comments and advice please..

[kempo79]

damn thats a smile!

[David Goss]

Well Rupe has given all the advice you need so all that remains is for me to say "what a horrible job"

I guess by your comments that you have not done much pruning so I suppose you can be forgiven in that aspect. The advice I will give is don't do it again for one. Secondly and most importantly don't rush! If you underpriced the job well thats something you have to do better next time but never rush because of it. Pruning isn't a job you can rush and it takes time moving around the crown selecting the proper pruning points, not breaking the new leaders you made and generally making the tree look like it hasn't been touched (unlike your pics).

Anyway that was a good ballsy move posting that on here and for that you will learn for sure. As my old school teacher used to say "must try harder"

[Rupe]

One question to the OP. have you got spikes on??

[Pedroski]

Here's the way to do it..... Poplars started off ~120ft tall, and loads of damage up top. Now approx 70ft and perfectly set up for climbing again to manage new growth when needed, at less cost that having to do mass reductions every couple of years. The 4th pop on the right had been affected by a lightning strike and will probably now be felled. Client initially wanted them all felled, but Forestry Commission preferred them to be pollarded.

 

Trying to keep up with Reuben when he's dropping down 3ft diameter by 9ft length logs is a challenge!

Edited March 14, 2012 by Pedroski

[RobRainford]

i wouldnt have put my name to that tbh!

[Le Sanglier]

i wouldnt have put my name to that tbh!

 

to what? the op or the latest?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

no comment.

[RobRainford]

to what? the op or the latest?

 

OP. should have been clearer with that one

[alex_m]

no comment.

 

[Pedroski]

i wouldnt have put my name to that tbh!

 

If you mean mine, well, you should have seen them before (I've got pics somewhere to dig out). They were in a really bad way with widow makers hanging there, very little aesthetic value, and lots of rot, woodpecker damage and dead wood, and very large stems pulling back over the boundary that the neighbouring landowner had expressed concern about due to recent wind damage.

 

Alternative was to fell them completely, however they're in a remote location, and both client and FC wanted them to remain standing at least for the time being. They have been pollarded avoiding damage to the old pines, an oak and a couple of lovely beech trees that will now thrive. They are still providing a habitat for birds and critters. Lots of the wood removed is remaining on site, providing another habitat for critters. Some of the wood is providing fuel. The client is happy for a quick climb and maintenance with Silky in future years as growth develops.

 

The options are now in place for a very simple and inexpensive fell with no risk at all to the other trees should the client want this at some point in the future.