Books

[Midge]

The Bob Watson book mentioned in the other book thread for general tree knowledge and the Jeff Jepson books Tree Climbers Companion and To Fell A Tree for practical stuff.

 

Just added a few items to my wishlist...

[elspedo]

You can get the first couple cheaper on Treesource. There is also someone selling them on eBay in group deals which makes them cheaper than amazon and saves you the postage of Treesource which goes up instead of down the more you order .

 

Also check out world-of-books (think that's their correct username) on eBay they often get some really good second hand books to do with arb. Rackham, Starr etc and they go for a couple of quid, you just have to search through their shop as they're not very good at listing things.

[Midge]

You can get the first couple cheaper on Treesource. There is also someone selling them on eBay in group deals which makes them cheaper than amazon and saves you the postage of Treesource which goes up instead of down the more you order .

 

Also check out world-of-books (think that's their correct username) on eBay they often get some really good second hand books to do with arb. Rackham, Starr etc and they go for a couple of quid, you just have to search through their shop as they're not very good at listing things.

 

Cheers, Will check that out. I've just ordered one (see above) so unless I can get them real cheap I was just going to wait until next month to order some more.

[Benny360]

Thumbs up for 'trees - their use, management, cultivation and biology' by bob watson. Also illustrated trees of britain and europe by david more and john white is a really lovely book with a lot more detail and information than the collins guide

[Midge]

Arrived today to get me started. Seems like a decent little book to have around if you quickly need to identify a tree. Really impressed

[Midge]

Definitely going to get at least 1 out of the other 3 I want next month too, just not sure which one yet.

[elspedo]

Depends what you want to learn I guess. The Jepson books are fairly simple and looking at your sig you probably have most of the knowledge in the books already and anything you don't know is readily available for free on the internet.

 

The Bob Watson book is great but at the opposite end of the scale is fairly in depth, i've got it to help on my degree and some of the stuff will make you scratch your head but is one of the best books i've picked up so far.

[MattyF]

If you want to be a working arborist

The Fundamentals of General Tree Work by Jerry (G.F.) Beranek has all you need to know.

It is with out a doubt the best book out there imo .

[Midge]

Thanks guys, i just eant to learn more about trees in general really and work towards be coming an arborist. So think my next purchase will be The Tree Climbers Companion as I have no experience at all climbing and if it is simple it should be a good start!

[MattyF]

The Beranek book would be your best bet if your serious , whilst the climbers companion is essential reading and small enough to be taken on site to copy knots ect every thing in general tree work book is covered from climbing and Felling to dragging brash and clearing up !