Hamas big reduction/pruning thread!

[MattyF]

Nice John .. I have always wanted to reduce one of those , they look a challenging climb.

[Al Cormack]

Large plane tree reduction in Paddington area, took 2 of us climbing for 7 hours each

 

 

 

Think the truck needs a wash!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

weeping beech reduction

 

I had the pleasure of reducing one of londons biggest about ten years ago:thumbup1:

 

Odd trees but I like em, nice job there John

[nathan marshall]

I had the pleasure of reducing one of londons biggest about ten years ago:thumbup1:

 

Odd trees but I like em, nice job there John

 

tony which one was that?? i had to go up a massive one in northwood the other day that one of you guys did a few years back.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

tony which one was that?? i had to go up a massive one in northwood the other day that one of you guys did a few years back.

 

that one i never did and is far from the largest in the london zone:thumbup1:

[nathan marshall]

that one i never did and is far from the largest in the london zone:thumbup1:

 

not doubt one impressive tree.

[B.C. Tree Services]

Heres a recent big Holm Oak 20% reduction for ya. . .

 

Nicely done Mule

[breffni]

Done this big oak today. The before pic is closer than the after one. It took a fair few hours. Its alright i think but the left side is a little flat and maybe I should have taken more of the tips so it looks tidier.

 

 

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[MattyF]

How we left this ash 5 years ago after a 25-20% reduction .

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Time for round two the customer wanted more off this time as he was convinced it had grown 15ft !! I think more like 5-6 in the very highest ! The one benefit to the previous pruning is I had more growth points to choose from this time from stimulated growth caused by pruning despite leaving larger wounds we could still target prune and keep the customer happy and leave a reasonable shape.

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

How we left this ash 5 years ago after a 25-20% reduction .

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Time for round two the customer wanted more off this time as he was convinced it had grown 15ft !! I think more like 5-6 in the very highest ! The one benefit to the previous pruning is I had more growth points to choose from this time from stimulated growth caused by pruning despite leaving larger wounds we could still target prune and keep the customer happy and leave a reasonable shape.

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nice addition to the thread that one, long term documentations are the way forward, thanks for posting.

 

dont think you really did it much harder than last time, and I would personaly have brought the sides in a bit more in both counts for two reasons, one to get more light in round a smaller overall profile, and two to make climbing easier on a return visit as a broad crown is much harder to work