General Tree pics

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[Mark Bolam]

Bit different today reducing an ancient wisteria on an old cottage.

It was wrapped right round the chimney and up the aerial pole.

SRT-tastic!

Sorry for appalling photo quality.

[Adam Bourne]

Haaaaa! That brilliant mark

[Gray git]

This will be an interesting job to take down some point as long as it don't fall first, pick don't show the quite full health looking crown above all the rot

[Taupotreeman]

Shelter belt of Paulownias in full flower

 

 

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[Mozza]

This will be an interesting job to take down some point as long as it don't fall first, pick don't show the quite full health looking crown above all the rot

 

Is being removed completely mate? Will it straight fell?

[RC0]

Started the day with some weight reduction of this tall grand fir. We estimated the height to be around 150....which is tall for the species as they usually grow a big heavy top that blows out a round about the 100ft mark. I guess the growing conditions for this one were just about right. So with a multi-top tree like this, with pretty good unions it was just a case of some thinning and maybe 3" diam cuts to shorten the leaders. We tag teamed the tree to speed things up. The mist had cleared by the time we got down.

 

Second job was to drop a bunch of Western red cedars. All about 90 ft, @ 10 ft from the house and in amongst a lot of delicate shrubs and powerlines. Not hard work, just cut and hold, but you're really concentrating hard on your aiming and rotation of the limbs so not to damage anything. One in particular my topping cut was no more than 3 in diam, such was the lack of room down below. Its not hard to imagine the wobble being at that point in a tree of that height, and only 2 foot a cross at the bottom.

 

The homeowners were German....funny couple, great sense of humor. The mans confidence seemingly indicative of his nationality....where failure is just not possible.

 

I was able to leave the poles at heights of 40-50 feet. Couple had a slight back lean, one had a side lean, the other 2 fair standing. I knew they would wedge over, but nonetheless Im right up against the building and having to thread the needle between the other trees and shrubs to be retained. Most home-owners, workers even, would get the hell out of falling distance.....but this guy stood within 5 feet as i felled each one....2 feet when he was checking my site line on the saw, lol. Had to chuckle to my self.

 

Anyway, I was never going to miss....and I think he appreciated the kind of confidence and accuracy I put on show for him. German standard.

[David Humphries]

Fine shots Reg

 

Since your move to Canada, what's the average length on your climbing ropes now compared to when you were back here?

 

 

 

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[josharb87]

Awesome pics Reg!

[RC0]

Thanks Dave, Josh. I wouldn't really use anything more than 200 ft. I had a 200 ft line but accidentally cut it down to about 170. I also have a 150.

 

Often is the case that I'll take the whole line up the tree in a back-pack, if I'm stripping it on the way up. With that in mind a 200 ft line is a lot of extra weight.

 

For jobs like the tall grand fir (pruning), I have a 220 static line that I'll set with the big-shot, purely for getting up and then back down later....on that particular tree it was set at 90 feet with a base-tie. I used my short line to work the top 60 ft of canopy. Thanks again.