cerneARB

learning is good..never stop learning or your brain goes ga ga i think.

i know for all you old hand climbers this is not new..but it was to me. you know when you got to get up a large limb that bends out and then goes vertical and there is nothing to grab hold on to like a crotch. i was puzzled how you get up one to work. Well today i found out how. By throwing the end of your line into a crotch above you on a seaperate stem and lowering it to your groundie who bring the rope towards you , grab the rope pull it up to you, tie a bowline and attach to your carb on your harness, then using another friction knot and pull yourself over to the other limb:001_smile: That was baffling me for ages and am so glad i know how now. Hope i explained right, if i have not correct me if i didnt or missed something.

Wise words MR Collins.

i worked in the rian a few weeks back , just topping down a small cherry. But if its a large job and im clambering over wet branches, think id give it a miss if it was heavy rain...im neither north nor south...im east so want does that make me then soft or hard?

:sad:that is sad, i used to think TPOs were there forever. So construction can over rule one..sad.

client reckons that it had tpo on it before the construction work and they removed it when the construction work started..seems strange that. il find out this week when i hear from Norfolk council. i would have thought a tpo tree would have had its root area protected under construction work around it, although nothing susprises me sometimes with short cuts made by contractors and councils.

i know ther customer wants it gone..its just a shame its a lovely walnut. i was just wondering if their was another option aprt from felling. Ive contacted the local council Tree office and see what he thinks..but i think felling is whats goning to happen because of the high target area...shame.

the photos...the stream at the back was what we had to pull the dropped limbs out off..it stunk. fourth photo is the end product, hazard abated by removing the wind load on the branch pull out stem.Glad its done thou.

got the job done at last..what a nightmare job. bad access , under quoted it and not a lot of room to drop limbs...but finnished it photos to follow... Andrew learnt a lot from you Andy.

THATS THE ONE...

looked at a Juglans regia this week. 2 years back the land opposite was built on , the usal road , houses ecte. the walnut owner thinks they cut through the root area within 2-3 meters of the woody roots. The owner said the tree does slightly move in wind. I looked at it and heres what i found... 1) two slight soil cracks on the side were the construction work happend 3-4 foot long moving away fom the butt 2)No soil cracks on the opposite side 3) good crown condtion , slight signs of die back on construction side crown 4)tree did not flush last year at all , but has this year with fruit. 5)tree is 16-18 meters high with 4 co dominat leaders, i leader heavy on construction side. 6) target area is public footpath and road and housing easate I think the tree has partial root failure and is attempting to re root (hence the good flush this year) but because of the target area it may need removing. Should i carry out further investiagtion on damaged roots? Crown reduce to lessen sail area or fell? I think the client wants it felled , he is worried about being held liable if it fails. Thanks, Cerne.

cant remmber were i read that ..i may be wrong, think it had something to do with tip pruning advice from a hazard assement book. i think its just best to remmber that the branch removed should be a third of the parent branch left as recommended by Lonsdale.

I would agree with Bob, do the reduction this year and thin the following year. i think you just need to reduce the tips of the branches no more than 30mm , nothing to big , no large wounds. beech have not very durable heartwood and are prone to early decay from a lot of fungi. Shame its been under manged (the multi stems) are partly due to the loss of light. maybe it would have been not to bad if it had one centeral leader..but hey hind sight is a wonderfull thing. Not an expert..but getting there:001_tongue:

Does he come under the smoking ban do you think!

Pm your contact details Andy and il put it in my little green book for future use.

aaggh blood!dont like goo and guts. Did you take the photo of the wound first then ring the ambulance or the other way round. get better soon.

Cheers Andy and Steve.

We got a job tommorrow and our chipper has been playing up , anyone of you in suffolk know if theres is a hire place in Bury St Edmunds?

:001_smile:funny looking mole thou logo.

Thank you mdvaden, not quite what i wanted , i need the early stages of when the tree is the ground still and the roots showing and earth lifting up. But many thanks for taking the time to look for me very much appriceated. BTW i got a lead on a photo now just up the road over here in Suffolk..you know who you are .

hi guys and Gals, Im building a website on trees (theres a surprise) and at the moment im using my own photos taken of various trees, so no copyright issues. But i cant seem to find any photos on soil heave from leaning trees or side heavy crowns , you know trees with aysemtrical crowns that are uneven. Was wondering if any of you had any photos of the above and would you mind me using some , i will credit the photo with your name and courtesey off so and so if allowed to use them. many thanks. cerne.

Nice to hear some nice news like that Tom, who said romance is dead, take your lady climbing, they say fear brings pepole together or so the psyhcologists say.

My old class did not see my tutor as posh..it was more like budda arb the fountain of tree knowledge and wonder... Good ole Jason.

cheers Rupe.

:001_smile:hapy birthday Ian. Welcome to the old arb gits club! Only joking...im forty and still going strong.