againstthegrain
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Who ever the "they" that you are referring to has tree falling all wrong.
Chopping down the Hadrian's Wall Tree
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Who ever the "they" that you are referring to has tree falling all wrong.
Naturally
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Hope the wood will be used for some good.
Some sort of commemorative where all proceeds go to a trust or something.
Some sort of commemorative where all proceeds go to a trust or something.
Unless a professional landscaper with help and/or commercial grade equipment the pie slice method is recommended in the owners manuals of most residential chain saws. I've cut trees down using it, not that large a diameter.
againstthegrain
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What's words- "The cut has to have an angle to it so the tree drops in one hopefully predictable direction"
The fact is a sloping back cut is not necessary and is rather amateurish and it in no way has ANY effect on where the tree falls.
The fact is a sloping back cut is not necessary and is rather amateurish and it in no way has ANY effect on where the tree falls.
CarolfromTX
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OMG put him in solitary confinement and throw away the key. About twenty years ago, some idiot poisoned the Treaty Oak in Austin. Can’t even imagine a motive.
Paco Dennis
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It is like a pyromaniac. 
hollydolly
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Sycamore Gap police search home of former lumberjack
This lumberjack who lives nearby denies he chopped the. tree down, and says that it would have been a perfect night for it because there was a full moon...he said he's being blamed altho' he did not do it.. even his own brother rushed to his home to see if he was responsible...
Police have been searching the house of a former lumberjack who was recently evicted from his property as they probe the felling of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree.
Specialist search teams descended on Walter Renwick's farm today but the 69-year-old has denied rife accusations online that he was behind the shocking act of vandalism which has sparked fury across Britain.
The sycamore, which stood in a dip along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland for 300 years, had been one of the world's most photographed trees until it was reduced to a stump overnight on Wednesday.
Northumbria Police announced yesterday that it had arrested a second man, in his 60s, just hours after a 16-year-old boy was bailed out of custody under investigation. The older man remains in custody for questioning.
As speculation mounts over who chopped down the tree which was famously featured in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Mr Renwick revealed that even his own brother rushed to his home to find the truth.
The pensioner, who said he understood why he was being identified as a potential suspect, said ''I didn't do it ''
He added: 'I am a former lumberjack and I have just been kicked off my property, so I can see why people have pointed the finger.
'My brother came down to make sure I hadn't been arrested as he had heard the rumours. It's very sad. It's an iconic tree.'
Mr Renwick added that it was the 'perfect night' to commit the crime because there was a full moon which would have provided light and enough wind from Storm Agnes to mask the noise.
The pensioner was left heartbroken after losing a long-running battle to stay at his home which had been in the family for three generations.
He was kicked out on Thursday after the Jesuits in Britain, who own the land, fought to kick him out.
This lumberjack who lives nearby denies he chopped the. tree down, and says that it would have been a perfect night for it because there was a full moon...he said he's being blamed altho' he did not do it.. even his own brother rushed to his home to see if he was responsible...
Police have been searching the house of a former lumberjack who was recently evicted from his property as they probe the felling of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree.
Specialist search teams descended on Walter Renwick's farm today but the 69-year-old has denied rife accusations online that he was behind the shocking act of vandalism which has sparked fury across Britain.
The sycamore, which stood in a dip along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland for 300 years, had been one of the world's most photographed trees until it was reduced to a stump overnight on Wednesday.
Northumbria Police announced yesterday that it had arrested a second man, in his 60s, just hours after a 16-year-old boy was bailed out of custody under investigation. The older man remains in custody for questioning.
As speculation mounts over who chopped down the tree which was famously featured in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Mr Renwick revealed that even his own brother rushed to his home to find the truth.
The pensioner, who said he understood why he was being identified as a potential suspect, said ''I didn't do it ''
He added: 'I am a former lumberjack and I have just been kicked off my property, so I can see why people have pointed the finger.
'My brother came down to make sure I hadn't been arrested as he had heard the rumours. It's very sad. It's an iconic tree.'
Mr Renwick added that it was the 'perfect night' to commit the crime because there was a full moon which would have provided light and enough wind from Storm Agnes to mask the noise.
The pensioner was left heartbroken after losing a long-running battle to stay at his home which had been in the family for three generations.
He was kicked out on Thursday after the Jesuits in Britain, who own the land, fought to kick him out.
Naturally
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Specialists could use plant DNA to compare the tree with any chips or shavings found on the pensioners equipment or clothing.
hollydolly
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In Pictures
Naturally
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Google Maps page for Sycamore Gap and 982 associated photos ... Sycamore Gap
hollydolly
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Well.. the aforementioned 69 year old has been arrested on suspicion of being the tree feller... he's been released on bail.. but adamantly insists he's innocent..
A former lumberjack who was arrested in connection with the felling of the beloved Sycamore Gap Tree has been bailed and declared his innocence as he returned home to a farm where police earlier found a large chainsaw.
Walter Renwick, 69, was seen back at Plankey Mill Farm after being taken into custody, with pictures and video showing him standing topless outside a caravan on the property.
He was bailed on Sunday afternoon and was driven back to his campervan where he declared his innocence, shouting: 'I know I'm f****** innocent, right, and that's all I need to know.'
Mr Renwick has vehemently denied being responsible for the downing of the 300-year-old tree and seemingly said the saw was proof that he was completely innocent.
'My chainsaw's down here by that barn door, but you can see that it hasn't been used for ages,' he said on Friday.
The power tool was found in an outhouse of the Northumberland farm, just eight miles from where Britain's most famous tree stood before it was cruelly cut down on Wednesday night.
Now reduced to a stump, the 70ft sycamore was one of the world's most photographed trees and was named Tree of the Year by the Woodland Trust in 2016.
It famously featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.
Part of the Hadrian's Wall Unesco world heritage site, it has drawn walkers and visitors from all over the globe.
Sycamore Gap Tree felling: Ex-lumberjack returns to farm after arrest
A former lumberjack who was arrested in connection with the felling of the beloved Sycamore Gap Tree has been bailed and declared his innocence as he returned home to a farm where police earlier found a large chainsaw.
Walter Renwick, 69, was seen back at Plankey Mill Farm after being taken into custody, with pictures and video showing him standing topless outside a caravan on the property.
He was bailed on Sunday afternoon and was driven back to his campervan where he declared his innocence, shouting: 'I know I'm f****** innocent, right, and that's all I need to know.'
Mr Renwick has vehemently denied being responsible for the downing of the 300-year-old tree and seemingly said the saw was proof that he was completely innocent.
'My chainsaw's down here by that barn door, but you can see that it hasn't been used for ages,' he said on Friday.
The power tool was found in an outhouse of the Northumberland farm, just eight miles from where Britain's most famous tree stood before it was cruelly cut down on Wednesday night.
Now reduced to a stump, the 70ft sycamore was one of the world's most photographed trees and was named Tree of the Year by the Woodland Trust in 2016.
It famously featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.
Part of the Hadrian's Wall Unesco world heritage site, it has drawn walkers and visitors from all over the globe.
Sycamore Gap Tree felling: Ex-lumberjack returns to farm after arrest
rgp
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Can't even imagine why someone would do such a thing. That said ... people today really do not surprise me in anything they do.
Is there anyway of replanting the upper portion ? I know it is done with plants & some trees on a smaller scale.
Sad thing for sure.
Is there anyway of replanting the upper portion ? I know it is done with plants & some trees on a smaller scale.
Sad thing for sure.
Devi
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So, he has an old chainsaw that hasn't been used in ages. Okay. Is there any evidence that he cut down the tree?
hollydolly
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He says Not....he says that the chainsaw hasn't been used in years.... not to say there hasn't been another chainsaw of course which has been hidden...
I'd like to think it wasn't him... but who knows what the police have found to have arrested him
hollydolly
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The former lumberjack accused of felling the Sycamore Gap Tree has protested his innocence and said 'DNA' could be used to help police identify the culprit.
Walter Renwick, who lives on a farm in Northumberland near the site of the tree along Hadrian's Wall, was arrested in connection with its felling but later bailed.
The 69-year-old vigorously declared his innocence over last Wednesday's incident as he returned home to his Plankey Mill farm where police had found a large chainsaw.
Renwick has insisted he is 'f***ing innocent' and also pointed out today that wood fibre testing could be used to link a chainsaw containing sawdust residue to the tree.
He told The Sun: 'Trees have their own DNA and you can use the dust to track down which tree was felled, so it'll be easy to find who did it.
'It was the perfect night to do it. There was a full moon so it would have been well lit and the wind would have meant there was barely any sound.'
When Renwick was in custody, his 'livid' daughter-in-law Lauren said he was there for something he 'hasn't even done'.
'He's got two leaking heart valves. He's never fit enough to get up there,' she told the Times. 'He's down here living like f*****g Bear Grylls.'
Renwick, who has lived on the nearby farm his entire life, was evicted last week following a long-running dispute and now lives in a campervan nearby.
In a series of statements, Renwick has strongly refuted that he was behind the vandalism of the nearby tree.
Walter Renwick, who lives on a farm in Northumberland near the site of the tree along Hadrian's Wall, was arrested in connection with its felling but later bailed.
The 69-year-old vigorously declared his innocence over last Wednesday's incident as he returned home to his Plankey Mill farm where police had found a large chainsaw.
Renwick has insisted he is 'f***ing innocent' and also pointed out today that wood fibre testing could be used to link a chainsaw containing sawdust residue to the tree.
He told The Sun: 'Trees have their own DNA and you can use the dust to track down which tree was felled, so it'll be easy to find who did it.
'It was the perfect night to do it. There was a full moon so it would have been well lit and the wind would have meant there was barely any sound.'
When Renwick was in custody, his 'livid' daughter-in-law Lauren said he was there for something he 'hasn't even done'.
'He's got two leaking heart valves. He's never fit enough to get up there,' she told the Times. 'He's down here living like f*****g Bear Grylls.'
Renwick, who has lived on the nearby farm his entire life, was evicted last week following a long-running dispute and now lives in a campervan nearby.
In a series of statements, Renwick has strongly refuted that he was behind the vandalism of the nearby tree.
againstthegrain
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againstthegrain
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Pretty sure there is enormous pressure on the police to arrest someone for this crime. If there were actual physical evidence found implicating either the man or the 16yo I'm sure it would have been leaked by now. Based on American law enforcement they're grasping at straws and arresting anyone they can hoping the world will forget about this for a while.
hollydolly
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I think you may be right which means the more time goes by the less chance there is of arresting the real culprit
againstthegrain
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Let's hope they get the right person in the end and hold them accountable.
hollydolly
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yes I agree, they really need to pull the stops out for this one.. before copycat strikes
VaughanJB
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Sad world, isn't it. An act that can't possibly have any gain, but was done purely for the fun of it. Catching the person/people who did this wont be easy, it's not as though they has CCTV up there. We'll eventually find out it was a drunken night out or some such irrelevance.
Just this last weekend we had a case of "football banter" that consisted of a fan holding up a picture of a child and laughing and joking about it to opposing fans. The child had been a fan of the opposing team, but had tragically died aged six of cancer. A cancer he'd fought for almost his entire, short, life. The two guys who did this were aged 27 and 31 years stupid. All in the name of banter, huh?
THIS is the world we've created.
Just this last weekend we had a case of "football banter" that consisted of a fan holding up a picture of a child and laughing and joking about it to opposing fans. The child had been a fan of the opposing team, but had tragically died aged six of cancer. A cancer he'd fought for almost his entire, short, life. The two guys who did this were aged 27 and 31 years stupid. All in the name of banter, huh?
THIS is the world we've created.
hearlady
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So sad and senseless. I would love to know what their reason was for such a cruel act.
hearlady
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I wonder the relationship, if any, of the sixteen year old to the sixty two year old man.
The boy may have done it in sympathy to the man's eviction.
The boy may have done it in sympathy to the man's eviction.