Potential ANCIENT tree removal

[JonnyVine]

I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion

 

Fortunately we have Professional Tree Inspectors that understand how trees need and use energy, their conclusions have to be based on experience and reality, rather than emotion as they are the ones that have to explain their actions when asked by a prosecuting counsel, or, a client when he is forking out for more expensive arboricultural work in 18 months time

 

Yes, I agree, there are always options, however most of them are not much use to the unfortunate soul drawing his last breath trapped underneath two tonnes of rotten Fagus

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion

 

Fortunately we have Professional Tree Inspectors that understand how trees need and use energy, their conclusions have to be based on experience and reality, rather than emotion as they are the ones that have to explain their actions when asked by a prosecuting counsel, or, a client when he is forking out for more expensive arboricultural work in 18 months time

 

Yes, I agree, there are always options, however most of them are not much use to the unfortunate soul drawing his last breath trapped underneath two tonnes of rotten Fagus

 

 

A very predictable and often repeated stance.

 

what if the client as is sometimes the case doesnt want the tree murdered but made safe?

 

as for expensive, arbs charge no more than consultants and probably have a better idea of what can be achieved!

[JonnyVine]

Tony

Lets for one moment suggest you had a Dog, he/she is 30 odd years old, has cancer, weeping pusseous wounds that need constant attention and gangerene in all four limbs.

You call the vet who gives you options, the first option is an injection, allmost painless and the hound goes to sleep, forever.

However there is another option, which is to prune, sorry, amputate all four limbs back to the torso, this option will allow the dog to live, allbeit for a couple more months

I apologise for the use of such an unthinkable scenario but some of us believe, (safety aspects aside for a moment) that it is the same with trees, that they deserve just as much dignity and respect as any other lHiving creature.

If you truly care about the tree, do you realy want to see a once magnificent specimen reduced by 30%, painted with a foul substance, gouged out, etc, etc

Just how magnificent will the wretched tree look after it has been " Made Safe"

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony

Lets for one moment suggest you had a Dog, he/she is 30 odd years old, has cancer, weeping pusseous wounds that need constant attention and gangerene in all four limbs.

You call the vet who gives you options, the first option is an injection, allmost painless and the hound goes to sleep, forever.

However there is another option, which is to prune, sorry, amputate all four limbs back to the torso, this option will allow the dog to live, allbeit for a couple more months

I apologise for the use of such an unthinkable scenario but some of us believe, (safety aspects aside for a moment) that it is the same with trees, that they deserve just as much dignity and respect as any other lHiving creature.

If you truly care about the tree, do you realy want to see a once magnificent specimen reduced by 30%, painted with a foul substance, gouged out, etc, etc

Just how magnificent will the wretched tree look after it has been " Made Safe"

 

do you find any of these trees to lack dignity?

 

 

 

 

 

[john p]

pic 4,wow,what a brilliant tree!!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

pic 4,wow,what a brilliant tree!!!

 

interesting isnt she, just goes to show that even amidst great levels of decay and dysfunction that just about any tree can be sustained. you just have to think on a different level, as a system of parts, of living channels.

[DrewB]

i think those trees have a lot of personality and dignity where they are placed, in the middle of bush. but i dont believe they would have the same glory if they were next to a road

[Le Sanglier]

i think those trees have a lot of personality and dignity where they are placed, in the middle of bush. but i dont believe they would have the same glory if they were next to a road

 

quite:001_smile:

[swinny]

It is a shame this, but it would be nice for ross to post a pic of the stump up afterwards

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i think those trees have a lot of personality and dignity where they are placed, in the middle of bush. but i dont believe they would have the same glory if they were next to a road

 

Why not?

 

quite:001_smile:

 

again why not?