Would THIS offend you?

[Adam Bourne]

If you are whacking off great limbs,what difference does a few dozen Spike marks make in the Stem?

 

I think the original poster showed the difference between "real" Treework and the perception of Treework that seems to abound on this forum.We provide a service and that service caters to the clients demands,we should offer advice and alternatives however we also have financial commitments and family's to feed.

 

I applaud the poster with his illustration of the real face of Arboriculture,not to mention the quality of the clean up.

 

I wear spikes all the time when pollarding, ensuring that I do not spike on any portion of the tree being retained. I would have to assume this is exactly what Pete did also.

 

Knowing several "mature" climbers, I would not even query their wearing of spikes on a retained tree such as a repollard. I trust their professionalism not to "dig in" until they're above retained wood. This is the same argument as one handing a topping saw, a professional and competent person will know when it is safe or not to do so.

 

 

Agree with the above:001_smile:

[Albedo]

Could it not have been mullered with less (large) internodal cuts.

 

I would go to forks where 2 small wounds are better than one large one.

 

Especially being chestnut as its gonna sprout fine but rot back from those large internodals.

 

There are some places where stumps have been left which could have been tidied up with proper pruning cuts.

 

I accept that it was a funny shape and a lot of those limbs don't offer decent reduction points. There is a school of thought that it's better to leave a stump than a large wound, cut to standard pruning cut...you have adhered to this.

[Nick Gardiner]

Not offended! That is all!

[josharb87]

I think theres text book Arboriculture, and theres running a buisness, sometimes the two dont go together

 

Good shape, clean cuts, good clearup, proffesional job

[Dean Lofthouse]

Had a go myself today, I do try to move with the times and stuff.

 

What do you reckon

[skyhuck]

Had a go myself today, I do try to move with the times and stuff.

 

What do you reckon

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Not sure that ones going to come back mate

[bob]

I would certainly question if this could be referred to as a pollard:confused1:

sorry if that detracts from the original point

[Hodge]

Had a go myself today, I do try to move with the times and stuff.

 

What do you reckon

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Great totem pole Dean:)

[Albedo]

I would certainly question if this could be referred to as a pollard:confused1:

sorry if that detracts from the original point

 

It's a mullard:001_smile:

[Johny Walker]

hopfully pete wi post a pic of it in full bloom next yr ,