Ash Reduction by Glen Poole

[Steve Bullman]

Mate, you know you've done the best you can - maybe this forum not's the place to put these type of pics

 

sure it is, thats a good piece of work IMO

[Buzz]

How 'bout the ArbTalk tee shirt/sticker being an ancient topped tree? Wouldn't that be great???

 

Some of the oldest trees in the country are pollards and trees that have previousley been butchered. I'm not a big fan of reductions but i take pride in the fact i can do a damn good one and done correctly and not in a lazy manner it won't grow back super fast.

 

I make clients aware of how their trees will react to various forms of pruning the the choice is theirs and an informed one at that !

[Tom D]

Just to put my tuppence worth in , i hardly ever do reductions, i either talk them into felling or some other less drastic pruning. I dont think there is anything wrong withit though if it is done properly ie the retained branch should be 30% of the cut branch not a six inch wound with a one inch twig sticking out the side of it. In reality this is hard to acheive whilst still retaining a good shape, cos trees just dont grow like that. So what happens is some branches get done properly but others are basically topped in order to keep the shape. i do reductions away from buildings and lines etc but all the overall reductions that i have seen have some topping cuts.

[skyhuck]

Just to put my tuppence worth in , i hardly ever do reductions, i either talk them into felling or some other less drastic pruning. I dont think there is anything wrong withit though if it is done properly ie the retained branch should be 30% of the cut branch not a six inch wound with a one inch twig sticking out the side of it. In reality this is hard to acheive whilst still retaining a good shape, cos trees just dont grow like that. So what happens is some branches get done properly but others are basically topped in order to keep the shape. i do reductions away from buildings and lines etc but all the overall reductions that i have seen have some topping cuts.

 

Spot on!

[Mesterh]

That the screen saver on my Mobile

 

Hey thats in my back garden I dont remember giving you permission to take a photo of it

 

 

Anyone can fell a tree, not many know how to re-shape and reduce...........

 

 

I do reductions away from buildings and lines etc but all the overall reductions that i have seen have some topping cuts.

 

It all depends on how 'perfect' a shape you want the tree to be.I've seen plenty of reduced trees that havent been topped.

I've had a few jobs where we have spent ages reducing and shaping a tree to then have the customer turn round and want "more hacking off"

Alot of the time its the tree owners who are the enemy of the tree not the climber.

[Tom D]

Alot of the time its the tree owners who are the enemy of the tree not the climber.

 

I think we can all agree on that.

[KB76]

Bad tree for a small garden, great reduction

[Chris P]

Generally speaking, we don't do that over here. Under powerlines, but that's about it and we call it topping. It's a waste of time and money because most of that removed growth will simply grow back in a couple years, so why do it? Just to pass the time?

 

This tree is what we deal with 90% of the time. Big tree Small garden (yard).

 

Who did the spec for the work was it glen?

 

Clients have got years and years of lopping and topping to get out of their system before we can educate the neanderthals to think like your average Suburban dwelling US citizen. Who will most likely have a garden (yard) the size of a small British village.

 

Jeez Y'all need to wind your necks in.

 

I'm off to kick ass on some eucs that need a 50% reduction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Kidding

Lighten up Arbtalkers

[Drella]

You need to get out more maybe..

 

Hey bro,, I happen to agree with MB when it comes to topping/pollarding.

 

If you can prove what he's saying is complete schlock, then do so in an intelligent fashion. Let's not just criticize him for a point of view shared by the leading personalities in tree health....

 

As for anyone else who thinks he's full of it,, back it up with cited evidence from arboricultural texts. Show us where it states that topping is needed and accepted in this industry...

[A_lopa]

Hey bro,, I happen to agree with MB when it comes to topping/pollarding.

 

If you can prove what he's saying is complete schlock, then do so in an intelligent fashion. Let's not just criticize him for a point of view shared by the leading personalities in tree health....

 

As for anyone else who thinks he's full of it,, back it up with cited evidence from arboricultural texts. Show us where it states that topping is needed and accepted in this industry...

 

Why do you agree??