BS 3998 Pollarding

[treebloke]

I have lent my copy of BS 3998 to some one and cannot remember who so if you are the person reading this could I have it back please:001_cool:.

 

Pollarding - I know in the old standard it said basically, if a tree has been pollarded before then it's ok to pollard it again. Does anyone know if that aspect still stands within the new BS and if so what is the reference.

[ukminch]

Is the 2010 one the latest one or is there a newer one?

[Kings Wood Tree Care]

Is the 2010 one the latest one or is there a newer one?

 

2010 is the latest, with the pollarding is it for a LA or has a private customer asked for it to be done?

 

The way i see it with pollarding and as you know with certain trees take to it better than others, but this also depends on the vigour, vitality and age of the tree.

 

If someone asked you to pollard a tree and you thought it would survive and could be retained and managed in this way for years to come rather than be felled, would you do it?

 

[Paul Cleaver]

with re -pollarding the most important thing is to NOT cut past the old pollard cuts

[Danavan]

with re -pollarding the most important thing is to NOT cut past the old pollard cuts

 

also read the thread on leaving fingers or not.

[treebloke]

What I am after if possible is a reference to the paragraph within BS, assuming it still exist's. The old one, BS 3998 : 1989 13.7 said, Pollarding, which in some circumstances has been a traditional form of management, should not be used on trees that have not been previously pollarded.

 

This therefore means it's acceptable as long as it's not the first time.

 

I am sure my copy will turn up one day so just need to clarify for now.

[ward.S]

2010

Bs3998

 

 

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[treebloke]

Ward.S, many thanks, that's exactly what I was after.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Just got a library card (Cornwall council)

 

There is online access to the British Standards library with access to ALL standards! Licensing requirements mean you can use for 'research' only and that saving / copying / printing is blocked (but there are ways around that!)

 

Really useful!

[Josh187]

There is an old boy near my mums and he mostly has coppiced tree's however he creates a pollard boundary of ash tree's because it stops the roe dear from coming in and chewing on everything it is a surprisingly effective natural boundry.

 

Also when the time comes this provides a nice load of circular ash logs for processing as you cut off the Pollard limbs.