John Hancock
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIBse-LXFlY]YouTube - Lime tree removal[/ame]
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This was yesterdays and today’s job, Lime tree with the dreaded Ustulina. Pictures aren’t great but thought I’d snap away like a good’un anyway. Climber was Matt, Tom and myself were groundies. Bet you cant guess how much we got for the logs…..
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Classic!! Cracking pics..
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some wonderful pictures on this thread! These have been on the forum before.....but what the hell (just cant help myself)
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We had one for years, as previously said – it chipped. Our machine was unique (or was it….?) in the fact that it sorted out all the wood chip from the green leaf matter. The wood chip got thrown half way into the back of the van and the leaf matter dropped out of the chute onto the highway!If you have the need to sort your bio-mass while on the job, on the highway - Go for it.
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I’d try and get over how wonderfully clever trees are! Tell them about how they adapt to their surroundings, show them some cross-sections and tree rings, talk about reaction wood (I’ve done the same to a group with a section of Pine, ask them if they know which way it was growing in the tree, when they look at you with a blank expression, show them the growth rings and the reaction growth). Best advise is to find a subject that your happy and enthusiastic about it and go with the flow, you’ll find it much easier that way.
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Fair-play for posting, I guess it shows the systems working and the assessors are doing their job – Good-luck for next time!
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Good stuff BBB! Don’t these blue skies look lovely – such an odd thing seeing them again!
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Love the ‘stormy sky’ in the last pic. I’d have been falling asleep on that drive home – well done!
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20 Ropes..? Respect bob!
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I must admit that’s the first time I’ve ever seen it done, apart from in the nurseries. It’ll fill out nicely and have a lovely shape – hope they’re paying you in December to pop the lights on…
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I was on the opposite side of the Hill David, you'd be able to see Broadway from the Tower at the top. That Ash is amazing, the base is absolutely huge - a real discovery!!
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Cheers for the comments, to be honest the sun was just too bright this morning; lovely walk though. The big old Oak is in a private part of a deer park and I had to scale a few high fences to get there – well worth it though!
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few more....
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Morning all, I got myself up Bredon Hill this morning and took a few snaps, the self-pollarded Ash is my favourite…
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Many, many moons ago. It could be argued that it’s a candidate for cable bracing but there is nowhere suitable two thirds up in that crown. Maybe a gentle retrenchment perhaps in a few years… She certainly seems healthy for the moment.
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I just spat me Bran Flakes over my laptop – Christ!!
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Cheers buddy, hope your ok...
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Mine is half an hour, all depends what your driving – nice comfy car = nice comfy commute. I drive a Discovery, so half an hour is more than enough!
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looks fine to me...
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This was a little Oak we worked on today. L/A owned lapsed pollard. This is my 3rd visit to this particular tree, each time crown-raising. I’ve taken it a little higher this time (under instruction from the T/O), it’s a lovely tree and very healthy – all things considered. The pruning wound it 2 years old – Check out the lovely callusing.
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Consider it done Paul...
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Looking good!
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Hi Paul, yes it was considered but only for a few seconds. The estate is relatively new (brick houses, brick-paved driveways, even brick-inlayed roadways, all in all very modern and manicured. If there was some woodland or even a wildlife corridor close-by then maybe the coronet and fracture route would have fitted well, but not in this case. If and when the upper crown dies back I may consider some cheeky pruning to create a ‘stag-headed’ effect but that’s many years to come. We do have another interesting Oak (old pollard) coming up, which will receive the ‘coronet’ treatment as the setting is a little more ‘rural’.
