The bad pruning thread

[18 stoner]

And a couple more, one next to a customer, the other next to my best mate;

 

 

[Marc]

My god, it takes real skill to do that to trees.

I hate reducing Silver Birch they just don't respond well, I always go light then the customer isn't happy. All they want is the tree hacked right back!

[Marc]

Here is a badly topped Walnut, I even caught the pikey scum in the act who promptly tried to hide his face from the camera.

[Steve Bullman]

think yourself lucky he only used his hand to hide his face!

[treediver]

A pikey using ppe and ropes..thats a first

[RPA]

1 cut, 1 potentially knackered tree, 1 knackered wall, 1 knackered shed :asshole2: quality

 

2nd one just as big an :asshole2: as the rest!

[RPA]

Here is a badly topped Walnut, I even caught the pikey scum in the act who promptly tried to hide his face from the camera.

 

Prob certified to use saw but just have not done CS40:hahaha:

(only joking:damnmate:)

[Marc]

Nah there is more to that pic, it was a badly topped Walnut before that work, I did'nt get b4 pics, forgot I had a camera on my phone.

The tree was in decline with extensive heartwood rot and cavities throughout the crown, as well as an old cable brace that had failed. And a big cavity in the base.

 

The client did'nt want to lose the tree completly as she liked the birds nesting in the cavities, so we topped it!

[RPA]

Hope you managed to get a high coppicing contract out of them for years to come!!

[Marc]

I think thats the plan, i,e do poor shoddy work there by creating more work in continuing maintenance, genius me thinks

 

Personally I hope its dead by next year and is put out of its misery poor thing.