Climber or Arborist?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Mostly any of the above is done from a rope,so I'm a climber.

 

So if it's done from a MEWP, your a mewper

[skyhuck]

So if it's done from a MEWP, your a mewper

 

If its done from a MEWP, your probably fat or a puff or both!!!

[skyhuck]

I'm a climber,clients tell me what they want done.I suggest an alternative,usually they say no,so I climb and reduce/thin/fell.

 

Mostly any of the above is done from a rope,so I'm a climber.

 

Spot on Mike!!!

 

I think to many people kidd them selves that they are cutting the tree for the TREE'S benefit, very,very, rarely true, IMO.

 

Trees got on very well before we ever started hacking them.

[skyhuck]

arborist here it says so on my job description

think skyhuck was struggling as there was not a butcher option as will a few others:001_cool:

 

So you don't remove healthy trees.

 

Your starting to sound like a broken record :sleep:

[Mr Ed]

So you don't remove healthy trees.

 

Of course not! That would be Immoral and unethical!:D:D:D

[RPA]

Aspire to be now enough to call myself an arborist one of these days

 

 

Strange how over time 'tree surgeon' has become synonymous with people who just cut down trees

[skyhuck]

Of course not! That would be Immoral and unethical!:D:D

 

And risk tree hell!

[Dean Lofthouse]

I think to many people kidd them selves that they are cutting the tree for the TREE'S benefit, very,very, rarely true, IMO.

 

Trees got on very well before we ever started hacking them.

 

Some Hack, I prune.

 

So correct pruning cuts don't need to be done anymore. We can just cut the branch anywhere and it will sort itself out.

 

I like to think I prune trees correctly in a way that benefits the tree. Infact I'd go as far as to say I can't think of one job i've done that hasn't had correct pruning cuts. The tree compartments the wound off much quicker resulting in less chance of pathogen entry, basic stuff really.

 

Like I have said in previous threads, I came into this proffesion with the intention of running a business that does the job right, without bodges.

 

I am well known for striving to do everything right, to the point of it becoming an obsession, whether that be building repairs, mechanical repairs or whatever, everything has to be right.

 

If I set up a business that business will be run properly, otherwise I might as well not bother. I could get a job and be paid far more than I'm earning now and without the hassle, but I choose to be self employed.

 

I have employed people to do work for me only to find their work is crap and sub standard. I've just come down off my roof after stripping back slates over the bay window and putting right what some F'#kwit should have done right in the first place.

 

I can swear on my own life, that I have never, ever, bodged a tree job and have walked away from many requests to top or lop. I don't want and indeed don't need that sort of work.

 

If it comes to a time when I run short of work and have to look at topping or lopping, I'll do a part time business to make up the short fall.

 

I never have to wonder why I am not short of work. It's quite obvious to me, do the job right, advise the customer correctly and do a good job.

 

Works for me

[Marc]

An Arborist is someone who climbs trees?

 

A climber can climb a ladder, building, mountain, hill etc

[Amelanchier]

And risk tree hell!

 

Is that where you have to clear fell an infinite blackthorn thicket with a blunt folding silky???