Kathy Marshall
09-02-2011, 12:39 AM
Picked up some of the mesquite and roots today.
I left the stump/root ball there since the guys had left and there was no way to load it (it took 4 of them to load and unload it from their truck), they think it's about 600 lbs :eek: . I left my trailer there and they're going to load it up in the morning, but I did take some pics before I left.
This view shows the bottom. There was absolutely no tap root and the bottom of the root ball, which is completely intact, was only about 12-14" deep. The cut up at the top is from one of the roots.
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This is the top view and the large cut section is from the trunk. The cut section right above it is another root.
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This is a side view and I rotated it so the pic is oriented as the tree would have been standing. The cut section on the left is a BIG root (the actual root is pic 4). Ground level would have been just below the top of the big root, so the top of the root would have been above the surface.
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This is the root from the section in pic 3. Looks pretty good to me! Can't wait to get into it!. All of the root pieces had a lot of heartwood and some interesting coloring. This one looks to have pretty wide growth rings (the owner thought the tree was about 11 years old based on the age of the house). Even the smaller root pieces had plenty of heartwood.
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Come on weekend, hurry up and get here! :D
I left the stump/root ball there since the guys had left and there was no way to load it (it took 4 of them to load and unload it from their truck), they think it's about 600 lbs :eek: . I left my trailer there and they're going to load it up in the morning, but I did take some pics before I left.
This view shows the bottom. There was absolutely no tap root and the bottom of the root ball, which is completely intact, was only about 12-14" deep. The cut up at the top is from one of the roots.
206578
This is the top view and the large cut section is from the trunk. The cut section right above it is another root.
206577
This is a side view and I rotated it so the pic is oriented as the tree would have been standing. The cut section on the left is a BIG root (the actual root is pic 4). Ground level would have been just below the top of the big root, so the top of the root would have been above the surface.
206575
This is the root from the section in pic 3. Looks pretty good to me! Can't wait to get into it!. All of the root pieces had a lot of heartwood and some interesting coloring. This one looks to have pretty wide growth rings (the owner thought the tree was about 11 years old based on the age of the house). Even the smaller root pieces had plenty of heartwood.
206576
Come on weekend, hurry up and get here! :D