ZipHobbQuerc-tastic

[David Humphries]

did you consider winching it over dave? i think i remember seeing you guys with a winch on your valmet

 

Looked at it Stevie, but would have needed to have felled too many adjacent trees to get a clear fell, and a full on chapter eight on the road as well.

 

This is at one of our sister sites in a very affluent part of North London.

 

Felling healthy/stable trees for a big fell, t'isn't really on the agenda here.

 

Time is a luxury afforded to us, and as such, collateral damage and higher risk is a non negotiable agenda.

 

Works for how I run this team, appreciate that it most probably doesn't work for many other arbs.

 

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

i was thinking of it as a safer option more than a time thing dave:001_smile:, that big limb would of went with a 'dave look over there, a lesser spotted fungal finch' and then vroom vroom, thumpity thump, crash bang wallop:001_rolleyes:. ha ha. great work as ever, your climbers look tip top:thumbup1:

[David Humphries]

.....that big limb would of went with a 'dave look over there, a lesser spotted fungal finch' and then vroom vroom, thumpity thump, crash bang wallop:001_rolleyes:. ha ha. great work as ever, your climbers look tip top:thumbup1:

 

Quick.......where is it, where's me camera........

 

 

 

Cheers Stevie

 

 

 

 

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[Simon Rotheram]

Good shots, good work dave.

 

All in the time it takes for a big red buss to pass too...

[David Humphries]

Good shots, good work dave.

 

All in the time it takes for a big red buss to pass too...

 

 

 

You wait for one, and then three tree surgeons turn up..........& climb

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers Simon

 

 

 

 

 

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[Will Hinchliffe]

Hobbs blocks are just so sexy!

[Danavan]

Nice job well documented & well done.

Looked like a fun one.

Those hobbs are amazing bits of kit!

Do you put it to use on fracture pruning tec's?

[David Humphries]

Nice job well documented & well done.

Looked like a fun one.

Those hobbs are amazing bits of kit!

Do you put it to use on fracture pruning tec's?

 

 

 

Not as of yet Dan, though have used the three to one, as in the zip set up in a couple of the earlier shots on this Oak.

 

That's worked Ok.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

hi dave, i dont want to derail but just quick question that has been on my mind since my ash pollard. Is it recommended to do fracture pruning when you want the tree to survive and continue to grow?

[gibbon]

hi dave, i dont want to derail but just quick question that has been on my mind since my ash pollard. Is it recommended to do fracture pruning when you want the tree to survive and continue to grow?

 

Certainly. May even produce more new shoots than a standard pruning cut.