Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice reduction. Good natural shape maintained and not over thinned as many people make the mistake of doing!

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

My job for today, big ol Eucy reduction, client wanted it to be as unaltered as possible so I really went to town and got out as far as was physically possible here. its all regrown from a previous reduction so was not easy I can tell ya!

 

Appoximatley 4 metres all round some no more than 2 metres.

 

I would estimate around 50% of the foliage mass is removed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[alex_m]

Nice work tony! What a horrible tree to reduce!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

New scoring system!

 

from a 10 mark=

 

1= Should not be allowed up a tree ever again!

2= Should be O.k the tree wont die!

3= Do as you likey

4= O.K its an ATTEMPT at a reduction/pollard BUT....

5= Not bad, obviously your on your way to being a good reducer with some guidence.

6= Nice but there probably a few poor cuts or rips, is that a spike mark....Etc

7= very nice, little more practice and I would let you work on my trees.

8= O.k bar a few tufty bits and maybe overly thinned.

9= Almost perfect

10= Your boss needs to raise your wages, or you need to be looking for a managers job!

[RobArb]

where's my 11?

 

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[Lee Winger]

I know we all need to earn a crust but Tony what did 98% of those reductions actually achieve? i'm not criticising I've reduced plenty....

[Adam Bourne]

New scoring system!

 

from a 10 mark=

 

1= Should not be allowed up a tree ever again!

2= Should be O.k the tree wont die!

3= Do as you likey

4= O.K its an ATTEMPT at a reduction/pollard BUT....

5= Not bad, obviously your on your way to being a good reducer with some guidence.

6= Nice but there probably a few poor cuts or rips, is that a spike mark....Etc

7= very nice, little more practice and I would let you work on my trees.

8= O.k bar a few tufty bits and maybe overly thinned.

9= Almost perfect

10= Your boss needs to raise your wages, or you need to be looking for a managers job!

 

 

now i want to know what my sycamore scored???? seem as though the thread did get derailed!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I know we all need to earn a crust but Tony what did 98% of those reductions actually achieve? i'm not criticising I've reduced plenty....

 

Thats such a rubbish question isnt it Lee?

 

I mean your an arb, surely you get why we have jobs, why this job exists?

 

Every tree we as arbs get involved in has either

 

A structural fault

Is causing a nuisance

Or is simply too big for the clients tastes

 

The Euc I did yesterday was getting very long lever arm issues, with the largest limbs starting to buckle and crack. We was there to address light issues to a swimming pool, the reduction achieved several things.

 

brought in more light

reduced the potential failures of some major parts of the crown

Improved form

ensured its longevity against human pressures.

[andrew t]

That eucalyptus looks like it has been pruned by the hand of god I bow down to you tony:thumbup:

[Amelanchier]

In many ways this is why I prefer my desk job to my climbing job. I can inspect hundreds and hundreds of trees, specify that no work is done to any of them, and still get paid.