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  1. Steve Bullman
    You must have missed matelots confession?
  2. Steve Bullman
    I think you have the wrong end of the stick here Wayne!
  3. Steve Bullman
    Nope nothing. Even a google search doesn't return anything
  4. Steve Bullman
    Just saw this on facebook. Pretty impressive
  5. Steve Bullman
    What area? Get in touch if I can be of assistance
  6. Steve Bullman
    I recommended a little out of the top. All the upright regrowth around the crown was forming a secondary crown with the center stem poking above it by around 4 meters. Bit of weight out to help reduce the chance of failure. Also some of the heave over extended laterals to have a slight weight reduction. The testing is reasonably simple after you have got used to it. There are a lot of individual steps in the process, so long as they are all done properly everythings ok.
  7. Steve Bullman
    If they really don't want to remove it but make it safe, then despite all the answers above(which are all correct) then pollarding(topping) is the only viable option IMO. They would need to know that it would need redoing at very regular intervals afterwards to keep it 'safe'. Fell is ultimately the best long term option
  8. Steve Bullman
    You won't be disappointed with the 462. Arguably the best saw in Stihls entire range and should be a staple in every arborists arsenal IMO
  9. Steve Bullman
    Did the test just below where the hollow starts. Safe to safe it probably goes right to the bottom. In some circumstances i'd run a separate test at a different point, didn't feel it would have achieved anything in this case.
  10. Steve Bullman
    Exactly. In this case the blue area was pretty much hollowed and full of gunk
  11. Steve Bullman
    I believe you are correct
  12. Steve Bullman
    There was enough evidence without doing a picus to know it was severely compromised. Nice to have some extra evidence before condemning a prominent tree though
  13. Steve Bullman
    Easily would they? I’ve been ‘qualified’ to cut trees for 22 years and am ok at it as far as it goes. Have I ever wrote a method statement? Not once
  14. Steve Bullman
    Picus test on a beech tree with polyporous for a forum member a few weeks ago. Not a great outlook for this one unfortunately
  15. Steve Bullman
    Swear filters easy enough, shouldn’t really be necessary on a professionals forum but there ya go. Of most concern is the abuse
  16. Steve Bullman
    Well to be fair that’s more of an observation than abuse
  17. Steve Bullman
    The color on the first is more like Deodar for me
  18. Steve Bullman
    I'd agree that the second one doesn't look particularly Cedar like at all. Rubbish photo though
  19. Steve Bullman
    Welcome to the forum Ryan. As you can see, some of us are here to help, others just to throw a spanner in the works. Glad you have mostly come across the right ones.
  20. Steve Bullman
    Firstly my apologies to the upstanding members of this community who may feel let down by my seemingly more lenient approach to moderating of late. Truth is I just have a lot on my plate and things have suffered because of it. Unfortunately, an increasing amount of members persist on pushing the boundaries with not only the increased use of unnecessary profanity, but also in the trolling and abusive comments towards other members. They are doing neither themselves or the forum any favours. Members, by using the report post function it will make it far easier to draw my attention to these types of issues so I can take actions (as I already have done this morning) Thanks
  21. Steve Bullman
    Lot of needless comments here. Good luck finding work mate.
  22. Steve Bullman
    Got a pic? I've always liked the idea of a eucalytpus hedge, would be a lot of work though.
  23. Steve Bullman
    These look great. I was quite interested in the Stihl ones actually. A lot of money, but if I did any amount of fruit tree pruning it would be a brilliant investment.
  24. Steve Bullman
    Nice work Reg. Why the harness at 4 minutes?
  25. Steve Bullman
    And laugh about the next guy who has to do it.....only to find out its you 4 years later

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