uneccessary branch removals?

[Pete Tattam]

I'm pretty fanatical about road race cycling particularly the grand tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana). I saw recently that, in order for more spectators to view the Olympic road race, a lot of trees have been removed along the route at Box Hill in Surrey. When I was in France a few years ago I saw large scale removal of branches over the TDF route to enable TV pictures to be relayed from the camera motorbikes to the helicopters overhead. Has anyone on the forum been involved in this work? What are your opinions on tree work purely for the pleasure of people watching a bike race which is over in a day? Money in the bank or environmental vandalism?

[Pedroski]

Vandalism. Unless, of course, it was tree work that needed doing anyway, and the bike race spurred it on a bit.

[born2trot]

Hi Pete , I'm a huge fan of the Grand tours aswell . There was a question on here recently asking what arboriculture was . In a nutshell its man interfering with nature either in a good or bad way i may add but interfering none the less.

[Joe Loggs]

The company i work for has the contract and we have been down there for a couple of weeks, alot of the trees are being felled because they are none native. They are trying to make the yews stand out so it looks pretty.

[Mozza]

It is necessary tho, to get a good view of the racing!!

[skyhuck]

99.9% of all tree work is done for the benefit of mankind not the tree, this is not really any different.

[Dave D]

99.9% of all tree work is done for the benefit of mankind not the tree, this is not really any different.

 

[Johny Walker]

It is necessary tho, to get a good view of the racing!!

 

& the crashes ,wouldnt want to mis them would we

[Ty Korrigan]

Its all work though eh?

Down here in Redon loads of trees had a good going over or were felled around the final 1km to the finish.

Its not as bad as some of the terrible things householders and a minority of the travelling community get up to.

At least its done by pro's.

Ty

[easy-lift guy]

99.9% of all tree work is done for the benefit of mankind not the tree, this is not really any different.

 

I disagree, A fellow colleague in this industry, Doctor Edward F. Gillman from the University of Florida has dedicated his professional life teaching proper pruning techniques for trees and has done extensive research at the U of F to back up his findings. His most recent publication An Illustrated guide to pruning 3rd edition is the finest edition I have read on this subject matter and is easily read and understood. Full disclosure, Doctor Gillman asked me about a year if I would be willing to provide Two pictures of my product for this publication. I did so and I receive no funding or income from the sale of this book. Perhaps if you get a chance to read some of Doctor Gillmans works you may have a different opinion.

easy-lift guy