Reduction Pruning

[tree-fancier123]

10 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

I know mate I have the sort you mean.  

 

still a pain in the arse the get the correct cuts...  not to mention the movement within the canopy whilst carrying such tool.

 

on the occasional cut then yes...  but if I had to reduce trees everyday with them I would be a shit climber and have given up years ago.

Sorry i was trying to be humourous, i meant a pulley pruner that could swing round and cut at 90 to the pole, if one existed it would mean you could shorten the branch your stood on.

[Rich Rule]

Humour is often lost on forums

 

i can still cut the branch i am stood on.  I just bend down and use a handsaw or chainsaw.  Obviously not on the trunk side.

[tree-fancier123]

45 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

Humour is often lost on forums

 

i can still cut the branch i am stood on.  I just bend down and use a handsaw or chainsaw.  Obviously not on the trunk side.

what i find hard is small diameter cuts , with everything wobbling about, or snapping, maybe i need to get in the big trees where you can lop a decent diameter off without it noticing

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Rich Rule said:

Humour is often lost on forums

 

i can still cut the branch i am stood on.  I just bend down and use a handsaw or chainsaw.  Obviously not on the trunk side.

???????

[treeseer]

Cuts are proper and correct if they are small; precision not required.

 

Reduction pruning can be proper and correct when the dose is small and the cuts are small.

 

Poles reach the tips, where no man can.

 

Still not clear on why those things were on your feet, or why so much tree was removed.

[Rich Rule]

@treeseer I am not sure what you are referring to regarding Reg’s feet.

 

Do you mean he should have been climbing barefoot?

[Mark Bolam]

Foot ascender?

 

All healthy mature trees are just begging for us to snippity-snip loads of tiny tips off with a pole saw, it’s a known fact.

[RC0]

11 hours ago, treeseer said:

Cuts are proper and correct if they are small; precision not required.

 

Reduction pruning can be proper and correct when the dose is small and the cuts are small.

 

Poles reach the tips, where no man can.

 

Still not clear on why those things were on your feet, or why so much tree was removed.

Is that last part a question or a remark ? 

Let me guess. You confused the straps on my chaps for spurs perhaps ? 

 

In regards to the pruning 'remark'. You"re a lifelong ISA certified Arborist, USA born and bred ? Different school of thought altogether. Lets not waste either of our times.

[Stephen Blair]

Good to see your work again Reg, I’m 43 next month and still scrambling around trees and hitting wedges.
The battery saws are great, I really need to upgrade mine.

[treeseer]

What's proper depends on the objective.  When will the tree be pruned again?

 

For most jobs, you're right; I would flunk the school of thought that calls for such big cuts and so much asset removed.  btw I quit being ISA certified in 2004, and follow international standards more than the I/USA's A300.

 

Also, thanks for the info on chaps; not used to seeing them used in trees.  When cuts are <6", the chainsaw stays on the ground.

 

Carry on!