3D Picus Imagery

[Steve Bullman]

Been having a play with the 3D feature on the Picus software, pretty cool. This large Beech tree had multiple Ganoderma brackets, the most concerning being in the first union. 3 separate measurements were taken for the model.

 

 

 

 

And a view from the opposite side

 

 

[nepia]

I'm no fung or tree surveyor but even I can see the benefit of that.  It's like seeing straight into the tree.  That's excellent; clients can be shown exactly what their problem is and not have to - perhaps hesitatingly - rely on the arb's word for it.?

[AJStrees]

Looks great! Definitely an excellent tool for arb. I see a lot of old Beech with Ganoderma. Seems to be part of their lifecycle. I wonder what actually creates that particular fungi to occur on beech specifically. Anyhow the Picus equipment is extremely good to see. 

 

I can't wait to get some done or buy the kit and use it. 

 

Did you buy your's outright, straight up, all cash on the table at once or another deal? If you don't mind me asking. 

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

"How good is that", very impressive stuff...and reassuring to know it reveals no great surprises (I don't think) so.perhaps it's best application /use is where tree retention is desired. 

An obvious statement, forgive me, but when forming an opinion and before making any recommendations don't just base this on the Picus, see / assess the overall tree/structure and listen to your intuition too...experience counts for so much...albeit what a helping hand

Cheers all

Paul

 

[Steve Bullman]

26 minutes ago, AA Teccie (Paul) said:

"How good is that", very impressive stuff...and reassuring to know it reveals no great surprises (I don't think) so.perhaps it's best application /use is where tree retention is desired. 

An obvious statement, forgive me, but when forming an opinion and before making any recommendations don't just base this on the Picus, see / assess the overall tree/structure and listen to your intuition too...experience counts for so much...albeit what a helping hand

Cheers all

Paul

 

I'd pretty much made my assessment within the first couple of minutes of seeing the tree to be honest, didn't like it one bit. The Picus only backed that up in this case.

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, AJStrees said:

Looks great! Definitely an excellent tool for arb. I see a lot of old Beech with Ganoderma. Seems to be part of their lifecycle. I wonder what actually creates that particular fungi to occur on beech specifically. Anyhow the Picus equipment is extremely good to see. 

 

I can't wait to get some done or buy the kit and use it. 

 

Did you buy your's outright, straight up, all cash on the table at once or another deal? If you don't mind me asking. 

I don't own the kit, I just carry out the tests for the company.

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, Steve Bullman said:

I don't own the kit, I just carry out the tests for the company.

oh okay. Thank Steve. 

[tree77]

Looks interesting, I know there's obviously decay there linked to the ganoderma, but just wondering how you interpretate the extent of decay as there may be a void between the co dom stem?

 

 

[Nick Connell]

Looks interesting, I know there's obviously decay there linked to the ganoderma, but just wondering how you interpretate the extent of decay as there may be a void between the co dom stem?
 
 

That's where a Micro Drill comes in handy to confirm the Picus result.