Thanks for the lessonyes to both
but is it worth it is the big question
What you have to keep in mind is that the effort involved in collecting trees increases exponentially with trunk size.First, is it normal to see this and think, can I get it in a pot?
Wow. You know your maths. impressive.What you have to keep in mind is that the effort involved in collecting trees increases exponentially with trunk size.
Thus, the difference between digging out a 5 inch tree versus a 10 inch tree is enormous. Here's some math:
Assume that you want to dig out a roughly half sphere of dirt having a radius that is three times the radius of the tree.
That means digging out
1/2 * (4/3 * pi * r^3) OR
2/3 * pi * (1/2 t * 3)^3
For a 5 inch diameter tree, that means about half a cubic foot of soil, or roughly 40 pounds.
But for a 10 inch diameter tree, that means 4 cubic feet of soil, or basically 300 pounds.
You can do a similar calculation for the surface area of the thing you're digging out, a rough proxy for how many roots you'll be cutting.
Haha! I learned the hard way first and then thought about it later!Wow. You know your maths. impressive.
I’m a plumber in one of the most affluent areas in NJ. Carrying cast iron tubs up three flights of stairs make that look like child’s’ work That’s after installing 3” cast iron pipe 12’ in the ceiling all day.What you have to keep in mind is that the effort involved in collecting trees increases exponentially with trunk size.
Thus, the difference between digging out a 5 inch tree versus a 10 inch tree is enormous. Here's some math:
Assume that you want to dig out a roughly half sphere of dirt having a radius that is three times the radius of the tree.
That means digging out
1/2 * (4/3 * pi * r^3) OR
2/3 * pi * (1/2 t * 3)^3
For a 5 inch diameter tree, that means about half a cubic foot of soil, or roughly 40 pounds.
But for a 10 inch diameter tree, that means 4 cubic feet of soil, or basically 300 pounds.
You can do a similar calculation for the surface area of the thing you're digging out, a rough proxy for how many roots you'll be cutting.
I was driving by and didn’t get close. Maybe looks like a pear? Poor thing got hit by a car by the looks of the trunk and then got chopped. Resilient fellow though.What is it? Is the first question.
I agree with everything you say, except, 3 times diameter is really, really optimistic. That's a best case assumption, and I've never had a best case nothin'.What you have to keep in mind is that the effort involved in collecting trees increases exponentially with trunk size.
Thus, the difference between digging out a 5 inch tree versus a 10 inch tree is enormous. Here's some math:
Assume that you want to dig out a roughly half sphere of dirt having a radius that is three times the radius of the tree.
That means digging out
1/2 * (4/3 * pi * r^3) OR
2/3 * pi * (1/2 t * 3)^3
For a 5 inch diameter tree, that means about half a cubic foot of soil, or roughly 40 pounds.
But for a 10 inch diameter tree, that means 4 cubic feet of soil, or basically 300 pounds.
You can do a similar calculation for the surface area of the thing you're digging out, a rough proxy for how many roots you'll be cutting.
That sounds like sound advice, thank you.Not worth the effort. Straight trunk no real interest, other than its REALLY BIG. You will have a considerable job ahead carving this one out, or ten or fifteen years waiting on a new leader to get large enough to even approach the lower trunk's diameter. This also looks to be on some kind of public easement. Can you get permission to dig it out? That big of a job will require at least a couple of hours to get it out, and the cops may arrive in the meantime if you aren't supposed to be digging there (public easements and parking lots, etc. can have cable lines, gas lines and other stuff buried too...A pain in the ass any way look at it for a boring trunk...
Ahh, so.....not Trenton, haha!in one of the most affluent areas in NJ.
Just think…the other side of the spectrumAhh, so.....not Trenton, haha!
I kid.....sorta
Hehe.. i got three Boys (well two BIOlogical and one is Robin to my Batman.. but they all get treated the same ).. each exactly 5 years apart... it’s..... not the SIMPLEST thing..Thank you
We like to consider the job done at 4 They are teens now and I thought the toddler age was hard