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  1. scotspine1
    The tree is living, it also supports life forms that can live nowhere else. So what is it about that tree you find so unacceptable? Is it the fact that it does not conform to your idea of what a tree should look like? By retaining the tree and using the potential thousands of acorns from it to plant new trees you interpret this as hanging onto the past?
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    The reason Britain is in such a bad way these days is largely due to a lack of foresight and investment in the future. Short term answers like your felling option is indicative of the lazy mindset that stifles optimism in British culture today. The best thing about this thread is that you have lost the argument retrospectively as Monkey'd has already implemented his excellent and imaginative management plan for the Oak. No matter how many times you reply in this thread with your negative responses it'll be fruitless unlike Monkeyd's Oak. .
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    Try to be positive, its fairly simple to build a deer fence which would stop the deer and donkeys eating the acorns which Monkey'd will be using to plant millions of new oaks. Your plan for felling that tree leads to a dead end.
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    95% of the crown foliage is outwith the reach of deer and donkeys. See pic below. Monkey'd, You could make a special feature of this tree, put up a plaque explaining why you guys made the decision to retain the tree adding that it provides an annual crop of hundreds of healthy acorns used for your replanting projects. Have an area in the park where you have planted the offspring of this windblown Oak, even start a new oak woodland. That way the public can understand that despite the tree being windblown it is still of great use in the park.
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    That tree has the potential to provide hundreds of thousands of acorns for hundreds of years.....for free. Excellent work Monkey'd. .
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    Ha ha, its a hard tree to forget..... ...borrowed this pic, any ideas? Clue - very common in Ireland [/img]
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    Sassafras albidum, been a few years since I've seen one of those - quality tree. .
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    Here's Martyn's LDV, like its owner...its got issues. .
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    Catalpa bungei
  10. scotspine1
    Good points Dean, although there's always a bit of movement when you cut and hold into the bucket. Could it be that he was just removing hangers and doing a bit of repair work on the other tree at 2.32 which is why he moved to the left, also collecting the rigging line on his way back? Think the time lapse filming isn't helping seeing exactly what happened. If he used the bucket for lowering or as a re-direct or even swinging the boom into the rope to help it round toward the chipper thats bad news. Definatley wouldn't want to be using the Bucket after him. One reason why it must be nice to own your own machine rather than hiring, never know what they've been used for.
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    There was a septic tank nearby.
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    You see the guy removing the rigging block he used for the piece from the stem at 2.36.
  13. scotspine1
    Why'd you say that? the guy done a great job, used a block and the rigged pieces would've swung far enough away from the boom. Interesting he used a pole saw for some of the cutting when rigging. Be good to see that removal from another angle. Treewisemen, someone emailed me the youtube link to that vid, dont know anything about the company. .
  14. scotspine1
    Nope, its some kind of Tilia. Andy - Quercus robur
  15. scotspine1
    Quality removal carried out from a bucket truck - [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ5oyiTtOl4]YouTube - time lapse oak removal[/ame]
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    Very good, one more to go, it aint Fagus sylvatica
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    Either would do but prefer botanical names. Scots pine is right for the conifer.
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    Warning! very difficult! The last few have been far too easy, this one is for advanced tree ID specialists and knowledgable experienced treeworkers. 3 trees to ID here. 1 Conifer on left, 2 tree with climber, and 3 tallest twin stemmed tree that middle tree is hung up on. Clues - These trees were in Scotland. 1 Conifer on the left of pic - Native to Northern Europe as far east as Siberia. 2 Tree with climber - Native to the Balkans, Greece, Macedonia etc, these days commonly found all over Europe. 3 Tallest twin stemmed tree that middle tree is hung up on - Native to East North America, Northern Europe and Asia.
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    I did. See quite a few of both up here, although they look nothing alike.
  20. scotspine1
    Correct, nice one Andy. Reckon Rod Hull's pic is Western Red Cedar - Tsuga heterophylla
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    Anyone here doing the ISA Cert Arb on the 25th April at Capel Manor this year? Be interested to know what people thought of the exam as planning to sit the test in Oct this year. Got the US version of this award in 2002, been trying to get round to sitting the UK version for a while now. Was wondering how they compared.... The US version was difficult, some of the multi-choice answers offered were very similar and the pass mark was 70%. The IDs included pics of the trees from a distance as well as close up, the exam leaned towards pest and diseases and PHC. Was surprised at how broad a knowledge of arb was needed to pass this exam. Any feedback would be appreciated Cheers TC
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    Any pics of the rod bracing/cabling on that Cedar you guys did?
  23. scotspine1
    The tree is in Scotland but they're native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere including America, Canada and Russia. Maybe too much of a clue there, anyway this specimen has being able to spread it branches and has not taken on the usual form. Its not Swamp Cypress either, no close ups as it'd be too easy.
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    Not Cedrus or Japanese Larch
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    Baldy, From the pics it looks as if reducing the Spruce to the height of the conifers behind wont be a problem if the conifers form a hedge, any other pics which show the Spruce and conifers from further away? If you remove the Spruce it might expose a large area of dead foliage on the conifers behind which would look worse than a topped tree. Be aware though, topping trees is the first sign of an amateur arborist = a person who violently prunes back trees/shrubs leaving branches/limbs stubby and arthritic in appearance. Topping is common practice in the UK and widely accepted amongst the general public.

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