45° limbs

[Mark Bolam]

Proper pollards can look great.

 

Cutting mature trees in half isn’t pollarding though.

 

There’s a difference.

[5thelement]

24 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Proper pollards can look great.

 

Cutting mature trees in half isn’t pollarding though.

 

There’s a difference.

And you don’t try to turn pollards back into proper trees like Manco does, you re-pollard them. 

[Excels1or]

You don't turn pollards back into normal trees, but you can try and turn topped trees back into normal trees

[Aaron R]

Here is the tree in question. 

What do you guys think.

The pic only shows 2 of the 3-4 stems 

[5thelement]

5 minutes ago, Aaron R said:

Here is the tree in question. 

What do you guys think.

The pic only shows 2 of the 3-4 stems 

Looks like a very straightforward re-pollard of a willow with no overly heavy limbs. 

[rapalaman]

Nice standard job every 3-4 years by the looks of it - only way to keep a large specimen like this in that size garden 👍

[Dan Maynard]

Take the biggest ladder you own, figure it out when you get up there. There's knubs and stubs up there to stand on, big vee on the right for a rest.

 

See if you can slide out some of those fancy fence panels before you get going too, that trellis work looks a bit fragile.

[Mick Dempsey]

Easy peasy, no need to climb on the regrowth, just cut from standing on the pollard head.