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2 hours ago, Tom D said:

Stupid spec, topped pops always go rotten, and really quickly. One day there will be a court case where damage was caused by a topped tree failure.. and whoever specked it will be held liable.. I’ve seen topped pops rotten to the base within 10 years.

Ten years isn't that long in tree terms though. 

 

I'm in accord that bad specifications should come with some liability but I can't see that happening. Any defect that is outwardly apparent to inspection comes back to the inspector/owner. So if the causal pruning causes failure, due to the arising decay, then  a lack of an adequate inspection regime would probably absolve the initial creator of the spec. 

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27 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:
19 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:
Why wouldn’t you want the job of removing them in ten years?

I was thinking about climbing past decay in the stem to dismantle the tops. If there's a nice clear field in front so you can fell them in a oner though, would be a great job.

They’d have been fine to dismantle.

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2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:
21 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:
Why wouldn’t you want the job of removing them in ten years?

I was thinking about climbing past decay in the stem to dismantle the tops. If there's a nice clear field in front so you can fell them in a oner though, would be a great job.

There isn't it is a back garden and they want to make it nice underneath.. 

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