Picus tests, something new for me

[Khriss]

Is a lot of money for something that spends most of its life in a box. But a fascinating bit of kit ( shall stick with my micro drill tho' ) k

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Gary Prentice said:

I think the last time I looked they were around 15K+

An 880 with a 4’ bar gives you a lot of change from £15k....

[Ian C]

There great bits of kit and give great info, the biggest hurdle is getting people to pay for the service!

The last one I had done was 400 + vat the client nearly choked when I told them how much it would be!

[Mark Bolam]

Very true Ian, but invaluable in the right circumstances.

That pop job yesterday involved some skullduggery with the developer removing ganoderma brackets, but the Picus didn’t lie.

[skyhuck]

6 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Very true Ian, but invaluable in the right circumstances.

That pop job yesterday involved some skullduggery with the developer removing ganoderma brackets, but the Picus didn’t lie.

You need stronger Velcro mate.

[Arborist]

I thought the full kit was about 20k, the Arbotom is about 15k

[Khriss]

Micro drill cost me abt 80 squid ( two batteries ) takes abt as long as Picc to do. And is verifiable. 

I think the Picus is great for decay monitoring of historic / monument trees- cost is off-putting to client. However, to a Layman , it shows decay structures easily M'lud in a way M'learned friend will find hard to contest   against which the Resistograph is just a strip of baffling squiggles k

[Gary Prentice]

3 hours ago, Arborist said:

I thought the full kit was about 20k, the Arbotom is about 15k

It’s been a few years since I looked.

[Gary Prentice]

5 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

An 880 with a 4’ bar gives you a lot of change from £15k....

But once you’ve felled the tree, you can’t fell it again. 

[Mark Bolam]

Hippy.