Huge tree fell today

[Spots]

Just got this picture from my dad. He works for the Anderson County Road Dept. And got called out to cut a tree that fell across the road. This is what he found when he got there. 6 dump truck loads just for the trunk. It was a monster. I figured some of you guys would find this interesting. He 5'11" for reference

[bigtruuck]

now thats alot of fire wood. Did it snap or uproot?

[dralarms]

Wow, that's a big trunk.

[Raoul]

Musta been some chainsaw

[vontar]

I like that, got a call for a down tree.  Show up and find that.

 

probably could have sectioned it and sold it for projects.  Probably should have sent some samples to some place like UT or some other place that does environmental studies.

[rugerla1]

Wow, what a tree!

[Pain103]

 I could imagine the words mumbled when they rolled up and saw it lol. That's a big son of gun.

[Grand Torino]

Holy crap!!! What a tree.

[Dirtshooter]

I see a bunch of coffee tables right there

[Spots]

now thats alot of fire wood. Did it snap or uproot?

It uprooted. It's a monster sycamore

Musta been some chainsaw

I think they have a MS660 stihl, but I may be wrong

I like that, got a call for a down tree. Show up and find that.

probably could have sectioned it and sold it for projects. Probably should have sent some samples to some place like UT or some other place that does environmental studies.

Neither of those is really feasible for a county road department who's trying to clear it as quickly as possible out of a road. In all honest it probably got hauled to the landfield, though it would made some sweet furniture

[Monkeyman2500]

Holy cow!! What kind of tree is that.

[Fourtyfive]

Nothing like a Stihl ! Even my leaf blower is a Stihl !

[Sam1]

 I was thinkin a 40" or something, good lord!

[Spots]

Holy cow!! What kind of tree is that.

It's a sycamore.

Nothing like a Stihl ! Even my leaf blower is a Stihl !

We are actually a Husqvarna family, with a T435 arborist saw, 371xp and 3120xp, but it's kinda like Ford and Chevy anymore, they both make great stuff.

[Fourtyfive]

Husq made some nice dirt bikes back in the days ...I think they still do ...
I've still got a Honda 1995 XR600 that raises Hell ... Edited May 2, 2015 by Fourtyfive

[Ugly]

That tree has more experience than all of our politicians combined!

RIP

[vontar]

Spots, can I take that picture and post it with the store on the Oak Ridge 24/7 facebook group?  Of if you are a member there I would like it better if you would post it. 

[Spots]

Spots, can I take that picture and post it with the store on the Oak Ridge 24/7 facebook group? Of if you are a member there I would like it better if you would post it.

By all means feel free. It fell off Sulphur Springs in Clinton

[vontar]

Thanks. Spots, feel free to add anything you want.

 

This is how I posted it. 

 

 

Hugh Tree fell on Sulphur Springs in Clinton. One of my friends posted this on another site and gave me permission to share it and the story. (hoping I don't butcher it). I understand this was today. Anderson County Road Dept got called out to cut a tree that fell across the road. This is what they found when he got there. 6 dump truck loads just for the trunk.
Sorry don't have his name, but the man in the picture is 5'11" to give you an idea of the size of that trunk.

 

 

When your Dad first saw that tree, I bet the first thing he thought was he should have called out of work that morning.

Edited May 2, 2015 by vontar

[Mike.357]

holy crap.  Is that old growth or do sycamores commonly get that big?

[Spots]

holy crap. Is that old growth or do sycamores commonly get that big?

I've never seen one that big or even close

[Transplanted Hoosier]

Lotta tooth picks there.

[JohnC]

Huge! Glad no motorists got caught by it!

[Johnny Rotten]

Huge! Glad no motorists got caught by it!

Things are much bigger in Ca, http://www.drivethrutree.com/ I remember being on a family vacation in the 70's, being a kid and looking at a 300' tree and saying holly cow.. 

[TNWNGR]

I've seen several trees of that like but not that many larger in girth which is rather unfortunate.