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Myerscough Foudation degree pre entry help
Paul Barton replied to jimmyp's topic in Training & education
Search the online journals from the International Society of Arboriculture http://joa.isa-arbor.com Other than that, use Google Scholar to search for available online papers. Don't use Wikipedia, or at least don't list it in your references! Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk -
Thanks for the update pictures Matthew. Always good to see the reality underneath the suspected symptoms. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk
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Tempting but I don't want to get clobbered with company car tax so it has to be a van. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Thanks ya'll. I'm looking at a lease so it would be brand new I guess. The berlingo looks good I reckon, seems to be economic and comfortable. I've not had a French vehicle since my first car which put me off for a while! Caddy is more per month but I guess should also be worth more after the lease term if I decide to sell it on. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Not really Pete. I had one at my last company but didn't really rate it. Plus they're oddly more expensive to lease than a tranny connect. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I'm thinking about leasing a small van for my survey work, instead of using my own car. I figure a sign written van increases my exposure locally, and I the costs are 100% deductible. So, question is what van? Am considering: Citroen Berlingo VW caddy Ford transit connect Any experience/recommendations appreciated. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk
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I think you've confused a MacBook with a cornetto. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk
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What's the ocean liner got to do with Parish lime trees?!
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I've had mine a few months now and am very very pleased with it. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk
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2 x assistant surveyors required for i-Tree survey Bridgend
Paul Barton replied to Paul Barton's topic in Employment
Still looking for one person to assist for 3 weeks in September. -
You don't need to wait. You can appeal BECAUSE they haven't determined the application within 8 weeks. Sent from my iPad using Arbtalk
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You have to appeal. It may be the only thing that will make the LPA do some proper work on your application. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Anyone can apply for works to a tree covered by a TPO regardless of ownership. But you will need the owners permission to actually do the work unless you want to risk prosecution for criminal damage. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Well done! Another string to the bow!
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The forks below seemed ok Steve. I'm more concerned with the effect of 30 years of strangulation. I was surprised there was no dieback but figure that the vascular tissue must be heavily distorted but still intact. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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I inspected some mature Beech trees at an 'adventure centre' last week; the trees are used as part of a high ropes course. Accessing them was easy! One of the trees had a steel rod, approx 1.5m long, between two of the stems. Where the rod entered each stem, there was a budge of smoother bark around the entire circumference of each stem. I suspect that this may mean the stems were braced using steel rings at either end of the rod, instead of using bolts drilled in to the wood. The centre manager says the tree was like that since before he arrived in the 1980s. I am pondering what the effect of occluded steel rings would be on the tree? There are no signs of dieback above, but surely constriction would lead to a potential fracture point? I have not seen this before, so wondered if the wider experience of my fellow arbtalkers might reveal some more wisdom
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Absolutely. It's essential material for tree officers. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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It's a great document. Really easy to use in practice and much needed. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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Brilliant news, congratulations Mark. Twins are ace. Sent from my iPhone using Arbtalk
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If you and your arboriculturist feel you have a strong case, you must appeal the refusal decision by the local authority. A planning inspector may over-rule in your favour. It will also force the LA to issue better evidence of their decision.
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Very nice shreks wee brother! Should the logo at the top says "grounds maintenance" rather than "ground maintenance"?
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In my opinion this little piece of diagnostic kit is a great leap forward for tree care. I'm intending to buy one soon. However, I think any purchaser of this kit needs to spend some time preparing the way for its use - because this is a new innovation not many people are asking for it so the benefits really need to be sold to clients! I gather that it will detect stress up to 3 weeks before the tree/plant gives any visual symptoms e.g wilting, yellowing of leaves. I can see it having particularly good use in monitoring and maintaining newly planted trees which currently have a horrendous failure rate of about 1 in 4. There are numerous factors that lead to this situation, but an aid in assessing the health of newly purchased trees and then monitoring their health once planted would certainly help.
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2 x assistant surveyors required for i-Tree survey Bridgend
Paul Barton replied to Paul Barton's topic in Employment
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Huh?
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That doesn't look particularly like K. deusta to me - I think the dark areas are exudation points on the bark. You may have seen things that we can't tell on the photos though. It could be the onset of honey fungus? I suspect the stem wound and peeling bark is a result of an old physical wound to the lower stem. There is a roll of occluding reaction wood on the right hand side of the exposed sapwood - the fast-growing new wood material may be expanding quicker than the old bark around the wood causing it to peel off.
