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David Humphries

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The tree is a copper beech, and is nigh on defoliated.

 

Its in a private garden in a lawn, but its leaning away from the house - just!!!

 

All they're are bothered about is finding somebody who can take it down without ruining the lawn!

 

I don't know if i'll get the job, I got the impression I was only being used as a pricing yardstick against their regular tree surgeons.

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The tree is a copper beech' date=' and is nigh on defoliated.

 

Its in a private garden in a lawn, but its leaning away from the house - just!!!

 

All they're are bothered about is finding somebody who can take it down without ruining the lawn!

 

I don't know if i'll get the job, I got the impression I was only being used as a pricing yardstick against their regular tree surgeons.[/quote']

 

 

Good luck Big, hope you get it.

 

Did the clients say how many years they had noticed the brackets there?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Did the clients say how many years they had noticed the brackets there?

 

 

Thanks Monkeyd,

 

I think they have seen the brackets for a year or too.

 

I don't know whether I'll get the work, despite the price, as I couldn't get the client on my 'wavelength'.

 

The sort of old type that looks down on you as you are just a 'treeman'. And that expect you to jump when they want and to be grateful to be considered for the work.

 

I was told by the woman at the doorstep before I'd seen the tree that "You will need four men for four days!".

 

I said it was a very uncomplicated piece of dismantling work with few targets, and it could be comfortably completed by three men in a day without any damage to the lawn and surrounding etc...

 

Don't think she believed me!

 

I was then told when I would have to do it and I said that they would have to wait six weeks until I was available to do it.

 

"And who have you done work for?" she obviously hadn't taken a shine to me,

 

I then trotted out some very high profile clients in the area which made her eyebrows raise somewhat.

 

Took my toadstool pictures and left!

 

Anyway, rant over!

 

Interestingly, this is the first good example of the 'thin' Meripilus that i have come across, usually see the other thicker sort which looks like eggy bread!

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