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How presumptious of you to assume you have enlightened people to the 'natural world'. Do you really believe your the only one of who appreciates a walk through a woodland on a sunny day? There's millions of people who enjoy the wonders of nature, and they sure as hell dont need you or Alan Rayner to open their eyes. Your ideas are not new, havent you heard of Lao Tzu and Taoism? it predates Rayner's inclusionality by 2600 years, read the writings, become educated in them before you continue ranting on about inclusionality and your special connection with nature. Laozi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Almost every culture since the dawn of time has a variation on inclusionality and humankind's relationship with nature. Your intentions may be genuinly good but if you continue to parade around Arbtalk like some kind of demented cult leader people will turn away and simply ignore the rambling and predictable rhetoric.

There's something very suspect about willed 'passion'. You can't force people to be passionate about nature and life, you cant change the way people think by telling them what to believe. .

Decay is the enemy of trees and the treeworker. Where you have decay you have structural weakness, where there is structural weakness there is increased danger for the treeworker. Monoliths, coronets and fracture pruning all have their place and that place is as far away from me as possible.

Rupe, this is more suitable for your new venture

Piptoporous betulinus

Rupe, why in the name of God do you have a massive freezer in your tipper bed?! started selling fish on the weekends to supplement your meagre income from hedgework? ha ha!

Good job, any pics of pieces/branches being lowered? what d'you guys use for lowering?

Here's a recent reading and pic of actual decay, first the Picus, then the tree cross cut two weeks later at the exact same height as the nails - decay was caused by Kretzchmaria deusta. What was interesting about this tree was the decay pattern was mirrored right up the stem to about 60ft then gradually tailed off. Tree was about 100ft in height. Calipers are quick if bluetooth works

As a LOLER inspector myself, I would pass it safe for use.

Yep, always looks weird doesn't it? that exposed inner core. Prefer the double fisherman's on the Marlow, mostly use double fishermans.

Ever tried the swabish?

Terrible to hear this news, my thoughts go out to his family, friends and workmates.

never heard of the famous D22 navara engine problem? you dont even need a bullet...they'll send a conrod out the engine block anywhere between 40K and 90K http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2008/10/pickup_a_problem.html

Not much else to say about this, its a branch being rigged... [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxDdwA5Fwmg]YouTube - Buchlyvie Beech[/ame] .

Recently switched from Bashlin alloys to Buckingham titaniums with the twisted shank with Buckingham angled metal insert velcro wraparounds The difference is amazing, the Buckinghams are a lot more comfortable and better designed than the Bashlins

there's nothing more artificial or contrived than a coronet cut. On coronet cuts, when you look at storm-damaged trees......Oaks for example, they tend to resprout after damage, but it looks like they sprout back at nodes and not on the damaged jagged ends, so do coronet cuts made during retrenchment works really encourage dormant buds or a they simply there to disguise the fact the tree was managed by a chainsaw? The (arbor)ecologists seem to believe that homeowners, landowners and land managers are too quick to pass a death sentence on diseased/dangerous trees that have potential for living a longer life. But they also seem to forget that retainment of such trees comes with much higher responsibility. .

Whilst I appreciate Rayner's research on fungi and Neville Fay's ideas on habitat creation my work on living trees in urban settings will be not be dictated by an ecologist. Lonsdale calls Honey fungus a pathogen of trees. Coronet cuts and fracture pruning to encourage decay in the urban landscape is not arboriculture, its ecology misplaced. You need to remember that decay is the enemy of any tree that has a target and makes a valued contribution to the community. Habitat is all fine and well in a woodland, but tree safety and the long term survival of the tree is a greater goal for all tree owners/managers in the urban environment.

Good, lets hope it stays that way, because a known pathogen of trees is bad news for anyone who values trees.

the main stemwood was good, would've definitely made some nice milled timber, but the client wanted the timber for firewood

Check out the tall Yew to the left of the HC, the HC has been fighting the Honey Fungus for years but the Yew is fine, why? cause Yew's resistant to honey fungus, yew gettit?

we thought that might happen Dean.....waited until there were no people about, that piece of shrapnel that heads towards the camera was 2 ft long and heavy, would've done some serious damage no doubt

Armillaria mellea

Today's job - this old Chestnut had loads of character and was much loved by the local community [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQmlTdoPseA&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Dead Horse Chestnut.wmv[/ame]

looks like the double blocks are working well for you. Dont like the look of that stem cavity one little bit - Cheers for posting.

maybe related to this?