concrete 😂
My favorite tree
Yes firewood
I have sern in a park in Austin TX a technique of filling the hollow with concrete to strengthen the tree structure. Thank you for your videos i enjoyed them so much.
*MOVIE SYNOPSIS:* _"Aliens from another planet come to Earth. The first thing the see are trees, and believe the trees are Earth inhabitants. The Aliens want to know why Earthlings are so tall, so they _*_probe_*_ the trees to understand these tall Earthlings with the funny green hair."_
You reminded me of the bit about trees in the codex seraphinianus.
I like you guys. You want to keep trees, but you are realistic.
Eyeballs confirmed the results of the testing.
I have taken down trees that had cavity work done
Cement nails and tar paper!
Old school !
I want one of these so incredibly bad. Well done:)
My mother's place has a very large black walnut. Twenty years ago, it was struck by lightning. My brother sawed off all of its secondary branches expecting it was on its way out and needed to block naturally falling wood as it hung over Mom's house. It had a visible crack at it's base all the way up the tree to as high as a person could see. It is still alive and growing, but it's walnuts are of poor quality every since the lightning strike.
Tree’s need surprisingly little sound wood to remain structurally viable. You should share the empirical data you gather next time you recommend a tree removal!
I think you’re meant to keep the drill bit fully contained when it’s receding into the housing, these tools are normally highly and expensively calibrated regularly!
Yeah. And most trees will put on reaction wood to compensate for the decay, as long as they have enough vigour. But there are important targets within the fall zone. The only real way to certify that the tree is safe is to do a static pull test based on the maximum load expected for the tree. Calculating how much sound wood is enough is very complicated and relies on too many assumptions, in my opinion.
There is also the possibility of doing a canopy reduction and staking the tree to the ground like the snag in Blade Runner 2049.
Never ask a BARBER if you need a haircut!
Never ask a TREE Company if you need to fall a tree!
Never go to a doctor for a medical diagnosis, basically.
Vision test is just as good
Sad, but maybe cut it down and make some fantastic lumber.
It's so large, there has to be some interesting stuff in that old Tulip Poplar.
Make some bar tops and mantel pieces, or beams.
I've got lumber from Sugar Maples that had rot also.
Very sad to see that the tree was too far gone. I hope that mine one day reach that size. I suspect that I will be long, LONG gone by then.
What is estimated cost to remove tree?
Something like this you don't pay to remove, you get paid.
Lol. Just looking at the humougus hole was a big tel for me. That tree his done with HIS life.
There was a tree in Pastorius Park up in chestnut hill that fell a couple of weeks ago with the same type of cavity. It was massive. Probably 150 years old.
Had a tulip poplar that big at my parent’s house. Sucker was an unholy lightning rod!!! Eventually had to be removed.
I hope some cuttings could be taken before this old tree was brought down.
In your experience, how strong of a compartmentalizer is this species?
I don't have too much experience studying compartmentalization in L. tulipifera, but I don't think they're typically very good compartmentalizers.
How do things like this happen to trees?
They age, they get sick... not much different to what happens to humans.
Large wounds that penetrate the bark will cause this. It allows rotting Fungus and wood destroying insects to get inside.
I know it would be expensive, but would it be possible to put metal supports around the tree?
The rot will just continue until the tree dies a slow horrible death.
This tree could still last for many more years... It easier to replace the side of a building than replace and irreplaceable tree.
How did the cavities form rooms in trees from the past?
An arborist recommending tree removal. I am shocked.
The difference is that we are not associated with a tree cutting service, so our recommendation is unbiased. In other words, we get paid the same regardless of our recommendation to remove or to retain the tree. As tree lovers, we always try to preserve native trees like this. This was too far gone.
Many other "consulting arborists" work for a tree cutting company, so clearly they'll try to sell work.
Is this something common with tulip trees? I see a lot of this with tulip trees in my area.
Even if they would’ve said that tree is perfectly sound, I’m not going for it. Half the trunk is missing
yeah, kind of looked obvious to me even without the technical testing that went on. :P
Cool tool, that resistance drill!
But what species of tree? (UA-cam captioning says "tool of tree" LOL!)
I love my resistor graph if you are an arborist, you definitely need one
Farewell, big tree.
I'd wager filling in that cavity with cement or concrete in decades past would have done it good.
I don’t know if this is true or not
But you can definitely market pieces of this tree to woodworkers, and it could technically be ethically sourced, because if you didn’t “ethically sourced” this wood out the ground
It would’ve done war crimes on some unsuspecting person
Can confirm, that's a big ass tree.
And it has a large hole in its butt.
$5000 minimum. I just had to do the same for an equally sized tree. Took ages to save. Minutes to spend.
On the flip side they now have a life time supply of fire wood
Awe poor tree; rip, we all die and it sucks. Cool tools
I want oneeeeeeee
tree I played in almost 20 yrs ago was hollow, could climb into it, and go up 20 ft,. things still standing.
Who would have thought there's an EKG for a tree.
¡¿Y a dónde se va ir el jinete sin cabeza, carnal?!
I'd cut it down to just above the cavity and create a woodland fairy den in it
the death of a giant
being tulip .. that's a drive by... no need to drill,. that cavity was obvious. You should have known that...
Would love to know how this happened ?!
Age, mostly. Trees get weaker with age as genetic damage accumulates, just like humans do.
I want the wood!
I can only imagine how much that cost to remove
Carpenter ant's in there at one point
Can't one theoretically fill it up with reinforced concrete or something? And while we're at it, piping to pump up water to create a super Frankenstein tree?
Where does someone get that tool?
its sad the tree is decaying but it is beautiful regardless
To determine the structural integrity of the tree, man drills *1/8" hole through the trunk....*
right next to the *2-foot rotted out hole in the trunk.*
Looks like they went through the back of the hollow to see how far back the rot goes beyond the hollow itself
Core rotten and NOT weeping.
All structure hardnesses are outside.
Debateable.
So sad about this beautiful tree
Wow
It's the Erdtree. There are gods in there. You'll need the Flame of Ruin to cut it down
It'll make some great furniture
You guys should look into Korean natural farming for methods to actually cure trees and work with the trees and you will see the most spectacular results ever ❤❤❤❤
Lol. It's all hype, not worth the risk to human life.
@@OutsiderLabs Wikipedia?
Yellow poplar
By "tulip tree" do you mean Tulip Poplar?
Maybe it's not decay but is an elf's home. Tread lightly
Why not wait for that tree to go on its own?
Because someone has a house filled with people right next to it... do you people just not think before you hug your trees?
When we all know the tree is a gonner and to have it removed asap but the client still thinks itll live and that you can save it and so to prove to them that its a gonner you bust out the tree heart rate monitor and show them the proofs 😂
Lots of firewood.. 🥳
remind me of last time at dentist
What's the equivalent of maggots for trees? Maggots can be put on human or animal gangrenous flesh and will only eat dead tissue, leaving living tissue behind to heal when the maggots have been removed.
Am surprised you couldn’t just look at it say “yeah it’s screwed “ just by experience.
people like to overcomplicate stuff. if its rotting, cut it down.
Never heard of a "tool-up- tree.
Neva knew
Thats a big tulip tree, wonder its age?
a dangerous tree to fall,, potentially killing the faller.
You can actually get a crane and hold the tree up, chainsaw the tree above the decay and lay it back down on the fresh cut. It’ll then start again as a new tree and I am definitely not telling the truth here
why not find a way to make it stronger?
The cavity was still growing so alas they couldn't
This makes me so sad 🥺
as a blind man I can confirm it need to be taken down
I'm not an arborist, a blind person can tell you that tree is gone
Common sense
Bummer.
Trees live and die. Plant more.
I have seen trees filled with concrete to somehow fill the cavity..you know what that’s worth….
I've read an article saying the concrete filler will injure the tree more.
Be a tiktoker and fill it with epoxy.
Oh god, please no!
hmmm, maybe fill it with wood glue and hope for the best
Hope ain't great when someone's home is in the danger zone.
I always feel like it's sad to cut down a tree, but ensuring the safety of other living beings in the area is more important! Hopefully they replant with a native species to provide food and shade for locals for another stretch of multiple decades
Tree murderer.
So I see that half the
trees rotted I don't think you need to call somebody have to take a look at it