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[treequip]

But wasn't that council work and if u working for them then u should be in the know

 

 

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When you say "in the know" all I know is that when a client asks for a service they get advice on sustainable tree work then I do what they ask for.

 

Thats all you need to know.

[Paul Jenks]

Just goes to show how I could never be a council employee. I don't do white flags.

[lyons e]

When you say "in the know" all I know is that when a client asks for a service they get advice on sustainable tree work then I do what they ask for.

 

Thats all you need to know.

 

Way I see it is thebest job is the one u get paid for but at the same time u spend years learning your trade to have some one in a suit tell he wants it done this way , fair enough , but that's why your there to try and point him in the right direction that's how I look at it

 

 

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[Sean.S]

These sort of spec's are another reason I just left my council job.

Absolute butchery on a regular basis.

Do it properly and you'll get sent back to "finish" it.

 

Couple of months previous to my resignation I reduced two sycamores to how I felt they should have been done (they didn't need doing AT ALL so I gave them a light tickle to show willing) and they were subsequently felled as they were still "too big".

[bob]

Well tbh that is out of the norm for councils but we see that everywhere.

I bet in reality there are butchered trees within every sq mile of England

So some of you are doing it everywhere.

[GTW]

4 Ash - 1 Willow - 1 Maple - 1 Lombardy

 

If you cant do the job the way its should be done then don't do it at all! That's why many of us train hard and learn the bio mechanics of the living organisms we work on.

 

If a bricklayer puts a wall up on the p**s, stands back and says "it will be ok because it wont fall down right away" would you be happy? would you pay him? would you recommend him? would you have him back?

 

The fact that the council does not seem to mind or care that this is happening to their trees is shameful! They are quick to send out acknowledgement letters telling us to work to BS:3998.

[Paul Jenks]

Not in Oxfordshire, Bob. The framework model developed by Tim Shickle is now being adopted across the land as an example of how to do it.

Edited February 17, 2013 by Paul Jenks
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[Tom D]

Sad but true, most councils have work like that done, we should have a name and shame (the council NOT the contractor) thread so that perhaps the AA could do someting useful and politely write to the council explaining the error of their ways.

 

We have done loads of LA work and always do reductions to a high spec, IMO its quicker than a lollipop anyway, yet other trees in the district that we haven't worked on have been lollipoped.

 

Its a bit of a joke that we have to fill in loads of paperwork, provide tons of NPTC units just to get the job and then they do that.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

argh the old round over, i agree this sort of work should NOT be tolerated and its long overdue it got the attention it deserved, because its too frequent to be just a few isolated boroughs.

[hedgesparrow]

Petty standard work around my village but that's parish councils/councillors for you. City councils SHOULD be a different story.

 

 

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in defense of parish councils who i do work for any tree work that needs doing they employ a qualified tree surgeon to do the work. and the one they use a lot is very good. so not all parish or city councils are as bad as photos. best thing you can do is get hold of your councilor who represents you and point it out if nothing is done it goes on.