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Archimedes' bony kneed trees! Jomoco
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Awesome pics Kev! Superb. Jomoco
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Symbiosis, of benefit to both participants. Or are trees just weeds to be harvested Greystoke? Jomoco
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David Humphries was kind enough to provide this link to a study of how some tree species graft together naturally to encapsulate tight compressive V crotches, and form nice broad U crotches above them! http://naturaculture.sites.go1.com.au/sites/naturaculture.sites.go1.com.au/files/Tree-Welding-and-Natural-Grafts-the-Magic-of-Myrtaceae.pdf Amazing awe inspiring stuff, eh? Jomoco
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Oh the irony! You'd think every tree outfit worth their salt would be equipped to deal with bees wasps n hornets, as a matter of course! Weren't you the same blokes razzin me bout my bloated yankee medkits n stuff? Bee suits should be standard issue to every tree crew! Jomoco
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Certainly reads as if you are bracing/supporting a perceived weak union at a maximum flexing point, and claiming it promotes reaction wood and strengthens that union. The question to ask yourself here is whether that branch's identical twin left alone and unaided in nature, flexed further, stressing a greater area of phloem and cambial tissue, and therefor reacted more vigorously piling on more compression/tension wood growth, than it's twin wearing a brace? Jomoco
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Too right mates! Here's a recently dead big boy oak I whittled down to an aesthetically pleasing size, and yes, I whacked the middle finger off before bailing.
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You can be certain most suburban hospital ER's are very familiar dealing with chainsaw cuts, some quite gruesome and life threatening. I certainly hope I see no more! Takes a certain something to deal with bloody carnage daily and be only marginally affected by it, that I ain't got. But I greatly admire and am thankful that such wonderful folks exist in goodly numbers amongst us. Jomoco
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The opinion of an elderly tree mortician, in awe of his subject, indeed humbled by them. Most noble forms of life on this planet IMHO! Jomoco
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That very stout wind gust force you are so heroically rescuing that branch from? May in reality be the force strong enough to tear or deform the phloem/bark layer, without damage to the cambium inwards. It may even be the very signal requisite to pile on with some compression growth ASAP! First, do no harm. Jomoco
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So you're essentially saying artificial support does not weaken a branch over time? Why do all the PhD's profess otherwise? That it's fruit n water wind n ice burdens that build reaction wood. Burdening Is the opposite of supporting. And if the fault is real? How does supporting it with a material weaker and less longer lived than live wood itself, not constitute a ticking time Bomb? If the tree/branch becomes dependent on a system that weak n short Lived? Jomoco
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The experts must agree that synthetic dynamic tree cabling's a fine n dandy idea? But I'd pay to hear them explain to me how it's not snake oil concentrate! I predict bankruptcy for somebody meself. I'd appreciate any coherent defenses for dynamic synthetic cabling literature authored by anyone with a horticultural degree links. Kinda hard to justify how artificial support strengthens a tree with no visible faults, rather than weaken it over time? All the PhD'd horts I read clearly state sapling support staking be removed after a year or so to ensure proper reaction wood forms on the main trunk. Why would it be any different on a healthy branch, that just looks heavy to your eye? I love it when folks in high ivory towers make bloody fools of themselves! I don't think Shigo or Harris would've been fool enough to endorse synthetic dynamic cabling as beneficial meself. What say you my colleagues of wood reaction studies? Jomoco
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Veering about to n fro has that effect on lots of folks Eggs. Both my boys are testers in Sony's VR gaming division, and tell me that a surprisingly high number of VR gamers require hurl buckets nearby as novices, then gradually become acclimated to the experience over time. I've often wondered what percentage of commercial tree climbers are prone to getting seasick on the ocean? Far less than the gen pop IMO. Jomoco
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So what brand o bucket yu flyin mate? Will it reach high enough, leave tracks n divots wherever it wanders? Number one rule's to keep it simple n quick, licketty split, no extraneous chit. I've flown more than enough buckets in my career to distrust them a helluva lot more than a healthy green tree, any day of the week. One of my best mates had a Holan bucket truck collapse and slap him by the lanyard rather rudely against the cab cage, busting him up for quite a while. Cranes are friggin dangerous too, IME. Jomoco
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But you said MEWP first mate! Bucket boy eh? Jomoco
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Eeeh bloody murdered it in cold blood's wat eeh did! Assassins! Jomoco
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Hah! Brutal, another instance of a Silky saving the day! Jomoco
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How many think you're fit enough to move a mate who's out cold in a fireman's carry? With a stout enough shot of adrenaline, I suspect bouta 150-160 lbs is all I could manage, after wrestling around a bit! 200 lbs, no chance! Jomoco
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So what's Slater's views on synthetic dynamic cabling of trees vs traditional static steel cabling? Snake oil, or beneficial? A question I'd love to have asked Shigo n Harris, but was too green to at the time. Jomoco
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Sweet find Hairy! But I'll wager it's way more than 50 quid! Definitely haul/drag a fair sized tub o guts with it. Jomoco
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More like got kicked out of the tree by Dezi, fur not havin dinner ready! Jomoco
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Yeah see! Belly up to the bar boys!
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All of mine are reds too Silky. No lefties though, unfortunately! Good lookin kid mate. Jomoco
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Thanks Bish Bash, I appreciate the kindness mate. Probably the most beautiful saws I've ever seen, no doubt! But nyet on that fueling cap design! Old stihls from the early to mid 80's had the most rag swipable clean design. Then came the friggin flippy cap crap! Good looks ain't everything I guess. Thanks again mate. Jomoco
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With or without floating bridge? Jomoco
