Holding back the years.........

[treeseer]

"no Shigotastic pruning cuts required here."

 

i often wonder what people think "Shigo cuts" are. in all cases to date, their concept is far stricter than what was advocated by Shigo, who endorsed nodal pruning and not just "collar" or removal cuts

 

"One of the primary specifications is to leave stubs (ripped or stepped) of upto 500 mm.

 

No longer? One of my favorite pics is Jason Gairn standing next to a 3m rip.

 

"See forthcoming article 'Restoration of lapsed beech pollards:

Evaluation of techniques and guidance for future work' in volume 34 Issue 4 of the Arboricultural Journal"

 

I'll look for that, but what I've seen to date from BB seemed to have a very limited approach to pruning types.

 

O and, belts are in the way for climbers, so my helper also shows the 'plumber's crack'. not an issue unless a camera or client views it. i've gone to a thin nylon belt myself, when i can find it that is.

[David Humphries]

Something a little different today.

 

This old pollard was a little too delicate to take a lot of stomping around in, so we strung a zip line through the adjacent higher oak then through the canopy of the pollard on to the base of another anchor oak.

Climber tip anchored on to the higher adjacent oak then zipped down in to the pollard keeping most of his weight on the zip line & the adjacent higher oak.

 

The surrounding canopy was halo'd to give the target pollard more space/light.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Fair sized oak pollard that possibly hasn't been worked on for some 200 years.

 

Full of Fistulina

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Fair sized oak pollard that possibly hasn't been worked on for some 200 years.

 

Full of Fistulina

 

 

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Reduced canopy back in by around 2 -3m

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Tall pollard regrowth that in the end was too unstable to be climbed so will be reduced by mewp.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Tall pollard regrowth that in the end was too unstable to be climbed so will be reduced by mewp.

 

The surrounding canopies were reduced to create a halo around the target pollard.

 

 

 

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[Nick Harrison]

was lucky enough to have been involved with the above works at Burnham, pictures don't do the trees justice really. site is definately worth a visit for those interested in the vast world of veteran tree management...hopefully the stuff we've been doing will help these great trees out live us all..

[David Humphries]

was lucky enough to have been involved with the above works at Burnham, pictures don't do the trees justice really. site is definately worth a visit for those interested in the vast world of veteran tree management...hopefully the stuff we've been doing will help these great trees out live us all..

 

Was a blast !

 

Really pleased you've finally had the chance to sample what the fuss was about.

 

Fine work over the 5 days

 

Here's to next years return (as long as you don't go and get all 'RADA' on us)

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Reduced canopy back in by around 2 -3m

 

 

 

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nice to see this fine example secured for a bit longer, the brown deposits in the head are amazing and sat in there once or twice:thumbup1:

 

 

 

 

[Nick Harrison]

Was a blast !

 

Really pleased you've finally had the chance to sample what the fuss was about.

 

Fine work over the 5 days

 

Here's to next years return (as long as you don't go and get all 'RADA' on us)

 

 

 

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Am sure the offers will flood in once the footage goes public!

 

 

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