General Tree pics

[rumination]

It's locally known as Octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla). I believe it is commonly grown as an indoor potted plant in more temperate regions, although it doesn't get near as large!

[Paul Barton]

Cool shirt Jude!

[High Scale]

Jude.

[Steve Bullman]

heres an old pic i dug out of the archives

[tockmal]

Gets my vote for the coolest photo of the year!!!

 

Steve, whats up with the extra long pleated tail on the Blakes!!!???

 

Trying to make some kind of arb fashion statement??

 

Nevertheless, that photo rocks!!!

[tockmal]

heres an old pic i dug out of the archives

 

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask....who took the photo and what were they doing in the tree during a removal?? if it was a removal?

[Steve Bullman]

that was a pff the shelf length split tail, pleated the end to take up the extra.....looking back ive no idea why i didnt just cut it to length

[Steve Bullman]

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask....who took the photo and what were they doing in the tree during a removal?? if it was a removal?

 

that pic was taken by a professional photograher. basically around about that time the company i was working for was having a brochure made up. there was a photographer coming out random days over the course of a few weeks, basically whenever he was in the area, taking photos.

this particular job we had a platform on as the tree was very dead and parts were over a road so it made sense. as we were overmanned in the ground i got into the tree and starting knocking out some of the easier half of the tree whilst the photographer was in the bucket above me with the other cutter.

[tockmal]

that pic was taken by a professional photograher. basically around about that time the company i was working for was having a brochure made up. there was a photographer coming out random days over the course of a few weeks, basically whenever he was in the area, taking photos.

this particular job we had a platform on as the tree was very dead and parts were over a road so it made sense. as we were overmanned in the ground i got into the tree and starting knocking out some of the easier half of the tree whilst the photographer was in the bucket above me with the other cutter.

 

Interesting, thanks.

 

With that extra length on the Blakes tail you could have taken it over to the working end and made another blakes so you had a double blakes slack tender....all you'd need to do is pull down below your first blakes and the 2nd blakes would heve advanced the first one blah blah blah.......

[Steve Bullman]

never heard of that before...it works? not that im gonna go back to a blakes.