General Tree pics

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

oh by the way, it isnt included bark, this is a defective strain of ash, the weakness is well known and can be reduced and relieved by reduction through its life so that tissues can build around the unions, maintaining a lower lever arm on limbs also helps.

 

The "Raywood ash" is one of those trees that needs to be pruned for its own good.

 

If you read up on bio mechanics youll see that with secondary thickening eventualy forms a single band of rings around the double hearts, I will dig out some pics and references for you "knockers"

 

So you would fell it, you havent enough confidance to save it, The next time one of your clients says my great great grandfather planted this tree what can we do to save it, restore it? you can give them my number!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

SWB I said in all but a force ten! in which situation NO tree comes with a garuantee

 

I cant remember the buefort scale of hand but isnt it at 7 it states wide spread damage and loss of trees?

 

If the fork had not failed with a full crown what on earth makes you think it can fail now with half the loading!

[Stephen Blair]

the next time i go to a tree through a house i will know who to phone tony:001_rolleyes:

[Dean Lofthouse]

Fell it

 

[Stephen Blair]

SWB I said in all but a force ten! in which situation NO tree comes with a garuantee

 

I cant remember the buefort scale of hand but isnt it at 7 it states wide spread damage and loss of trees?

 

If the fork had not failed with a full crown what on earth makes you think it can fail now with half the loading!

 

i know nothing of the scale you talk about, but the full crown caused the damage, and it would of failed. yes you have reduced the crown, but what have you left? say what you like about your fancy reductions, in the eyes of mother nature you have butchered one of her trees to try and save it, if the tree has had its day then so be it, remove and replant simples, what is the carbon footprint of this trees maintenance so far? i bet its pretty huge, site assesment, contractors quoting back and forth, then you guys in your big truck and noisy chipper, then there is the future visits.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

over the past 22 years I have proven my judgments, 5 years ago I might not have liked this fork very much, but i know better these days.

 

If this trees maintianed regular enough say every two years it will stabalise and continue to provide amenity value to the residants. The raywood is a beautiful tree, and this was a specimen, its worth the effort.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i know nothing of the scale you talk about, but the full crown caused the damage, and it would of failed. yes you have reduced the crown, but what have you left? say what you like about your fancy reductions, in the eyes of mother nature you have butchered one of her trees to try and save it, if the tree has had its day then so be it, remove and replant simples, what is the carbon footprint of this trees maintenance so far? i bet its pretty huge, site assesment, contractors quoting back and forth, then you guys in your big truck and noisy chipper, then there is the future visits.

 

 

You do make me laugh, butchered?

 

I would like to see you reduce to that standard!

 

oh but you would have felled it!

 

In my last job we felled most of the time, inner london, big oaks and all, I moved jobs partly because I could no longer live with it.

 

Now I work and wherever I go at the end of the day there are still trees, safe trees with good shape and form, that my friends is arboriculture.

[Dave D]

heres one for you hammy, i was just going to top this as usual, but you are having an influence on me believe it or not, so i decided to give it a hammy special reduction:thumbup1:

 

:lol:you two:lol:lmao

[Stephen Blair]

in the eyes of mother nature you have butchered one of her trees to try and save it.

 

you know i think you have great skill tony, but the bottom line is you have cut off branches from a tree, doesnt matter how hard it was to get to or how symetrical the finish, thats only to look good for humans, the tree could of been felled and left as a big pile of brash to break down and give habitat. doesnt look as nice to you but the hedge hogs and creepy crawlies would of loved it:biggrin:

[Stephen Blair]

:lol:you two:lol:lmao

 

hammy hasnt bit on that one dave, i hope he would have, i got called to this job because the tree was in such a state, so gloria and i flew into action and created some weed suppression and firewood, job done:thumbup: