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Dean Lofthouse

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  1. Dean Lofthouse
    Hahaha I see now
  2. Dean Lofthouse
    Bowl took about 2 hours David, I didn't have the right chisel so it kept grabbing, I got fed up and went and bought the proper one (top of the range of course) which sped the job up no end
  3. Dean Lofthouse
    You could start offering YOUR customers some girly flower things Andy
  4. Dean Lofthouse
    Sorry Tony, I dont agree with your theory. Epicormic reaction in my experience occurs as a shock reaction not light reaction. ...and it was not my first reduction the other day, it was my first ever topping. I have carried out hundreds of reductions
  5. Dean Lofthouse
    He made a lot of points, which one
  6. Dean Lofthouse
    I've only got wax at the moment Tommy, what oil do you use on your carvings
  7. Dean Lofthouse
    Turned what is going to be a bird box out of Yew and a bowl out of a bit of manky Ash. Hard to get a good finish on Ash and was an absolute nightmare deep hollowing the bird box
  8. Dean Lofthouse
    ???? Dont get what your applauding ?? You agree it is good to drastically reduce a tree and leave the customer with a massive flush of epicormic that they will ahve to deal with again and again, without explaining the options to them Or you agree that we shouldn't fell every tree that needs reducing (which has never been suggested
  9. Dean Lofthouse
    I was thinking groundy with a hand pump
  10. Dean Lofthouse
    Like I say, 12/24 month on photos will be the way to back up your argument, without it's just pure conjecture
  11. Dean Lofthouse
    Christ Josh I'm not saying all reductions should be felled!! I'm simply saying, if you are going to drastically reduce something, it's not good in one hit. In a domestic situation try to persuade otherwise If you are going to top/pollard is MUST be kept upto which is the work most of us rely on
  12. Dean Lofthouse
    To be honest, I would buy a polytunnel just to sit quietly in on rainy days, I find it the most relaxing thing ever for some reason, the sound of the rain hitting the roof
  13. Dean Lofthouse
    Tony, no-one is questioning your skill as an arb, you are a very talented climber and have a good eye for form and shape. What is in question is the amount you take off, which is not always your decision and is the request of the customer If a customer wants a tree half it's original size I try and explain to themthat if the tree is too big for them, it's in the wrong location or an inappropriate tree for them and rather than mutilate and have a never ending pattern of reductions, they should fell and replant a more appropriate tree in a more appropriate location. If they still want to go ahead with a heavy reduction I try to persuade them to stage the reduction over a two or three year period Your talent isn't in question mate
  14. Dean Lofthouse
    Cheer John It's a year or so off yet but everything taken on board. On the watering side of things, the ground is quite wet so my plan is to dig a well and pull water up from the well. The only problem is no electric
  15. Dean Lofthouse
    So you have a straight pole with a lateral leader ?? Not very natural looking is it ? Dont take this the wrong ay Tony but I advise customer away from what they want if it involves heavy reductions or thins, not meet them half way because I have a financial need. In the long run you are only creating more work for your selves and a headache for the client in terms of aggressive new growth.
  16. Dean Lofthouse
    I'm not suprised......to remove the epicormic ??
  17. Dean Lofthouse
    So you are leaving a trail of epicormic flushes all over the place. Natural scaffold of trees does not consist of hundreds of vertical dead straight poles.
  18. Dean Lofthouse
    It would be more of an interesting thread to me to see 12 month on photos of some of the "heavier" reductions, I can bet a pound or two that epicormic will be abundant. A measure to me is if you can do a reduction without producing epicormic, then you can turn round and say it does the tree no harm. What I have a problem with with "topping" is that the client never keeps up to the maintainance of the tree, then some Tree Surgeon has to come in in 10 years time and anchor into weak anchor points. I've done many retopping where I have had to use improvised anchors such as below
  19. Dean Lofthouse
    You've done well Stevie. I always say, you can only work with the canvass you are supplied and you were supplied a poor quality canvass They look as well as you can make them look
  20. Dean Lofthouse
    Very few are impossible Mick but not without risking being badly injured and Mr Smiths hedge and a couple of hundred quid just isnt worth a life I can show you plenty of jobs I have on my books that ARE impossible without
  21. Dean Lofthouse
    Thats not 60% it more like 95%
  22. Dean Lofthouse
    That picture looks like its the first time John has seen the inside of a tree
  23. Dean Lofthouse
    I use the HT75 with hedge trimmer attachment bolted on, some jobs are just impossible without it
  24. Dean Lofthouse
    I dont have any problem "re-topping" IMO if it has been done before, it must be kept up to
  25. Dean Lofthouse
    They'll be sueing me for Lawn Scorch in the summer mate - can't win

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